Just changed my goal for the ticker

tifanietiberio

wow, i am super stressed out over this- i changed the goal on my ticker from losing 62lbs total to 87lbs total. i wasn't sure if i was going to be able to even commit to losing weight (that was in june 2011) and now i am down 40lbs! and that kind of gave me the confidence to think that instead of just making it to a point that was acceptable to me, i could go to where i really wanted to be.

once i saw the ticker change though, and instead of being over halfway to my goal i wasn't even quite midway yet. that kind of stressed me out and now i feel like i didn't accomplish as much or i won't be able to go all the way. i know it sounds silly, but that stupid ticker really means a lot to me. i have really adopted this lifestyle and committed to it as if it were a full-time job or a relationship and meeting the goals that i have set really means something to me.

it's just that now i have lost some weight and people are noticing and my friends and co-workers see the amount of effort i put into pre-planning meals and measuring food and counting calories, i don't want to not meet my goals and look like a failure. and of course, the more anxious i become, the more i want to completely derail. i don't want to let anyone down, especially myself. am i just being ridiculously paranoid or does anyone else worry about this stuff?

*i hope everyone is having a super day*

yanicka

Breath in and breath out. You are going to be ok. Just take it one pound at a time. If your ticker is stressing you that much, why no go by smaller goals. Go by 20 pounds instead of the total. But really it does not change the fact that you are doing a wonderfull job. I have lost 16 pounds in the last 9 months!!!! So 40 pounds is enormous.