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I'm not really conscious of my weight, per se--I'm conscious of how I feel. When I got really heavy, too many things started going wrong with my body. I felt awful when I hit my top weight, and feeling so ucky and talking to the doctor about it made me realize how unhappy I was to be at that weight. I was depressed, and my doctor's number one suggestion was to start exercising. So I started doing that. And then I realized that my acid reflux disease needed attention beyond just popping pills, because the pills weren't working, and started paying much closer attention to how I ate in order to combat that. Weight loss was also recommended in that situation, and to correct spinal lordosis caused by too much weight through my belly pulling on my spine. So I lost weight for health reasons.
Now I've hit a new set point, and my body has adjusted to that. I could lose more, but I'm not really motivated to do so--I feel good as is. I weigh myself occasionally, when I feel like it. My health issues are largely gone. I'm physically fit and active. I don't think I could go back to the way I was; I don't want to ever feel like that again, now that I know what it feels like to feel really good.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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