Thanks Jennelle and Daners! It feels great to be so near goal. It's weird at times though. Because I'm so close to goal, if I say to someone I have 5 pounds or so to go, they think I'm nuts, and I did have to convince a worried motherly friend that I am not anorexic. She hadn't seen me for several months, and was afraid I might be when I told her how much I lost. When we got together last week, she concluded that I'm just "tall and thin" and she doesn't have to worry. I've had the same thing with my mom. I reminded my mother that she has my same height and build, and that when she was in her twenties she weighed less than I do, and wasn't too skinny -- as I asked where the chocolate chips were so I could stick some in my breakfast pancake. That doesn't sound like anorexic behavior to me. I'm just a gal who likes a little taste of chocolate in the morning sometimes for the sheer delight of it. My mom concluded it's just going to take her a little while to get used to me being thinner. That's fine, because this is how I'm going to stay.
I don't know what to post-on Saturday I had a two pound loss, down to 230-today I showed a five pound gain-I'm praying that's water weight. I'll check the scale again soon.
Congrats everyone who lost, and Sandi, you'll get back on track... you gave up for a few days... I gave up for months on end... but I'm coming back from it.... with a 2.5 pound loss this week, I've finally, after almost 3 years here, made one of my holiday goals! Doesn't say much for what I put into those few years... but it makes me feel good to say it now...LOL