[kaelah]

Everything you all have mentioned!! The biggest for me is not being able to get down to 150 or lower. I would like to go beyond that, 130 or so, but 150 already seems like such an impossible goal. I haven't been that size since before high school! I'm also very afraid of getting to that point and then still not liking the way I look, and throwing everything out the window and gaining it all back.

[Gourmet Bean]

I'm with the majority here, I'm worried I'll get to goal and gain it all back. I'm also worried I'll never make it to goal. I think with this site's help and support, though, my initial fear has been stomped (not sticking with it even after seeing results) and that alone shows me the power of this place.

[utgirl09]

I want food to be a normal part of my life. Right now I am obsessing over ever single calorie in everything, and constantly thinking about what I will eat next. My biggest fear is that I will never have a normal relationship with food, and continue to obsess over numbers.

[mkendrick]

Same things as everyone has mentioned. This is the first time I've attempted to lose weight, so I don't know if I'll just be another yo-yo dieter statistic. I do think I've done it right on the first shot though. I didn't do a starvation diet, no gimmicks or crazy plans. I allow myself treats and I'm quite comfortable in my lifestyle, I hope hope hope I maintain it. (It's strange to hope for something that's 100% in my own control).

More specifically, but I started losing weight after my boyfriend deployed to Iraq in October. As much as I hate him being gone, it's much easier to focus on diet and exercise when it's just me. We're moving to Oklahoma together when he gets back in the fall, and my whole routine/lifestyle will be shaken up. Not to mention, he loves to go out to eat, we eat fastfood, we'll have a beer at night. There will just be more challenges and distractions.

And like a lot of you said, I'm afraid I'll simply never be comfortable in my own skin. Almost 40lbs lighter than I was, and I still feel like the whale in the room. Even though I'm on the smaller side of average in my group of friends, I still feel like the fat friend. It's all mental, but it's discouraging.

[preetyladyserenity]

I am scared I will not like my self in the lower weight. I am also worried I might stucj being the fat friend my entire life, even after the weight loss. Or the girl boys see and say "she is a good person but not attractive enough."

[Sanna Maria]

Originally Posted by ThicknPretty

Great thread idea…

My fears are that I will get to the point that unless I am working out 7 days a week and starving myself, I will gain it back. I’m terrified to get stuck in a lifestyle that I can’t (or won’t) maintain.

This. Last time I was at goal I wasn't around on the forum and had no idea how to maintain and I didn't know anyone who to ask for advice. Really happy that there's the maintainers forum, I will definitely start hanging out there when I'm close to goal.

Also I'm slightly worried about the loose skin issue, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

[SalaamDementia]

My fear sounds just like everyone else's - I'll get to my goal and gain it all back. Even now when I step on the scale I feel like there is the looming risk that everything is going to be back overnight. Its kind of silly, but my brain likes clinging to those sort of things.

[squishysquirrel]

My biggest fear is that I won't make it to my healthy weight bracket, let alone making it to my goal.