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10 Pounds to go!

smittybuilt19
smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
edited January 3 in Motivation and Support
Today after weigh-in, I realized I'm 10 lbs. away from goal. I've read many posts about the mental aspect of losing weight and still thinking, in the mirror, you look the same as you did before the loss. I know all I have to do when these feelings start to creep in is just check the tag in my pants or the tag in my shirt...yea, I have definitely lost, but dang, with ten pounds left I wonder, am I going to be satisfied? My initial goal was to get to the top end of a "healthy" weight for my height and body type, but when I seriously look in the mirror, I feel that I have more than 10 lbs. of belly and booby fat left.

Those of you who have hit your goal weight, how did you feel? Other than excited, did you feel slightly disappointed? Maybe set a new lower goal weight?

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  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    I am within 10 pounds from my goal as well but still struggle with a fat mid-section (compared to the rest of me). I decided the numeric goal is no longer important and I will just have to keep on it until i see what I want to in the mirror. I don't even care if i stay the same weight I am now, but I want to keep running and working out to keep whittling away the inches until my midsection is flat. I think the issue is I was never a regular size, so I had no idea what goal weight would be correct for me. Now I will just keep working and see what happens.

    Hang in there!
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
    ^^ I totally get what you're saying. Especially the "never being a normal size" part, I can relate. I just picked a number I thought would produce what I was looking for. I too will continue to run and try to incorporate better foods into my overall diet. Thanks for responding!
  • katealbright
    katealbright Posts: 134 Member
    Obviously I have a much shorter journey than you guys but still. I have different days. Some days I love myself and I feel great about all the work I've done and I feel like I could just go into maintenance mode right now, 5lbs away from my goal. Other days I feel like I want to not only lose the last 5 lbs, but 5-10 more after that.
  • debbecake
    debbecake Posts: 20 Member
    I'm within 10 lbs too and some days I feel like I'll never be satisfied. I've gone from size 16/18 to an 8 and I know an 8 is smallish and I haven't worn that size since junior high but I don't feel like an 8. I feel like the clothes are all sized wrong. I definitely see changes and I actually like myself in pictures but I still feel like that overweight person a lot. I hope that feeling goes away. I could probably lose more after I hit my goal which would be great but I just want to hit a point that I'm not consumed with the thoughts of trying to lose and what to eat. I guess that's when I'll be satisfied. Maybe it'll happen after these last 10 lbs.
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
    I'm within 10 lbs too and some days I feel like I'll never be satisfied. I've gone from size 16/18 to an 8 and I know an 8 is smallish and I haven't worn that size since junior high but I don't feel like an 8. I feel like the clothes are all sized wrong. I definitely see changes and I actually like myself in pictures but I still feel like that overweight person a lot. I hope that feeling goes away. I could probably lose more after I hit my goal which would be great but I just want to hit a point that I'm not consumed with the thoughts of trying to lose and what to eat. I guess that's when I'll be satisfied. Maybe it'll happen after these last 10 lbs.

    Wow! You totally hit the nail on the head. Will I ever be satisfied? I know exactly what you mean about the pictures too. When I see a new picture of myself, I can't help but notice an amazing change. I am the lightest I have been since freshman year in H.S. but can't shake that bad image when I look in the mirror.
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