My weight loss goal has been mine, not my surgeons (see "my doctor is a crackhead" threads). I have wanted to be in a size 10 comfortably, and weigh what I did 10 years ago. But I have decided to drop my goal 10 more pounds to get into an 8 and weigh what I did 20 years ago when I was a singer in a rock band.

Yes, I am a 40 year old wife and mother but one can dream, right? And this band has really made me feel like my dreams can come true!

has anyone else lowered their initial goal once they have gotten some (or most) of the way there?

I have a lot more weight to lose than you do so, for me, I don't look too far down the road. I'm not basing my goal weight on a certain number on the scale. When I look good to myself and feel as good as I look, I'll jump on the scale. Whatever number it reads will be my goal weight. However, that's a long ways off so, for now, I take it one day at a time.

I don't have a goal Weight - I have a goal clothing size.

Right now - my goal size is a 14. I don't give a rat's @$$ about being thin - I just want to be smaller and be able to shop in a normal store. Maybe when I get to a size 18 or so, I will revise that - maybe not.

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Hello Heather,

My philosophy is the old saying, "If you can dream it, you can achieve it."

Remember, it is your personal goal and no one elses. If you want to be a size 8 then be a size 8. The number on the scale doesn't matter so much. You can be 150 pounds over lean muscle from working out, and be a size 8. Or you can be 120 pounds and size 8. Hope that makes sense.

Melissa Lea :hippie:

Pre-bandster

Spivak (6/9/06)

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