It's kind of funny because I don't have a goal weight, per se. I could lie and give a number, but I just prefer to feel a whole lot better than I do with all of this weight.

So my real goals are striving for more energy and better heath. I would also love to be in kickboxing and along-side the energy I want to feel a need to drive hard to reach my career goals.

Lastly, if nothing else I want to be selfish for the first time ever with a new body. Some people had kids or life just got a hold of them and they picked up the weight, but I never had that luxury of knowing what it once felt like to be slender. Some folks may call this kind of surgery cheating, but with a fat girl frame of mind that I was raised with I think of it as a life saver (no pun intended lol). So a new wardrobe will do. I'm already confident, but I would love to flaunt the style I've been dying to try.

Fat girls rock, but I'm so over it.

Some folks may call this kind of surgery cheating

Don't worry about it being cheating.

I looked up the guy that made the rule that weight loss surgery was "the easy way out" and beat the crap out of him.

You won't be hearing from him again.

It's kind of funny because I don't have a goal weight, per se. I could lie and give a number, but I just prefer to feel a whole lot better than I do with all of this weight.

So my real goals are striving for more energy and better heath. I would also love to be in kickboxing and along-side the energy I want to feel a need to drive hard to reach my career goals.

Lastly, if nothing else I want to be selfish for the first time ever with a new body. Some people had kids or life just got a hold of them and they picked up the weight, but I never had that luxury of knowing what it once felt like to be slender. Some folks may call this kind of surgery cheating, but with a fat girl frame of mind that I was raised with I think of it as a life saver (no pun intended lol). So a new wardrobe will due. I'm already confident, but I would love to flaunt the style I've been dying to try.

Fat girls rock, but I'm so over it.

I like your thinking, Juanita!

Whoever called it cheating never did it!

Don't worry about it being cheating.

I looked up the guy that made the rule that weight loss surgery was "the easy way out" and beat the crap out of him.

You won't be hearing from him again.

Lol agreed and thanks for the hardcore support.

I like your thinking' date=' Juanita![/quote']

Thank you.

Whoever called it cheating never did it!

Sounds about right.

Fat girls rock, but I'm so over it.

Thanks for making me smile. I feel sooooooooooo much better without the extra weight. It's like I didn't know how much the fat was making me feel miserable until I started to lose it and feel better. It was like I forgot how a body should move, and feel.

I've dropped out of the fat girls club but still haven't joined the skinny girls club, because I still have some weight and curves...which is all good with me!

Thanks for making me smile. I feel sooooooooooo much better without the extra weight. It's like I didn't know how much the fat was making me feel miserable until I started to lose it and feel better. It was like I forgot how a body should move' date=' and feel.

I've dropped out of the fat girls club but still haven't joined the skinny girls club, because I still have some weight and curves...which is all good with me![/quote']

Yeah, I feel like I can't breathe with this weight. Like I can do so much more and I want to, so I completely understand what you've said.

I don't think I'd look proper being too skinny, so I just want to be thick, but not fat anymore. Lol

Get ready for the strange feeling when your skeletal structure begins to surface. Also, when you walk or run and the normal "wall" is missing and you keep right on going.

I remember being quite skinny when I was a young teen, embarrassed by my exposed bones. We have now reunited and a wiser me is grateful for their appearance.

Get ready for the strange feeling when your skeletal structure begins to surface. Also' date=' when you walk or run and the normal "wall" is missing and you keep right on going.

I remember being quite skinny when I was a young teen, embarrassed by my exposed bones. We have now reunited and a wiser me is grateful for their appearance.[/quote']

I think when I get to a certain weight the exercise might just come to an end. Lol

I didn't have a weight goal either! I think somewhere in the back of my mind I was hoping to get to 240lbs! I thought being a size 16 or 18 would be amazing.

Now I'm 190, still losing and a size 12!

You have great goals. Don't let anyone tell you that you need a number to shoot for.

My goals were to be healthy. To run a 5k (Nailed it!) To ride horses again (started last summer... when I was 240!)

You can do it!

I didn't have a weight goal either! I think somewhere in the back of my mind I was hoping to get to 240lbs! I thought being a size 16 or 18 would be amazing.

Now I'm 190, still losing and a size 12!

You have great goals. Don't let anyone tell you that you need a number to shoot for.

My goals were to be healthy. To run a 5k (Nailed it!) To ride horses again (started last summer... when I was 240!)

You can do it!

Love this!! Our current stats are quite similar except you are taller than I am. I think I would be happy with a BMI of 27. Everything since my one year has been a struggle (as far as losing goes) so I've been partially content to stay here (size L on top, 12 on bottom) and haven't had the motivation to kick my exercise up a notch or scale back my calories from 1200 to 800 (that is when I lose when my caloric intake drops below 800.) Anyway, just wanted to say great job and I totally KWYM about being estatic to be smaller and then find out that you are smaller than what you originally could even imagine.

I didn't have a weight goal either! I think somewhere in the back of my mind I was hoping to get to 240lbs! I thought being a size 16 or 18 would be amazing.

Now I'm 190' date=' still losing and a size 12!

You have great goals. Don't let anyone tell you that you need a number to shoot for.

My goals were to be healthy. To run a 5k (Nailed it!) To ride horses again (started last summer... when I was 240!)

You can do it![/quote']

Thank you for the encouraging words. It always helps when someone understands. :-)

And congrats on reaching your goals!!

I didn't have a weight goal either! I think somewhere in the back of my mind I was hoping to get to 240lbs! I thought being a size 16 or 18 would be amazing.

Now I'm 190' date=' still losing and a size 12!

You have great goals. Don't let anyone tell you that you need a number to shoot for.

My goals were to be healthy. To run a 5k (Nailed it!) To ride horses again (started last summer... when I was 240!)

You can do it![/quote']

Thanks for sharing your story here. I can relate to everything u said! Hope u are still doing great! Can u post pics! Thanks!

So heres my problem. . . I'm out 3 + years, have surpassed my doctors goal weight for me at 212, lost 150 lbs, went from a size 32 W to a 16 R and 6 feet tall with a large frame and at 200 lbs look great, but feel like sh*t. . . I'm back to feeling like the fat girl all over again. . . I can't eat more then 6 oz at a time and do indulge treats sometimes, but not overly. . . I haven't gained any weight but haven't lost any either. . . amazing how when you get used to seeing yourself after a while, how the old thinking comes back . . . guess the "honeymoon" is over for this old gal. . .ugh life is what it is huh?