lbs to goal?

As I look as peoples' tickers today, I am struck by how many have less than 20 lbs to goal!  Congrats!  What a great feeling to see the end so close.

Reminds me of an old Seinfeld routine where he said he was "next" in line and that that was the greatest feeling in the world... something to look forward to!"  LOL

Anyway... congrats to all you who are so very close to your goals.  Are you excited?  What are you feeling as you near the end of a major goal?

To be honest, I am very excited to hit the "goal". That said, one of the reasons is that while it will represent a huge accomplishment for me, it will also allow me to stay scale accountable but to also then see where my body wants to settle and then learn how to keep living the lifestyle that will keep me at optimum health. Congrats to you on hitting your target and I wish you nothing but continued success.

Thanks Tom and the same to you!  It is fun to learn how to stay at the weight I want.  I may actually shave off a few more lbs so that when I hit the year mark, and may possibly be done with rapid weight loss, I will have a bumper!  

Good luck to you and enjoy your success!  Ain't life grand????

Good grief, Tom... you lost the equivalent of a person and a half roughly!  And you were just 6 days after me!  KUDOS to you, Kiddo!  Outstanding achievement!

Sept 11 is my 1 yr surgery anniv. I am at my surgeons goal but not mine. I have 30 more pounds to go to hit my goal of 140 but I'd   be happy with a 20 lb loss. I've been stalled for two months now and often wonder if I am done losing. I am hoping that within the next 6 months I can lose more weight.

I am going on 11 months post op end of this month and I haven't lost anything since end of May. I keep fluctuating from 181-185. I feel I am done losing too. I hope not as I have about 30-40 more to lose

Oh gosh, you can do this.  Listen, go do a search on this web site for "stalls", plateaus.

Plethora of info on this site and it is so helpful.  Also google "Pouches for Dummies" or something like that.  Some really good info for those of us heading to 1 year mark with a slowing of weight loss.

Another good, no great book is by Garth Davis who is a bariatric surgeon and star of a tv show called Big Medicine which I have never seen or heard of.  But the book was amazing, got it from my library!!! His Dietician is awesome and explains things so well.

God bless, stay in touch with us on the board and you WILL succeed!  Look how far you have come.

I hit my doctor's goal a few weeks ago, now I'm 8 lbs from my own goal....and it makes me nervous.  I'm not sure I can get there, since the weight loss is so much slower and then I'm worried that I won't get lower than goal so I'll have some room for any bounceback I can't control.  I'm excited and happy, but also anxious as I have a hard time not focusing on the lumps and bumps and still see myself as bigger than my size and weight indicate I am.     This whole thing is amazing, but getting my head to catch up is a challenge.

Congrats!  and guess what?  YOU may not have bounceback!  Or you may but we have a great tool in our pouches!

The head thing is so hard but I am fortunate that I believe in the Lord and I turn all my worry and stress over to my Savior.  Way too much for me to handle!

God bless... you got this!