Are you happy now at your goal weight?

I've had the same thing happen to me. Several years ago I was 200 lbs and lost about 40, never quite getting to my goal weight of 155 (I'm 5'8"). Now, years later, I'm back on track and now weigh lower than my original goal weight. But....now have a new goal weight of 139. It does make me wonder if I'll ever be satisfied and I'm interested to know what people think.

I've kind of had the opposite experience-- I set my goal weight for 135 but when I got right around 140-145ish I was pretty happy with how I looked so I've just been maintaining there for awhile. I may go ahead and try to get down to 135 soon but it's nice not to be worried so much about the number on the scale.

I set my goal weight and have stayed around it for about 3 months now. I have found myself wanting to be down just a few more lbs. I just have a number I want to see on the scale, not because I will really notice it in my clothes. I do find myself making new goals. For example, instead of weight loss, running goals. Something to keep me motivated because I never want to go back to that unhappy place!

I'm "lucky" as i haven't been at my current weight in my adult life. By this I mean that I didn't have a goal weight at the begining. Some of my friends are working to be a weight that they were when they were when they were younger, but the reality is that they are not who they were then now. If you have reached your current goal weight, why not try it out for a while and see if it works for you, if not then go for the extra 10 lbs. That's what I did.

I still have 25-30 lbs to go and I know that will make a huge difference, but I am worried about this to, having lost over 100 lbs, my body shape is still the same but smaller. I still have 2 poaches and one looks like it has way more than 30 lbs attached to it I guess I'll see in 30 lbs, but I'm attempting to start toaning, but seeing no difference yet and it's been a month+.. not a bit of a difference at all.

I actually flew past my initial goal weight (which was just a healthy BMI). Went to see my doc to get his recommendation about where I should be, and his reply was to learn to be happy with the body I have. I've lost a couple more pounds since then, but realized I am getting a bit silly about the whole thing. My real goal is to function in a healthy manner. I want to have a healthy relationship with food and exercise ... not obsessive about either one. I want to have this weight loss be sustainable, meaning I neither want to have to weigh my food for the rest of my life just so I don't gain a half pound, nor do I want to spend 6 days a week in the gym in order to lose half a pound. So, I'm going to take some time with maintenance at my current healthy weight and learn to be content. You will always find something that can be improved!