What drives your weight loss? Hw did you set your goal?

I've realised numbers mean *kitten* all in the grand scheme of things, BUT, I know psychologically it's not as easy as that. Ideally I'd like to be 140lbs (10st) but the reality of that is quite slim (pun intended) because I know having been 10st before that I didn't look healthy and it wasn't easy to maintain. Therefore, I'm just going to take whatever comes my way - I've set a goal of 10st, but to be honest, providing I'm healthy, happy and am able to sustain my lifestyle, I couldn't give a toss about the numbers.

I'm 175cms and 40yrs old

Tho i like seeing the numbers go down i tend to agree with the others above me, really that means jack **** if you still don't feel any different. The scales say i've lost 13Kg's and i can see some of tho i've seen myself every day of my life and was so use to seeing lots of overhang and i can still see that so once again while i've obviously lsot weight cause clothes i wore just months ago are way too big now but i can still see the same bulge and still feel fat.

about 18yrs ago i did a complete life change went white meat-tarian 3 days a week, strict vegetarian 3 days a week and one day nothing but fruit. and did Karate 6 nights a week (7 classes) + weekend trainings on the beach, i kept that up for 8years and was down to 13stonne. 2 below what i currently am. but it was not sustainable soon as my back gave out and i lost interest in Karate i got depressed and the weight not only all came back but i gained and extra almost 2 stonne

Time for take 2 and do it right this time, healthy nutrition but don't take things too seriously just cut out junk food, ice coffee and sugar and excess salt and do 360mins of exercise a week

Now to the question at hand, my weight loss was driven by a need to get healthy cause i was on a death spiral, diagnosed with level 2 hypertension (high blood pressure) i didn't know about that was at critical levels on the verge of a heart attack or stroke at any time and my sister-in-law lost 20Kgs in 24months and looks amazing, tho i thought she looked great even when she was alot bigger but that has alot to do with her personality..

I set my goal first to just lose as much weight as i could as fast as i could to drop my blood pressure and the other health risks in addition to getting into a upper healthy weight range for my age and height which is around 87kg's, my first goal was to break 100 which i did and my next goal is 90kg's and i'll be there in a month if i keep going as i am. Now realise thats not a "i want to look like this" it's a i want to get into a healthy range, i definately wont be a Stone Cut greek god but i'm not in it for that.

I love the regular gym sessions, not always motivated to go nuts but i like the cardio, tires me out for bed time
and thats the other bonus, i use to suffer from Sleep Apnea, Ensomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and having to get up every hour to pee, and headaches for the first 2 hours of every morning those symptoms have reduced dramatically in just under 3 months.