Should I change my goal??

I am 2 months, and 1 week out from surgery. I am 5' 5" and I started at 233 lbs. I am now at 176. This is a 57 lb loss, which I think is pretty good for a lightweight. My surgeons goal for me is 150 (26 more pounds away), so this is what I originally set my goal at. Now I am thinking (hoping) that maybe I should set a lower goal, like 130-135. Does this seem unrealistic? Should I just wait until I reach my first goal before setting another, so I won't be bummed if I cannot reach a new goal, or maybe it would be better if I only dropped my goal like 10 lbs? Any suggestions?

How realistic 130 is really depends on your body structure (bone size/density, how muscular you are, etc.).  Do you really need an additional "goal" to "shoot for" once you have exceeded the goal of 150?  Why not just see where you end up...?

Lora

At 150 you will have a BMI of 25. I think you should leave it and change it later, if need be. 26 more pounds is going to make a big change and you may be happy reaching that, especially if you are going to get plastic surgery later. You want a goal that is going to be easily attainable and maintainable. Wait a while to decided if you think yours should be lower. Just my no-so-humble opinion...

Laura

I had 3 goals....surgeons, mine, reach....I made the first two, not the last one.  but I was realistic about goals being something to shoot for, not somehting to beat myself up over.  I now fluctuate between my surgeon's and my own goal.  I liked mine better, but my body seems to like my surgeon's better :)

Same situation here... but being able to maintain right near my surgeon's goal weight at 4 years out without having to be particularly strict about diet or exercise is PRICELESS.  I don;t think I would be very happy having to deprive myself of the occasional treats and constantly monitor everything that goes into my mouth in order to maintain a slightly lower goal weight (even if I could... which I'm not even sure about.)  In order to maintain a lower goal weight, I would have to BE on a "diet" instead of just eating a healthy, balanced diet.

Lora

 A little off topic, but how did you do that (lose so much so quickly) as a lightweight? I'm also considered a lightweight in this community, and I am curious. Did you exercise? What did your eating look like?

I am trying to lose as much as possible in the 3-4 months... my wedding anniversary is around that time, and I'd like to look nice for my husband. Additionally, I have to go to court around then for a trial against a man who molested me as a child. And I realize that this sounds vain and crazy, but I want to look decent for the trial because my testimony is a key part to putting this man away, and I don't want the jury to look at me and think "there's no way he would've touched her". I know it sounds stupid. It is just the way I think, so I'm really looking for some pointers. 

Honestly I thought I would be one of those people who barely lost at all, because of all the crash diets I did in my life I just figured my metabolism was shot. I was never really a person that ate a ton, and I never really ate that bad of foods. The 6 month pre-op diet the doctor put me on was very similar with the way I had been eating, so I lost very little before surgery. I am very shocked that I have lost the weight this well. I do have to contribute some of the loss to a bad infection I had after surgery called C. Diff. ( It made me so sick and gave me bad diarhea, I would dry heave on water and was admitted to the hospital right away for dehydration, and low potassium) but it was caught right away and I did get rid of it. I have not exercised at all, I need to, but honestly I havent. I have completely cut bad carbs out 100%. I dont do bread ,pasta , or any sort of sweets. Honestly 95% of my intake is protien, because I vomit up all my protien drinks/ meal suppliments I try ( I am still working on it), and yes I am terrified of becoming protien deficient. I am religious about taking All my vitamins though. I don't know what else to tell you though. I guess this surgery has just worked well for me. I have not hit any stalls yet, although some weeks I do lose much better than others. Good luck on your weight loss!

First of all thanks for your advice! I guess I like having a goal to work towards, because it keeps me motivated to work hard and stay on track. It's healthy to set goals right? I am small boned, and I would say of average muscle build. My BMI (I just looked up) said I can be 112 and still be "normal", although I have never been that small and I don't expect to be. At just over 2 weeks out and 26 lbs left to go, I guess I am just trying to set a realistic goal for myself, because I have a feeling at the rate I am going 150 isn't too far off. I have no problem waiting to set a new goal after the first one is reached. I guess I am just thinking of a new one, because the first one seems so close at just over 2 months out. I have been at 145 before (when I was married) I still felt to big at that weight. I don't plan on having plastic surgery, (although I wouldn't mind it in the stomach area) I doubt my insurance will cover it.