Differing goals

[ajustice 484]

So I'm very close to reaching my personal goal of 135lb. So close I can almost taste it. My surgeon sat his goal at 120-130 but no specific number. Anyone else have differing goals? I'm trying to really get a overall feeling for what's best for me. A part of me is feeling more I won't be content til I'm in his range. Anyone else have a similar experience? I have family pressuring me about being too thin. Just trying to find a happy balance.

[muffin1001 11]

It's so difficult knowing when to stop, and when to be happy! I started the process with a very firm goal weight in mind and then when I reached that goal I realised I could do much better! I then set a new goal weight and when I reached that goal, my weight plateau'd for a while and I put 7lbs back on which is where I seem to be at the moment.

It would be nice to drop a little more weight again, but I am fitting nicely into clothes I could only dream of before, so I'm trying not to be obsessive about it. I have learned that you can get more than a little hung up on what the scales say so I am trying not to be overly critical of myself.

I think when I finally reach my goal, whatever it may be, I'll know when I get there, and I'll be very proud of myself. It's not just getting to goal, it's staying there as well that's a challenge!

Best of luck to you :-)

[iamsoworthit 430]

So I'm very close to reaching my personal goal of 135lb. So close I can almost taste it. My surgeon sat his goal at 120-130 but no specific number. Anyone else have differing goals? I'm trying to really get a overall feeling for what's best for me. A part of me is feeling more I won't be content til I'm in his range. Anyone else have a similar experience? I have family pressuring me about being too thin. Just trying to find a happy balance.

Don't let anyone tell you where you should be weight wise. You decide when you are satisfied then work on maintaining that. I am honestly not sure why people think it is ok to tell a former fat person what they should weigh? I am starting to get that now too (even at 162) and it boggles my mind. I would never presume to tell someone they are too fat so why would I say yoy are getting too skinny? It is our bodies, we have to live in them and so it is about your confort zone. Don't make yourself crazy about a number on a scale iit doesn't define you.