Hi all who have reached your half way mark, what is the feeling like?

half way to goal or losing half of your total body weight?
Took me 6 months, 12 days to reach my half way mark of losing 232lbs (432lbs to 316lbs = 116lbs down).

Took me 1 year, 1 month, 14 days to lose half of my total body weight = 432lbs to 215lbs = 216lbs down.

Just can't put it into words but one of my motivations was to get basic hygiene back. That alone made me a happy camper.

It took me 4 months to lose 40 lbs. The benefits are: buying new clothes in regular sizes, feeling better when I run, convincing my husband to get on board with a healthy lifestyle. We're in our 50s and we have a lot of years left to live. I want them to be happy and healthy years.

To be honest, I didn't wake up one day and say, oooh, halfway to my goal. I never really set a long term goal. One day, one week at a time. So it wasn't until I one day calculated that doubling my current loss would be too much. It was only then that I realized how far I had made it. It was a nice little source of light

brightsideofpink wrote: »

To be honest, I didn't wake up one day and say, oooh, halfway to my goal. I never really set a long term goal. One day, one week at a time. So it wasn't until I one day calculated that doubling my current loss would be too much. It was only then that I realized how far I had made it. It was a nice little source of light

Same with me. My first goal was just to lose 10% of my weight, which is touted by medical authorities as being so beneficial. I got there in about 10 weeks. Then I thought it was working so well that I would try to move from obese to overweight; it's hard to say how long that took, because I did dip below that line about seven months in to the process, then spent around six months bouncing around in a 10-lb range that included that line. In the past two months (13 to 15 months after I started) I was finally able to lose a little more and stay consistently below the obese line.

It wasn't until reading this thread that I realized that doubling my loss-to-date would take me to the mid-point of the healthy weight range for my height, which coincidentally was what I weighed decades ago entering my senior of high school, and while I suppose if I ever get there I might think I want to lose another five pounds, I doubt it. Right now I'm hoping to eventually make it to the top end of the healthy weight range for my height. I'm happy with a slow downward trend at this point--I'm even happy with just maintaining the loss so far, because when I started I wouldn't have believed I could lose this much, and I know that statistics don't favor maintaining a weight loss long term.

So thanks for making me realize I've reached the half-way mark. It feels good. But don't feel like you have to get that far to feel good about what you've accomplished. I regularly look back at what I weighed 12 months previously, and feel really happy, even if it's not a huge number. It's so much better than weighing more than I did 12 months previously, which would likely be a path toward diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

I've lost 43 lbs and have 47 left to go. I've had people compliment me on looking good. Honestly, at first I kind of felt satisfied with where I am, but then I looked in the mirror. I want to be able to run in just my running bra and shorts next summer and look good. I have a long way to go before my Irish white abs can be shown to public. I'm proud of what I've done so far, but determined to finish and maintain this time.

Honestly for me, the scale was just sort of a bonus benefit of getting my *kitten* together. I was always far more excited about my ever improving blood work and fitness PRs and improvements than I was about the scale.

I'm actually still "overweight" as per BMI...but I'm about 15%-17% BF so I really don't worry so much about those kind of labels.

Just keep on keeping on...it is nice when people start complimenting you...but ultimately it has to about more than just some number on the scale or being thin or whatever...I mean, eventually you will get there, and then what...what will be your motivation then?

I'm so close to my halfway mark. I know I still have a long way to go, but I've seen improvements just from getting far. I'm not so sluggish, I have way more confidence again (which has helped make my marriage even better), clothing options are getting easier, people are nicer to me (which, it shouldn't be that way, but it is). I can't wait to experience goal weight.

i honestly didn't notice my body changing much, but others did. it felt good to have the fake, semi-condescending "have you lost weight?"s turn into genuine "oh my god WHAT are you doing because is it ever working"s. the best feeling, and to me, the greatest measure of my success, was having people start asking me for weight loss advice instead of trying to give it to me unsolicited.

I never focused on a halfway mark, partially because my goal was never determined with certainty, but also because I had a lot to lose and didn't want it to seem overwhelming. I knew I wanted to be somewhere in the healthy BMI range (127-171 for my height), but wanted to see what I looked like before determining how much is enough.

I started at 267. I broke it up into smaller mini goals. Getting below 250 was my first goal...that felt very good. 225 was huge. 203 was important because that is the weight at which I was no longer obese and just became overweight. I was amused at how excited I was to be overweight. LOL! Getting below 200 was even better. Every time the second number goes lower I am very happy. I am currently 182 and still 11 pounds overweight. My final goal? Not sure...somewhere in the 140-160 range...even though my doctor keeps saying that is too low for my frame and 170 is better. But I'll know when I reach it.

Its taken me 3 years to lose 45lbs, and I technically have 45 more to lose. I'm not nearly as strict about my diet as I should be, but that is changing soon.

The psychological part is hardest for me. My fellow gym members have seen me go from a size 18 to a 10/12. They've watched my confidence grow, and me do things I never thought I'd do. Occasionally, someone will approach me and compliment me, and I never knew how to respond. Finally I started thanking them and telling them it meant a lot to me because I have trouble seeing it.

For those who aren't happy with their body yet.. Try flipping the script. Say something like " I have big thighs...but they are strong enough to leg press 500 lbs" . I try to see something other than my love handles-- the flex of my shoulder muscles as I do my sets of rear Delta, etc.