Thanks to all for your wonderful support and advice!!
I have learned much from you and I have made a few decisions.
1. I am keeping my goal but I have decided to be flexible about it as I get closer. I learned this from you all. Thank You!
2. If asked again what my target weight is I am going to reply "I will decide that number when I get closer to a normal weight"
3. What ever number I decide on as I get closer I will discuss with my doctor to make sure that he agrees it would be healthy weight for me.
4. If I find it very difficult to maintain I will discuss it with my doctor again and I will be willing to make healthy adjustments.
Above all I will keep my positive attitude!!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995
Larry,