Well, that magic number arrived today...you know that one you set, either officially or in your head -- the infamous goal weight!

My surgeon never gave me a goal weight. I set one in my head of 160 pounds (I'm a 56-year-old, 5'6" woman). In a world where 130 pounds is the perfect weight, that still "sounded" high to me. And, after a little research, I realized that I had to get down to 155 to "officially" not be overweight anymore (according to the BMI charts)

I was 159.4 this morning. That stupid 155 number is still in my head. But, in all honesty, nobody --including my doctors -- think that I need to lose any more weight. I'm very active. I eat 1200 calories a day....or more on a heavy workout day.

Half of me is afraid I'll never hit 155....25 percent of me is afraid I'll go below that....and 25 percent of me is convinced that I'm going to wake up tomorrow and have gained 25 pounds

HW (this decade anyway) 275

SW - 253

CW - 159.4

Anyway, I'm just rambling. I'm happy with my results....i'm just a bit confused on what I do now I've been maintaining at around 162 for several months so I'll probably go back up to that and I'll be fine. (I'm feeling neurotic today!) :-)

Congratulations! How long did it take you to meet goal? Any advice for those of us also in mid-life? At 47 I've worried I've waited to long...but I'm all set for April just waiting in line for my turn[emoji3](my surgeon was booked 8 weeks out)

2 hours ago, heatherable said:

Congratulations! How long did it take you to meet goal? Any advice for those of us also in mid-life? At 47 I've worried I've waited to long...but I'm all set for April just waiting in line for my turn(my surgeon was booked 8 weeks out)

@heatherable you definitely have NOT waited too long. I was 55 when I had surgery. It took me 14 months to hit my goal but the last five pounds took three months... And I was really on maintenance by then. Good luck!