Just wondering how many of you have reached goal. Also has your goal changed?

I am nowhere near goal. However I am a size 12 and I am content with my size as I can now pass for "normal". Although I would prefer to be small, since this is about the size I was prior to gaining all my weight, I kind of think maybe it's where my body want's to be, if that makes sense.

So what about you? Dis you reach goal, or have your "settled"? And if so, what are your views on that?

I've reached my goal, which is a BMI of 26.5. I set my goal higher because I knew I was large framed (yeah, I know many of us said we were big boned, but my current body fat percentage is 22%, which is solidly in the middle of the "fit" range for a woman).

I'm very pleased with where I am: 5'8", size 10 jeans, shirts medium or large (my broad shoulders not my weight determine which one) but if I had set a more aggressive goal I don't know that I would have made it.

So, "settled" no. Realistic goal, yes.

I'm small boned so I would need to weigh less. :-(

 Agree  BMI is a pretty big "span",   we must  take into consideration both   "Big or Small" Boned people . God makes us all different, not  a one of us are the same, and one  ideal  weight for us all  is pretty ..  Unscientific. Just   my thinking.

I set 165 as my goal. I never made it and I'm ok with it. I'm at 180 these days and have been 186-183 for 9 months. I think my body is most comfortable at 185. My weight is a little lower these days as I recover from plastic surgery.

I don't think I settled or failed. I feel like my body found the stopping point that works. I didn't want to be emaciatedly skinny. I think curves are sexy on a woman. My health has improved significantly and that is most important for me.

Congrats on getting PS. Hope that has gone well!

What is your goal and what are you now Maria?

I had actually put my goal down on the ticker as 111. I really think closer to 100 would have been more acurate for me to be small (my Mom was like 103-107 and is taller than me). I'm 140 now and that is a size 12. (Spoke to someone recently that was a 12 also but she weighed 190. Height makes such a difference in weight distribution!!! Perhaps I don't need to lose more, I just need to get taller! lol)  Not where I wanted to be, but I can shop in the regular stores now and although I am still overwieght on the BMI scales, I can pass as normal and I don't stand out............so it's a good feeling.

Before I gained all my weight I was 134 for about 10 tears. Then the last few years I was 144. That was also a size 14, so sizes have changed. So I'm basically where I was then.

I did a trial membership at the gym this fall and it was nice to go there and "fit in".

Only 10 days out from LBL/BL. So far so good. BTW, I met my surgeon's goal, 165 was my personal goal.

Yeah, I hit my goal....Actually below goal and am now trying to gain some. I'm 5'3 and a size 4, but work out serious weight training at the gym.

I'm around 128 and and while I FEEL really healthy, I am not happy that I can see every rib and vertebrae on bones on my arm. I dropped a ton of weight again after my Gallbladder surgery, and that is WITH upping my carbs, KCals and protein. ( eating around 1300-1600 KCals a day)

I am nearly 19 months out.

Good luck to all!

Warmly,
J~

If I weight 128 that would be about a size 10.

Yes, I reached goal. My first goal was going to be 175. I passed it and made a goal for 169 which would put me in the normal range. I went to 161 and that is where I maintain my weight. My body fat is at 10%. I am almost three years out.

Congrats Chris!

I set my goal for the top of the Weigh****cher's range for my height (5'6)

I met that goal (honestly, went straight there with weight loss every week except 1 for 18 months).
I went about 7 pounds below that goal -- and then bounced back up to the goal.

I now maintain within 2 pounds up or down from that goal (for 13 months).

I continue to attend WW meetings and have to weigh in at least monthly -- and be not more than 2 pounds above my goal weight to attend the meetings for free and keep my Lifetime status.

I plan to attend WW for life -- and use it to keep me honest, accountable and supported.

I have an extended tummy tuck scheduled in about 6 weeks -- and hope to 'lop off' about 3 or 4 pounds of excess skin.

I've noticed a lot of bandsters do WW. Do u do the WLS support groups also?

Yep -- I added several 'tools' to my life to help me succeed at weight loss and weight management.

Before surgery, I went back to OA --- and got a handle on my Trigger Foods (abstinent from them for almost 3 years now)

I joined the local LapBand Support group (I am lucky to have multiple band-related groups in my area).
I attend monthly -- at least 1 meeting, and sometimes 2 -- one is run by my surgeon, the other is a members only type of group with no surgeon in attendance

I went back to WW and maintain my attendance there.

For me -- I knew that the band was only going to be a 'boost' to the other work that needed to be done.
I have a long history of being able to diet -- and to lose weight --- but no history of sustaining weight loss.  So I really believed that I needed to have a plan in place for when the losing part was over.

I feel that my best accomplishment to date is not the weight loss, but the management and maintenance of it.

The weight loss was relatively easy -- I kept my 'eye on the prize' and put my head down and just did it --- the reward was the weight loss, and new clothes and people noticing, and feeling better, etc.

With weight maintenance it is so different -- there is very little external recognition, and I don't need anymore clothes in my size (small tops, size 8 slacks) ---- so, I reward myself differently ---- beads for my Pandora bracelet every month or so after my WW weigh in ---- hiking and running are new hobbies.

I wish I has some WLS support groups closer to me. I really enjoy going, but the closest one is 1 1/2 hrs. away, so I don't get to one as often as I would like.

 I reached my surgeon's goal and bypassed it very quickly.  I never really made a goal for myself.  I've been from 320 to 149 lbs to 210 post op -- and averaged 160-163 most of the time.

I would like to reach and maintain about 150 lbs long-term. 

The 160-163 works for you. You look thin.

I think we have our own goal.....and then I think our bodies sometimes have a different goal, lol.

HA!  That's not what the BMI charts think!  But I thank you Maria.

Anyway - I've bounced up a few since stopping one of my medications - it's scary how FAST you can see a change when you are at a somewhat "normal" body weight.