Just hit Onederland!!

[Chancie 65]

WOO HOOO!!!

I'm really happy for you!! And a bit Jealous!! J/k..... I got 24 pounds to get there... and it's takin' foreva!!!

This last few weeks has been tuff for me... my weight loss has REALLY slowed down.. I knew it would.. but I still don't gotta like it! LOL

Great job!!!

[Jane_J 117]

Hi Chancie,

You will be there before you know it. Just stay focussed and don't think about it too much. (I have to fight obsessive behaviour patterns, it's not easy but possible).

Cheers,

Jane

[Malaika 50]

WOO HOOO!!!

I'm really happy for you!! And a bit Jealous!! J/k..... I got 24 pounds to get there... and it's takin' foreva!!!

This last few weeks has been tuff for me... my weight loss has REALLY slowed down.. I knew it would.. but I still don't gotta like it! LOL

Great job!!!

I'm right behind you Chancie -- I've got 29 lbs and I'll be there ... hopefully I'll get there before Thanksgiving ...I'm starting my workout next week so hoping the weight starts coming off again ...

Hi Chancie,

You will be there before you know it. Just stay focussed and don't think about it too much. (I have to fight obsessive behaviour patterns, it's not easy but possible).

Cheers,

Jane

obsessive behaviour patterns ... I don't know anything about those ... YEAH RIGHT ... it is possible but not easy, you're right about that!

[Chancie 65]

Wooooooo hooooo!! The scale dropped this week....:thumbup:

19 pounds to go to hit ONEderlad!!

[Jane_J 117]

That's brilliant Chancie. I am really pelased for you, that's 5lbs in one go!! We all just have to keep our nerve girls & boys!

[Chancie 65]

Got a question....

My Doc's goal for me is 160- a weight loss of 194 pounds...

I think at 170 or 175 would be more realistic.. I am very "big boned" and don't think I weighed 160 even when I was considered "thin".....

Question being... am I being pesimistic? defeatist??(sp?)

I'm really trying not to be... but I think in a way I am just trying to prepare myself in case I don't make it... But I REALLY want to. And I will be 6 months out on the 9th...and think I have done a good job to date. I go see my surgen on the 6th... and will compare scales and weights... and see what he has to say.

Just kinda curious as to what all of your "goal" weights are and how you feel about it.....

[*susan* 1,709]

Awesome news on the scale moving this week, Chancie! Mine made an awesome move this week too, I was down six pounds! Want to race to onederland?

As for goal weight, I think you need to find a spot you are comfortable with. If you hit 170 and are happy there and healthy, then great, if you find you want to lose a bit more, that is okay too. I know at my age, I don't really expect or need to be "skinny" again. I just want to be at a healthier weight for me and to feel good.

[Malaika 50]

Congrats Chancie -- that is great -- one pound at a time you'll be there before you know it.

Susan - 6 lbs! - wow, I'm jealous -- that's a great weight loss for one week - CONGRATS!

As for goal weight, my doctor hasn't really set a goal weight for me, I set it for myself and as I get closer to it (I've a ways to go yet), if I feel healthier and happier at a weight 5 lbs or so over it, then maybe I will quit trying to lose and try to maintain. Same goes for my goal weight, if I think I need to lose more, then I will. I think it all depends on how YOU feel at what weight you want to maintain. Whatever weight it is, it's going to be less than when you started the WL journey and you're going to be healthier than you were.