Today I reached my "goal weight" ...

I think as women, we have a lot of trouble seeing ourselves as others see us. We have all these negative filters that we see ourselves through. If you are at a weight that is considered healthy for your height, you can rest assured that you probably look great. (If in doubt, reflect on this- are other people telling you that you look great? If so, you are probably being too hard on yourself!)

This. Careful of losing ever more weight ....or going into body building....
I think these are just ways to avoid saying, I'm where I wanted to be now!
Reaching the goal can be difficult in itself!

Congrats! You look fabulous! I still have a long ways to go. I hope to achieve my goal weight of 125 pounds by the end of 2014. I am 153 right now. I did really bad during the holidays. I was 149 before Thanksgiving Christmas, and New Years. Then I went up to 161 (yikes!) I am doing this weight loss challenge at the grocery store where I work. The person who loses the biggest percentage wins a $500 gift card to my store. 2nd place winner gets $300 and 3rd place $200. So, I think that is a really good incentive to lose weight. Feel free to add me as a friend. Make sure you leave a message with your friend request, so I know where on here I "met" you.

This makes me nervous about the day when I hit my "goal", am I going to be left with a feeling a unsatisfaction?..I'm gathering a lot of people don't feel it's enough when they reach and are constantly on a mission. Does it ever stop? Do you ever get to a point that you're healthy and happy with the person you see in the mirror or are we constantly in a "fat trap?"

You look great!

Congratulations on reaching your goal.

Maybe it's time to set a new goal (weight &/or fitness)!

When I reached my goal, it didn't look or feel like I expected, and I decided to keep on going rather than settling. I ultimately lost another 9 pounds only to decide it was a little too much, so I settled on 6 pounds less than my original goal. So, ask yourself how you set your goal. For me, it was just a number that I thought I could achieve; maybe I didn't want to admit that I needed to lose 30-something pounds in the beginning, so I settled on 20-something. Also, I think it was a weight that I could carry better in my early 30's than I can in my early 40's.

Once I settled on my new goal weight, I still had some undesired jiggles and was still not in great shape, so I started mixing up my workouts to include more strength training and to increase my endurance. Now, while I'm not (nor will I ever be) perfect, I am becoming a better version of myself everyday. I am in better shape than I ever have been. I can run faster and further. I look better in my clothes. And, I am confident in how I carry myself.

My recommendation is to focus on what will make you happy because it'll be much easier to maintain something that you're proud of than it will be to be diligent about maintaining something you don't value as much. Now that I am where I really want to be, I will fight to KEEP what I have and won't let the old habits creep back in to steal it away from me.

Congrats..Now set a new goal. If not fitness, something else you want to accomplish

I think as women, we have a lot of trouble seeing ourselves as others see us. We have all these negative filters that we see ourselves through. If you are at a weight that is considered healthy for your height, you can rest assured that you probably look great. (If in doubt, reflect on this- are other people telling you that you look great? If so, you are probably being too hard on yourself!)

This. Careful of losing ever more weight ....or going into body building....
I think these are just ways to avoid saying, I'm where I wanted to be now!
Reaching the goal can be difficult in itself!

I suggested weights, but I wasn't suggesting she needs to go into bodybuilding or lose more weight. She looks very slender to me. But, I also understand wanting some nice curves and to be the best we can be (as we've been before). I had a gorgeous perky booty. But, approaching my mid thirties, and after gaining and losing 10 pounds (or less), it didn't look quite as round, firm, perky as did when I was a tad younger (with a bit more muscle that comes along with being young and fit). So, I started weights, and it perked right back up again. Lifting weights also allowed my body to gain a tiny bit of muscle (like a few pounds), and then I was able to drop a little fat and stay the same weight, but go down in my measurements and clothing size (2-3 sizes smaller). And the other benefit has been to my body functioning. Instead of injuring myself with hours of high impact cardio and ever increasing body weight exercises. I can lift weights for 45 minutes 3 times a week. I lift heavy for me, but not to any kind of excess. I'm not a body builder or a power lifter. I'm a fit, dancer, mother, looking young for my age. And I am more functional and in less pain than I was before. When we recommend weights, obviously the info comes from body builders and those are the photos you see. Because that is what they do professionally. But, I'm not a professional body builder, and most people that lift weights aren't. Same with many other fitness fields. When I tell people I lift weights they are always in shock and say, "But, you look too small to lift weights!" Adding strength training is the most up-to-date info in the field of fitness now. Just about almost everyone is realizing how effective it is and dispelling the myths. This is about long term fitness for a lifetime. And not gaining the weight back. Maintaining youthfulness.

Congratulations to you! I too have reached my weight loss goal and am now working with weights to tone.
At 55 my next goal is to shed the "chicken fat" on my arms.

Again, congratulations

I think as women, we have a lot of trouble seeing ourselves as others see us. We have all these negative filters that we see ourselves through. If you are at a weight that is considered healthy for your height, you can rest assured that you probably look great. (If in doubt, reflect on this- are other people telling you that you look great? If so, you are probably being too hard on yourself!)

This. Careful of losing ever more weight ....or going into body building....
I think these are just ways to avoid saying, I'm where I wanted to be now!
Reaching the goal can be difficult in itself!

Uhhhhhhhhh, what's wrong with body building??

Congratulations!

Good job!

I'm a guy but I felt the same way last year going from 193-160. I ended up getting down to 155 but, stopped maintaining after a couple months. So now I'm back. I don't think it would hurt to lose some as long as you stay above the lowest BMI index. Oh, and congratulations on reaching your goal!

Yay! I'm a little nervous about meeting my goal and going into maintenance mode. Keep us updated.

Congratulations!

I hit goal (140) but didn't look like I wanted so I reset my goal weight. I am at goal again (125) and I still don't look like I want--but I decided that I am at a healthy weight and I really want to be active and strong, so my goal has changed. Now I want to do a 10 mile run and I want to build muscle. I am now running several times a week, have run as much as 5.5 miles in one day, and doing strength training. I am hoping that in a few months or a year I will build more muscle, and be in even better condition.

I think everybody's goals change once they hit their original goal weight.