Ancient and kicking it

Apparently, I just won the Ancient badge (no one remembers when you weren't here). I didn't even know we had badges. But, coincidentally, after all these years in and out of MFP and a whole slew of different diets and diet apps, I reached my goal of 132.2 pounds this morning. Ecstatic!!!!! I have often hovered above that weight and then would shoot up again. For the last year or so had kept it in the 135-138 lb range but was not happy with that. I found a book The Fatburn Plan by Dr. Cate Shanahan that clearly defines a path for patient people. She starts with an assessment of where you are metabolically (after a lot of explanatory background, all interesting and easy to understand) and then you go thru a number of steps to get to weight loss. You change your eating patterns slowly and get to where you want to be. My score was very high (good) so I was able to skip a few steps because I was already maintaining them. A few more changes to my diet and eating times and the weight just started dropping. Doesn't sound like much I know, but I've been trying to lose this last 5 pounds for 5 years. It's very hard. My new goal is to get my subcutaneous fat into the acceptable range and it's not too far off. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Blessed Solstice, and all the holidays I might have missed. Sorry, but I refuse to leave anyone out who happens to celebrate differently than me. Blessed be.