First time in normal BMI range in 15 years

Stepped on the scale this morning and realized my BMI finally dipped back into the normal range for the first time since my twenties. It's honestly surreal after a decade and a half of never seeing that number. Down around 44 lbs and still going, but this moment felt worth pausing for. Anyone else get a little emotional hitting a milestone like this?

Huge milestone, congrats. I teared up when I hit my first 20 lbs gone because I'd stopped believing the scale would ever move again. Enjoy this moment, you earned it.

Cried at my 30-something mark too, so no shame in the waterworks at all. Fifteen years is a long time to not see a number like that - soak it in, you've earned every pound of that moment.

Milestones like this hit harder than expected, honestly. I'm only about 20 lbs in and already got choked up over a smaller NSV, so I can only imagine how surreal fifteen years of waiting feels. Congrats on finally seeing that number again.

Congrats, that crossover hits different when you've been out of the normal range that long. I'm only halfway there at 23 lbs down but reading this makes me want to keep going. Pausing to actually feel it is the right call.

That crossover moment stuck with me too - I remember staring at the app like it had to be a glitch. Fifteen years is a long time to carry a number you stopped trusting, so yeah, let it sink in before chasing the next milestone.

Got a little misty at my own 20 lb mark recently, so yeah, the emotions are real and nothing to apologize for. Fifteen years is a long wait for that number - congrats, you earned the pause.

Got a little choked up myself around 29 lbs down, so yeah, the milestones hit harder than expected. Can't imagine what it's like seeing a number you haven't seen in fifteen years - congrats, that's a huge one.

Absolutely got emotional at mine too - I teared up in my bathroom when I crossed out of the obese category after years of assuming that door was closed. 44 lbs is a massive amount of work your body just did, so take the pause and let it sink in.

I cried actual tears when I crossed that same line last year, and I'd carried the weight even longer than you did. Forty-four lbs down and out of the range you'd written off for fifteen years is worth every bit of the pause. Keep letting these moments land as they come.

Congrats, 44 lbs is huge and I bet that scale moment felt unreal. I teared up around 30 lbs down when an old pair of jeans finally zipped, so yeah, the emotions sneak up on you. Fifteen years is a long time to wait for that number, enjoy it.

Hitting a normal BMI after that long is a different kind of milestone, not just a scale number. I'm around 29 lbs down and still waiting for my own big moment, but this gives me something to picture. Congrats, you earned the pause.

Down 23 lbs myself and not at any big milestone yet, but I can only imagine how surreal that moment felt after so long. Enjoy it, you've definitely earned the pause.

Big congrats, that normal BMI moment hit me the same way around 50 lbs down and it still stands out more than any of the scale numbers since. Getting emotional over it just means you know how long the road was. Keep soaking it in.

Only 9 lbs into my own run so I'm nowhere near that territory yet, but I teared up just reading this. Fifteen years is a long time to not see a number, so pausing to soak it in sounds absolutely right. Congrats on the milestone.

22 lbs in myself and this thread gave me goosebumps. I keep telling myself I'll celebrate when I hit some big round number, but honestly the smaller moments have already snuck up on me. Fifteen years is a long wait for a mirror moment like that, so glad you stopped to feel it.

I hit normal BMI a couple months back after even longer than you, and I actually had to step off the scale and just sit with it for a minute. Sixty pounds down now and that moment still sticks with me more than any number since. Savor it, you've earned this one.

I hit normal BMI around the 40 lb mark myself and stood in the bathroom just staring at the scale for a solid minute. Fifteen years is a long time to carry that number around, so let yourself feel it. Congrats, this is the moment you'll look back on.

Congrats, that's huge. I teared up hitting my own milestone around 48 lbs down on Mounjaro, so yeah, the emotions are real and justified after fifteen years of waiting.

18 lbs in myself so far, and reading this gave me a glimpse of what that finish line moment might feel like. I got oddly choked up just crossing my first ten pound mark, so I can only imagine the flood after fifteen years of waiting. Huge congrats.