I'm also a glass-half-full type.. I think they were trying to encourage you! Seeing that you're in the high 300's and have quite a ways to go to even get to the size 16 range, maybe they were trying to tell you that you haven't got quite so much to lose, kwim? Sort of breaking up your journey into manageable chunks...

Keep up your motivation though and you'll do great. Doesn't matter what anyone says.. like you said, you'll decide for yourself when the time comes where you want to stop. THe important thing now is to just keep on going.

GL!

I can't give up diet soda. I have cut back on it, but not fully given it up. Mmmmm aspartame...

I think it's pretty obvious that they picked a size for you that matches what they are. Your new answer should simply be, "I plan to get to a healthy weight. Whatever size that might be." Who can argue with that?

Great job so far. Vent all you want. Keep up the great work.

Lin