*****bobcatsteph*****

Mrs.Froggianna

I saw your post in the new body thread and wanted to offer a suggestion.  After I got to an all-time low weight (post-baby), I decided it was time to end the endless-weightloss-goal thing.  So I booked a fitness evaluation with a trainer at my gym (the Y).  She measured my cardiovascular endurance (how quickly I could run a mile), put me through timed sit-up and push-up tests, measured my resting heart rate, took my BP, and on and on and on.  After about an hour she was able to tell me that I was in excellent physical shape and any additional weightloss would be purely "vanity pounds".  And this was coming from someone who was a lot smaller than me and had a vested interest in me buying personal training sessions from her.  That was enough to convince me that if I was comfortable in my own skin at this point, then there was no REAL reason to keep attempting to lose weight.

I still battle the inner voice that says, "wouldn't it be cool if you were 4 pounds lighter??" every time I get on the scale, but it's much easier to quite it now.  That's just my $0.02, but I thought I'd share.  I know all too well how it feels to keep moving that "ideal" number down.

You look fantastic, but good luck with your continued fitness regimen--whatever the goal may be!

bobcatsteph

Thanks! That's a great idea.

Unfortunately, I know I'm not in excellent physical shape (I can't even run a mile). I think I need to set some fitness related goals. I'm actually getting kind of motivated seeing everyone talk about the C25K program.