Well it finally happened, I made it to my originally stated goal and the one that my surgeon also agreed upon. I've so looked forward to this that I had built it up in my mind as a momentous occasion that would be a auspicious event and streamers and confetti would rain down from the sky while a baptist church chorus sang hallelujah.

Well that didn't happen. My stall before hitting goal had lasted 6 weeks and I thought for sure that would make the victory all the more sweeter, so I didn't mind the stall. I just kept on keeping on and working out. Then on the 22nd when I did my weekly weigh in it finally happened. 218 lbs, actually 2 lbs less than my goal. Know what I felt?

Alright, cool.

Then it hit me, "Wait a minute, that's under goal. Why aren't I whooping and hollering?!"

I am at the weight I was before I met my wife, some say that I look better than I ever have. (the grey hair makes you look distinguished!) My health is better than it has been in a decade. And I personally feel better than anytime that I can remember. This is what I wanted, this is what I asked for help in achieving. So why am I not elated?

I think it comes down to now that I know what I have accomplished, I think I know what I am capable of. I want more. I don't just want to be thinner and healthier. I want to be able to do the things I have never been able to do, even before I got fat. I want to be able to do a pull up. Just one. I want to have a chest and not any moobs. I want my wife to suck on her teeth and look at me like a piece of meat!

So that's the new goal. I figure it took 308 days to get here, so I'll give myself another 308 to get there.

So for posterity sake, here is the beginning and current pictures:

Fat Paul circa May 2014

And healthy Paul 12-22-2015

Edited December 23, 201510 yr by BigViffer

Congratulations! This is an awesome accomplishment.

Just an idea, but maybe it didn't feel as momentous as it is because you have already been reaping the benefits of "hitting goal"?

As they say, it's the journey and not the destination.

Wow. You look so incredibly good. Don't tell your wife but I'm sucking my teeth!!! Hahahaha. Proud for you.

Congratulations on reaching goal. You look fantastic and happy.

Reaching goal might have been anticlamatic but think that you would not be in a position to shoot for your new goals without first hitting your weight loss goal.

Wow! Looking good!

Wow...awesome????????