I hit my goal weight! Thanks, I hate it here.
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What i have found, it always takes longer to get the body that you thought you would get. Even at 10 lbs lower than my original goal weight, i still didn't have the body I fully wanted but it did look better. So its probably best to keep losing (after a 2 week diet break), run higher protein (120-150g) and lift.3
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This is not me, but I love it as an incentive to work out! It won't help with your skin, but it will help shape your body into something even more amazing!
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I got really heavy with my first pregnancy and gained 70 pounds at the age of 20. With each subsequent pregnancy I went back up to that high number and then didn't lose the weight right away. After my last child was born I was 60 pounds overweight and decided to do something. I lost that extra weight over 18 months and felt great. I looked great too, but at the time I was 32 years old.
Since then I have gone up and down on the scale a few times. At the age of 41 I began having health problems that took a while to figure out and I put on about 40 lbs. Last year I lost 22 of those pounds and I keep working on losing more. Now that I am 46, I've noticed that my skin is just different. I seem to lose weight everywhere and elsewhere my skin is fine, but that area where my skin stretched out with pregnancy is not snapping back like it once did.
I notice how different my thoughts are about plastic surgery now versus when I was younger. At earlier ages I scoffed at any form of surgery. Now, my girlfriends and I talk regularly about getting breast lifts and tummy tucks. We have all been in that situation where we've gained weight and then lost it, only to have our bodies not want to snap back.
I am going to do like others have suggested here: do more core exercises, try to lose more pounds, reduce inches overall, and keep working on my goal weight. If that doesn't work, a tuck with skin tightening may be in my future.4 -
As @psuLemon and @sijomial say, re-evaluate your goal, too.
My goal weight was 168. I thought if ever I got there, I would have been successful beyond my wildest hopes.
When I reached 168, I set a new goal of 150, again thinking I’d never get there, and when I did, set a third goal of 140, still thinking this is crazy.
And, when I dropped as low as 127 and looked like a cadaver, I made a conscious decision to add a few back. I’m very happy right where I am now, hovering around 132.
There’s no one holding a stick over you saying “this is your perfect weight, you must be here”. It’s a decision you have to make yourself based on health, and what pleases you.
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Try appreciating how you look in clothes, instead of out of them.
Maybe buy some new outfits that compliment your new weight?
None of us will ever look 17 again, but we can focus on the positives that come with our weight loss.
I think this is good advice.
I reached my goal weight of 165 back in 2015 (I am 5'8"). I wasn't happy with the way I looked naked but I really liked the way I looked in clothes.
Now I'm at 186, highest I've been in years, and trying to lose again as I really prefer a bigger buffer between me and 200 lb. (My HW was 307 for reference).
I look - honestly - better naked but not as good in clothes. Would I go back to 165 again? yes. And I plan on it.7 -
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who took the time to respond. Very helpful advice here!6
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