I've re-set my goal weight!
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I've re-set my goal weight!
| Sat, 09-17-2005 - 3:27pm |
I've always thought my goal weight would be 125 lbs but lately I have decided that my body likes my current weight! So I guess my body "set" itself :)
I'm 131 lbs & wearing a size 6 & I think I look great! Everyone comments on how good I look & what a difference there is with my body! Its a *great* feeling! To be "official" now, I've changed my goal to 130 lbs . . . only 1 more pound to go! :)
It feels really good not to be "focusing" on the scale. Sure, the numbers still important to me but I've learned its not *the* most important factor. I've come a long way baby! Mentally & physically, I'm a different person now!
Here's to the last pound to go! Almost there!
Doreen
188/131/130

need little motivation here. i am cheating badly on sbd for past week or so and don,t know what to do .
~Smiles~
Lisa
181/172/150 5`7
Congratulations!!!! You did such a great job and are such a huge inspiration!
-Cassie
Hi Doreen,
I think you made a smart decision.
Wow, Doreen! You have done a great job! I was looking at your numbers and thinking that you truly must look and feel like a different person.
Regarding setting a goal....I had that discussion with my doctor this past summer. I weigh between 123 and 125. I originally wanted to get down to 115 (I'm 5'3") since I weighed this just a few years ago. My doctor feels this is an unrealistic goal for me, given my age (48) and the fact that I am very healthy and all my "numbers" look great. He said that your body reaches a set point (like you said, it sets itself) and that if you go below that, it will affect your immune system and you will start getting sick because you will not be able to handle the germs coming at you. He said as long as you're not more than 10 lbs. over your high school graduation weight, then you're ok. (However, I would STILL like to get down to 120, lol.)
So, in short, you made the right decision. After all, it's not the number on the scale that counts, but rather lifestyle and how you look and feel.
Great job!!!!
10lbs over high school weight is healthy?? How about unrealistic?? I weighed 100lbs in HS at 5'4" and there is NO WAY I should weigh 110 now. I look really good and also healthy at 125. If I weighed 110 it would be because I was starving myself.
I'm not arguing with you hope2bhappy, but rather what the dr. said. How old is that dr?
Doreen, you're weight loss is really an inspiration. You've done an awesome job! *clapping for you*.
Susan
Doreen, congratulations!!!