Hi, Michelle: I just wanted to wish you congratulations on your success so far; I dream of the day (hopefully soon) when I will be in the 170's. I also wanted to express how happy I am for you that you like what you see when you look in the mirror. I know you've seen alot of posters who ask "When will I start seeing me as I am and not an obese person?" and when I see that it really breaks my heart. To think that they have done all this hard work but they can't see the results; it's very sad. I'm like you; I would love to get to 140 or so, but I'm big boned and very muscular; no one ever believes me when I say I am 273, like I would lie about it! LOL I think that if you keep losing and get to 150 and don't have problems with it, great. But as long as you are happy at 170 and it's easy to maintain and makes YOU feel great, then you are a success! Again, congratulations, and thank you for being an inspiration to us pre-ops, whether you know it or not! God bless...