Late starting this thread again . . .

Did everyone have a good Memorial Day? Not too much grilling?

I just had one of those OMG moments where I looked at my weight tracker after posting something, saw "148" and thought "OMG, am I seriously 148??" Also, seeing that I've lost almost 40 lbs (not quite 40 yet!) kind of hit me. Nobody I talk to has noticed that I've lost weight at all (I guess because I see them every day), so it seems like I haven't gotten much smaller, but then I realize that I'm wearing size 10 jeans, which I haven't been able to do since about 10th grade. That and after seeing how many of the inspirational ladies on these forums have lost a hundred pounds or more, my 40 lbs seems pretty darn puny!

40 lbs is awesome, and quite an accomplisment, you should be proud of yourself. You go girl! I much be minus forty pounds then plus forty pounds!

That is awesome clippy!!! 40 lbs are much easier to put on than take off

40lbs is fabulous. Especially when you start off smaller! Way 2 go girl! 40lbs right now for me would be a dream sent!

Thanks everyone! We'll see how well I hold up this weekend -- I'm taking a 4-day weekend and I have two friends visiting (one Fri-Sat and one Sun-Mon), so I know I will be going out a lot (and one of my friends says he absolutely must try a New York System Hot Weiner -- popular local food around here that I haven't tried yet -- which I'm sure is about five million calories).

Here's a question for you all. Since eating healthy is a lifestyle change, not just a diet, what do you do when you hit goal weight? Like, what will make you stop losing, if you keep eating the same healthy food? The only thing I can think is that maybe when I hit goal weight, I will allow myself to eat more cheese!

40 lbs and no one has said anything????!?!?! Trust me, they've noticed. The difference between 185 and one 145 is HUGE - there's no way no one could tell. Congrats to you - 40 lbs. is a big deal and you are doing awesome.
Also, there is a maintainer's forum here with a bunch of great women there - very helpful, some have been in maintence for 4+ years I think.