20lb weight loss success stories

I lost 33 pounds a couple of years ago (from 155 to 122) and went from a size 8 to a 0/00. I had to buy "temporary" clothes and have things altered at about the half-way mark, then I bought quite a few clothes at 132 (just 4 pounds from my original goal of 128), but when I reached my goal but didn't find the result I wanted, I kept going and had to buy a whole new wardrobe. I got rid of all of my larger sizes along the way and just a few months ago even gave away my one-size-too-big items because I am loving my new body and my new wardrobe, and I am highly motivated to keep them!

Keep it up...it may take 10-15 pounds to need a new size (especially if your old size was getting snug as mine was), but as you get smaller it takes fewer pounds to drop a full size, so don't buy too much or too expensive until you get where you want to stay. As for setting a goal, my advice is to set one that makes sense to you now, and reset based on how you look and feel once you get there.