18 The number making me crazy!!!!

My weight goal has always been 180. I am 198, been holing there for a bit.  18 pounds  thats it....18 seems like such a small number but its making me nuts....it has been unreachable for years....Man I hate that number!!  spoken out loud, with everything else going on it seems silly to let that number upset me so....anyone else going nuts over a little number? Diana

Mine is 20.  20 little pounds til I reach a nomal bmi weight.  i've never been normal in my life - oh how desperately I want to get rid of that 20. You put it so well - such a littel number, with such a big impact.  Yes, I'm going nuts over a little number.

I feel your pain!  Mine is 20...20 Lbs for healthy BMI. Let's encourage one another, WE CAN GET TO A HEALTHY BMI...WE CAN DO IT..THEREFORE WE WILL !! HAPPY & HEALTHY LOSING, Hugs, maggie

Mine is 8.  I usually waver between 8 lousy pounds in the winter. But it's an entire size for me one way or the other. I got to 158...Went up to 168 right away...Settled at 165...but fight it only to go up to 168...(my norm monthy cycle weight too) Got to 178 at Christmas and had a heart failure when I saw that number.  Got back to 168 and could NOT hold steady at 165.  Now...I'm steady at 165...I'm thinking I want  to be back at 158...which is about 7 or 8 lbs less!!! 8! Ugh! Anita

My little number is 10.  Just 10 pounds.  I can remember seeing people and hearing them say 10 pounds they wanted to loose and I just thought.  How easy!  What if you had to loose over 100 - guess what 10 is not a little number. I'm holding steady right now at between 167-169.  I want to make it to 158  - why?  Then I will have lost 200 pounds and I'll be closer to the nomal weight range - not normal but close.  But I think you have inspired me.  I am going to get my BUTT moving and loose it!!! Trudy

My little number to lose is 17 pounds. So hopefully by increaseing my protien and working out by. The end of 8 weeks. I will have reach my goal wt. I wish everyone the best of luck. Taichi

My little number is 13.  I got down to 125 (I am 5'1") for about five minutes.  I am up to 138 now.  I so want to get back to 125.  I have joined Weigh****chers.  I am hoping facing those scales and counting those points will keep me motivated.  My 3 year anniversary is coming up in 12 days.  I would go like to lose a few pounds before my 3 year check-up on 3/10. Patricia    

Yes!!!! Every Day!!!! Diana, I completely understand what you're saying. I wonder if I'll ever be happy with any "number", but I hope some day I will be!

My little number is also 18.  I've never made it to goal.  I need to lose 18 to get there.  After losing 102, you'd think 18 would be a piece of cake, no pun intended. 

The lowest I've gotten was 145.5 for about 10 seconds.  Then back up to 147.  Held there for a year until the nesidioblastosis started rolling.  Gained up to 163.  Now I'm down to 159 and at least the scale seems to be moving in the right direction finally. 

Boy, it's tough to lose wt after the honeymoon period.  But then I guess that's why we all had surgery, because we couldn't lose it or couldn't sustain the lose if we did lose.