Goal Weight Update

I met with my primary care physician last week. He was very happy with my weight loss and my overall health. Though my thyroid levels are still screwy, that was to be expected.

We discussed at length mygoal weight. I want to be skinny, not overweight. With how tall I am (5'10") and my large bone structure, I was thinking 155 would be wonderful. Coming from 333, that is more than half less the person I was. However, Doc thinks that is being unrealistic. He says that I will have no problem getting to that goal weight, but I will not be able to stay there. He asked me what would happen if I didnt make it to 155 but instead made it to 175? I told him that I would be disappointed and would feel like a failure. He said, exactly! Why am I setting myself up to fail? Instead he would like me to shoot for 175-180, which would still be consider overweight, but no longer morbidly obese where I was prior to surgery. He explained to me that someone who is 15-20 lbs overweight but who eats healthy and lives an active life, is much healthier than a patient who is 115 and at the goal weight, but eats fast, greasy, processed foods, and doesn't take in a bit of fresh air and exercise.

So based on this inspiring conversation with the doc, I have adjusted my goal weight on my weight-O-meter and now have less than 100 lbs to lose! YEAH for me!