I haven’t met my goal weight yet (according to the bathroom scale). But I’m consistently below the decade mark that’s just above my goal, so I am really within 3 or 4 pounds of my goal. _{why is that so scary to say}

Also, the Wii Fit gives me a weight a few pounds below that of my bathroom scale, and it says my BMI is normal. Just barely. If I have a bad day where my weight goes up even a smidgen, I edge back into overweight. That hasn’t happened for a while though. Knock wood it stays that way!

People continue to comment on my weight loss. I’ve even had some ask how much I lost, which I don’t want to answer! I just happened to read in an etiquette column in the paper that it is, indeed, rude to comment on someone’s weight, even in such a positive way. I’m glad it isn’t just me. I can see how for some, that’d be a huge motivator and they’d want the positive attention. I don’t get angry at people who are just trying to give me a pat on the back. But it makes me so uncomfortable! First, I don’t much like to draw attention. Second, it makes me think that they’ve been silently thinking, “She should really lose some weight.”

[Note: Online pats on the back are fine, because you’re not looking my body up and down, and you haven’t seen me at any weight. The remoteness of 43T makes it OK.]

Oh, and the weight I am right now? Wii Fit tells me that my “ideal” weight is almost 20 pounds lower than that. That seems too low. But it worries me, because when I do reach my current goal weight, how can I keep that out of my mind when I set my new goal? I’m such a rule follower and pay too much attention to what I “should” do all the time that I fear that I’ll aim for that weight. Even though it seems unrealistic to me and it’s just a stupid machine that only knows a limited amount about me.