You're BEFORE may be someone else's AFTER!

That makes me nervous. But I totally get what you're saying.

I see no problem with someone else's before being my after pic. I started at 352 and I'm holding steady at about 120 pounds lost. I've seen "lightweight" sleevers who started at 230 and lost down to the low 100's, but that's not my reality or my goal. I think each of us looks for their own ideal body image. I'm very very close to mine. My original goal was 170; surgeon's goal was 190. I'm comfortable where I am, though, and, while I'm still trying to eat right and I'm exercising, my goal now isn't the number. It's the health benefit and how comfy I am in the body I'm ROCKING these days.

LIssa, you've got the right attitude

Yes. My point in saying this was to remind people that we all have different goals. We all start at different places and end at different places. There is no magic number. Mine might be much higher or lower than yours, but it is right and realistic for me. ????

so true. I hope to get to 187 but 214 is the lowest I've been in 20 years and 187 seems a dream. "normal BMI" for me is 173 and I was last there 23 years ago. I can't even imagine. if I can get to 208 I'll be merely "overweight". some people start not much higher. but I am tall so I rationalize it that way ( 5-10) my highest was 315

I'm 5'10" as we'll... 10 BMI points to goal! Surgery is Monday! I'm trying to get past 230. :/ I'm stuck at 232.