Am I setting myself up for failure?

I have no doubts that you can get there.  Because the obese have higher bone density, though, why not focus on a clothing size instead of a weight number?  That way your expectations wont be skewed.

ty for responding, i dont feel so ahhh anymore! what he had said was he would be happy with 180 is what he said but we could re visit that number again later. now just keeping finfers crossed n praying..last wt in is may 28th tgen everythibg goes to ins for approval, scared because i dobt have not one doc visit for 2011 abd i needs 3 years of wt history so prayn

I decided that I would pick my goal weight when I was happy with myself in the mirror. I originally set it generically at 130 just for a point of reference. Now that I am there I feel like another 5 or 10 lbs would be great to lose. If I don't I wont be mad though. I'm pretty darn happy right where I am.

Numbers are just numbers. Feeling good is the goal.