Hard to imagine losing more?

Ok, so I'm just over 1/2 way to goal and I'm just about 4.5 months out (79 lbs lost- goal 130).  I'm wearing a 16 sometimes even a 14.  I feel like me!

206 this morning and at only 5'4" that is still really high per the charts and standards but I feel so good!

I can't even imagine being much less. Does that make sense to anyone else?  I'm losing steady, working out and eating right on track but I have maybe only spent 3 months in the last 20 years under 200#.  I have some pictures from 9 years ago when I lost down to 187 and I'm shocked at how skinny I look at that weight.

I actually feel scared to lose more weight. Like I have quite a few clothing options now as I had a box I saved and I'm able to wear all the things there.  I don't have any freaky loose skin, I still have boobs...what will I look like after 50 more lbs?

Everyone is commenting on how good I look.  I'm running 13 minute miles.

I want to lose more, I'm so excited to see the scale going down more, but I'm so comfortable here.  I have a 12 year old daughter and she wears a size 8 jean.  I hold them up and just laugh...NO WAY will I ever fit in something like that.

anyone else get to this point and not see yourself where you might be later?

I am exactly where you are.  I am 5 ft 3 3/4 and weigh 206.5.  I am now wearing at 16 and sometimes a 14.  A large in all things and a medium in some.  Everyone is constantly telling me how great i look ... Compared to the before me.  i have lost about 112 lbs.  so,far.  I do want to get below 200 so 7 or 8 more to go but now I dont know about my original goal of 175.  That seems unattainable and unnecessary as good as I feel now.  I know what you mean.  I am just going to not plan it and drift along and see what happens.  My nutritionist is happy, my surgeon is happy, my primary care is happy, my family is happy and I am happy.  So its all good!

I recall reading about being scared to lose more/not seeing oneself thinner addressed before.  I think the reply went like this:  "...your brain needs time to catch up to the rapid weight loss--sometimes up to a year."  I also have read hormones need time to stabilize, as well.  Make sense now?

I said before surgery, that I would be totally content if I made it to a size 8/10, even a 12 would be ok.  It's an interesting journey.  I am now under goal.  I am 5'1 and I weighed 119 this morning.  I generally wear a size 2, some 0, and small/extra small.  I think I was this weight in 4th grade.  I don't have a ton of loose skin, except my thighs look pretty bad.  Your perspective will change as you get smaller.  You will be surprised.  I think it depends on the individual how you look when you lose more.  I've heard a lot of people say that they look better at a higher weight.  Just wait and see what happens.  The surgery will do it's job and you will level off at about 18 months.  Then, it's all about calories.  If you want to weigh more, you can eat more calories.  Just be careful, it's a slippery slope.  I have to say - a 13 minute mile - that's great!!!!

My brain definitely hasn't caught up yet. I was ecstatic to lose the 60 regained lbs, but since my body kept losing, I kept letting it, trying to compensate for any possible bounce back. Now my hubby is CONSTANTLY on me that I am too skinny, that I look sick, etc. I am definitely bony, but I don't actually see the same thing when I look in the mirror, and maybe it's because I do have some loose skin. When ppl tell me that I am too thin, it does a number on my head, like I can eat anything I want, which is bringing up my urges to binge, even if it is only on my healthy food snacks, it's still a binge and makes me sick and possibly damage my stoma or pouch. I'm just trying to adjust to maintenance these days - and boy is this hard.

My original goal was to be 135 , I am 5'2 I am currently 165 I wear a 10/12 and s/m I am very happy here, I think my body is too becuase no matter what I try and do it stays here LOL. I personally dont want to lose a whole lot more I too think i will be too skinny, i think everyone is different as far as how they feel and are comfortable. 

No for me it was the opposite, all I saw was fat and I wanted it gone.  I kept lowering my goal as I lost weight.  But everyone is different and where you feel comfortable is where you should be.  You will get more loose skin the lower you go, so it might be advantageous to stay at a higher weight if you are happy there.  It cost me 11.5k for plastics to get myself to a point I could feel comfortable and you are already there.  That is very lucky.