Hooray!! I stepped on the bathroom scales this morning and beheld a sight I've not had in years -- 249 lbs. First time I've been below 250 lbs since early in this decade, like 2002.

My next goal is ambitious. I'm going to try for 225 lbs by June. That's a little over 1.5 pounds per week for 16 weeks.

June is my birthday month, and my DH will be out of training before then. I'm hoping he'll earn at least as much or more than what he earned at his old job. We haven't been able to celebrate birthdays in recent years. I'd like to do so, even if it means going to the steakhouse and eating a teeny bit off DH's plate. (grin) That's celebration, just to go out.

I think I'll set my goals like this all the time. Every 3 months, I'll shoot for a reasonable goal that will keep me working toward that someday of looking like that picture in gold again. (sigh)

Woot! Good for you Lena! It must feel awesome! I think mini-goals are a great idea, they keep you working towards them as they seem more reachable then an end goal. Keep it up! -BG

Thanks, BG! In my job, you have to break down the goals or you'll be overwhelmed. Just ask anyone who ever tried to write the Great American Novel. LOL!

way to go keep up the "GreatJob".It's one step at a time, you want it's so bad,it is yous.

Thanks, Charlie! I'm enjoying my band so very much! Even the occasional problems are actually re-training me away from bad habits and into good ones.

Do you ever have those times you still feel like you are just"REALLY BIG"??I'm having one of those weeks don't understand it.Hope it goes away soon, don't like it

I know I'm really big! I weigh more than my 6'1" ex-football player roommate. It's humiliating. As a joke, he dressed up as a woman for Halloween one year, wearing my clothes, and they were loose on him. I tried to crawl under the floor in mortification.