Hey everyone,

I hope what I am about to say makes sense. I am currently at 288 pounds and seem to be losing pretty quickly and I keep getting flashbacks to a couple of years back when I weighed 199. I remember thinking at that time, I have to go to weightwatchers and even when I was attending the meetings, nothing clicked. I didn't see myself losing the weight, going down on the scale and I didn't see it happening fast. Possibly because weightwatchers advocates a 1-2 pound loss a week, I estimated it at 6 months, however it seemed like a loooooong time and felt like it was NEVER going to happen.

And now I'm almost 90 pounds heavier and my head is changing. It's like I just know the weight will come off. My only concern is, I will reach that 199 mark and have those same feelings come right back to me from the past....if that makes any sense?

Also it's so strange how I'm heavier but more positive that the weight will come off. I'm not sure if this is making any sense but did any of you have those times where you were lighter than now and realistically would only take a few months to get to goal but the mind just completely blocked that off and made it all negative, making it seem like it would never happen.

It's so strange how I'm at my heaviest but I'm positive the weight will come off...

It TOTALLY makes sense... I knew in my head that this would work, but while I was still in my 'familiar zone' of weights that I'd been over the last few years (from my highest at 258 to the lowest at 206), it was all "been there, done that". It was hard to really feel and believe that I'd keep going past that after so many failures, and I even had a little bit of anxiety as I started approaching the 200 mark. But when it passed and I saw 198 on the scale...WOOOOO!! That's when I really, really started to feel like YES, this is really gonna happen. It took getting into what by then was new territory before it seemed real.

You're right though...you WILL get there and Celebrate getting into the 100s!

It TOTALLY makes sense... I knew in my head that this would work, but while I was still in my 'familiar zone' of weights that I'd been over the last few years (from my highest at 258 to the lowest at 206), it was all "been there, done that". It was hard to really feel and believe that I'd keep going past that after so many failures, and I even had a little bit of anxiety as I started approaching the 200 mark. But when it passed and I saw 198 on the scale...WOOOOO!! That's when I really, really started to feel like YES, this is really gonna happen. It took getting into what by then was new territory before it seemed real.

You're right though...you WILL get there and celebrate getting into the 100s!

Thanks! I'm glad I'm not the only one with these thoughts and feelings. I think this is something that is just so different to everything ever done before and diets were things I used to try constantly and fail at and put more weight on. So for me it was like...I'll lose a bit and put on loads.

But right now, this is an exhilarating feeling of total dieting freedom and a great new way of life!

Hey everyone,

I hope what I am about to say makes sense. I am currently at 288 pounds and seem to be losing pretty quickly and I keep getting flashbacks to a couple of years back when I weighed 199. I remember thinking at that time, I have to go to weightwatchers and even when I was attending the meetings, nothing clicked. I didn't see myself losing the weight, going down on the scale and I didn't see it happening fast. Possibly because weightwatchers advocates a 1-2 pound loss a week, I estimated it at 6 months, however it seemed like a loooooong time and felt like it was NEVER going to happen.

And now I'm almost 90 pounds heavier and my head is changing. It's like I just know the weight will come off. My only concern is, I will reach that 199 mark and have those same feelings come right back to me from the past....if that makes any sense?

Also it's so strange how I'm heavier but more positive that the weight will come off. I'm not sure if this is making any sense but did any of you have those times where you were lighter than now and realistically would only take a few months to get to goal but the mind just completely blocked that off and made it all negative, making it seem like it would never happen.

It's so strange how I'm at my heaviest but I'm positive the weight will come off...

Total sense in my book. . . as a heavier person you realize your health issue more and your more aware of your weight. . .your not comfortable as a bigger person and you would love to change it, so your more aware. . . once you get to your 199lbs your probably going to be so impressed with yourself that your going to challenge yourself to lose more (that is what I'm doing right now too) and your going to be happier so you'll continue to be more postive at that weight as well. . . good luck and i hope what i said makes sense too cause sometimes i just hear blah blah blah coming out of my head. . . :lol:

I think everyone on here has probably had those feelings at some point during any weight loss journey. My thing is I know I am loosing weight I just can't picture myself smaller then I am now. It's been 5 almost 6 years of me being 100 or more lbs over weight. I am use to seeing myself in this body. I don't remember what it was like when I was smaller, but I'm trying to get myself to get past the whole "the weights won't come off" stage.. As long as we stay positive anything is possible. The goals we set for ourselves can be reached!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one too! I already have anxiety about getting below 215..that's the lowest I got with lapband. And then the lowest I got before that on weightwatchers (I wasn't nearly as heavy to begin with) was 199. So it makes me feel strange..weird even..nervous...to think I will be lower than that by summer. But it's exciting too! This might be the first summer I'm not feeling humiliated every time I take my kids swimming... now that will be fun!