Feeling weird about a milestone

1two3four
1two3four Posts: 413 Member
edited January 16 in Motivation and Support
I should be celebrating.

I made it to 199 lbs this week.

I had half dozen NSVs in the days leading up to 199 lbs.

This is also my half way point.

I've lost 88 lbs since October 1, 2011.

I just don't feel like this is as huge as I know it is.

I mean, I don't feel negatively about it, I just don't feel like screaming from the rooftops like I thought I would.

About all I did was weigh myself half dozen times before I could really believe it and then look in the mirror for what felt like a million years. That's it.

Anyone else feel like this? I feel like there's something wrong with me!!

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  • Jamcnair
    Jamcnair Posts: 586 Member
    Congratulations! You're doing great and you're worth it!!
  • dangerousdumpling
    dangerousdumpling Posts: 1,109 Member
    No doubt at some point you were so looking forward to onederland that it seems a bit surreal to have reached it. It really is an amazing accomplishment. People like me who are only 10 lbs into their weight loss journey think people like you are totally awesome. Keep up the amazing work that you're doing.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Congrats!
    I know what you mean, though. I have had "major moments" that--before they happened--I expected to feel differently and then just didn't. Honestly, one of those times was the day I got married. I expected to feel something profound as I walked away from the alter. . . . but it was really several weeks later that it really soaked in. And then it wasn't so much of a "magic moment" as it was simply a sense of calm and peace that I was where I was supposed to be.

    So maybe it will come in its own way--not with a fanfare, but with a quiet sense of "yeah, I did that"-- and that's OK, too.
  • Fit_Mama84
    Fit_Mama84 Posts: 234 Member
    I can relate to that. I am around my halfway point as well. I don't feel the way I thought I would feel either. I'm hoping once I get to my goal weight I'll get the excitement I am expecting, but even if I don't, I know in my head that what I'm doing is still a good thing. Maybe it's one of those things where it takes our minds a little longer to catch up with what our bodies are doing.
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