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I made my second goal this morning and while I am pleased with myself, I feel I can do more. At 5'11" my frame can go down to about 160, easily, I believe. Too much less than that then my already bony top half starts looking a little odd with my ample behind, KWIM? My dh is an offshore diver and is currently on a 3 month contract job off the coast of Nigeria and he will be home the first week of april and I hope to have some dramatic changes in my body when he comes home. I am down 12 so far since he left and I have been at the gym 6 days a weekf for an hour, minimum, each day. I am motivated but a little freaked out with being so close. I am not sure I know what to do with myself. I am visiting home in april and only a coupleof people have seen me since I started this journey and not everyone knows about the band. I know I will be paid more attention than I would like and I know not all of it will be good with so many in my family having their own weight issues. Some people dont really want you to be 'too thin'. I need to work on being emotionally prepared, I think. My new weight and body will be so new to me that my mind wont have time to wrap itself around the reality and even though I am typically very stong and focused, my weight has always been a source of anxiety for me. Anyway, just needed to sound off on that, thanks for listening!! Oh, and I am not going to reset my ticker to reflect my next ten pound goal like I had been, I want to see it say 'below target weight'!!

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I have to agree, the reset tickers don't tell the whole story. But, I do understand why some people do reset them.

I have long noticed that thin people think of weight gain in terms of 1-10lbs, while us heavier people think of weight gain in terms of 10lb increments. It is kind of a state of mind thing to me.

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