Well dang, Pixie, I'm shorter than you are! The last time I saw "merely overweight" was 12 years ago after I starved 20 pounds off me while DH was living in China (for work -not because I kicked him out). That lasted me a whopping 2 months. Apparently starving oneself doesn't work - has anyone here heard that? ;) I was shocked!!!

I chose 183 because it seemed do-able before my brother's June wedding, and my drivers license says 180. That was in 2001, when I got married-so I'm thinking my ultimate goal should be 160ish, but I'm sticking to the 183 for now!

I think my DL says 200. Ha ha. Should I go back and get it changed now? :)

My heaviest weight was about 260. I lost 75 pounds down to 185 before I got pg w/ DD #3. I have lost weight since then but got preg with DD #4 before reaching 185. I have pics on my bedroom mirror of me in a bikini at 230, 220, 212, 200 and 185. I stare at those 185's every day. So, after Onderland, 185 is my next goal for that reaon. It's a magical number.

PS How did you guys figure out where the obese/overweight lines are?

there are calculators like this one all over the internet.

your magic number is 185, 'cause you are 5'6" like me. :)

As you can see by my ticker, my heavy weight was also 260, in May of 2009.

I was hoping to hit 160 by May 2010, but I burned my foot badly in December and I was laid up for 6 weeks (and gained in the process, bad time of the year to be ailing, everyone gave the pastor's wife snacks!)

Hi MelO. I just go to: http://www.bmi-calculator.net/ and start plugging in weights until it says I'm in the overweight range, and then the normal range. Hope this helps - you're almost in Onederland! It'll be almost no time before you're there. :)

Hello all!

I could really use this challenge. I'm 209 right now, and I would LOVE to get below 185! 180 is actually a really good wt for me, like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel :-)

Since I'm military, I don't have to get a new DL until I leave the service or am back in CA for more than 90 days. My DL is from 1994 and says I weigh 150...:)

In AZ your DL is good for like 45 years. I don't even know when mine expires. It says I weigh 235. :)

Overweight would come at 158 for me....ugh! I am not going to think about that today. Today, I am happy because I am down 2lbs in the last 2 days after a frustrating plateau! :D

:cheer2: Congrats on the great loss BeachBreeze! I'm in the same boat with you on being short. Even getting to be overweight seems insurmountable, but I can do the mini-goals, and eventually we'll get there!

I'm in! 185 was as low as I got the last time I attempted this, but it wasn't really 185. LOL! My scale weighed me a good bit less than the doctor's scale...maybe 15 lbs. Put it this way....sitting here at right around 200 I'm wearing the same jeans I wore with equal roominess as I did back then. So this time I'd love to get there for real! (I have a new scale. ;) ) AND just 11 lbs after that gets me to overweight! :carrot:

You sweet thing. You just made me feel better. :rofl: I look at all these tall girls and I'm so jealous! But I guess I'm tall to some, huh? ;)

hey hey.. i wanna play too. i lost 10-12 fairly easily the first two months.. since then i've been maintaining (through a series of excuses). i am happy i didn't return to where i was.. but i'd like to continue the forward momentum.