so in real life, I've actually only had one person notice my weight loss and that I talked to about it. that was because they were in the losing-weight process themselves and could relate. (no one else noticed/said anything, except I had one relative mention something like 'you getting skinny'- no idea if that was a question or statement and they never said anything else)

back to my point, my goal was to lose about 45lbs - which I had as my thought even before I started losing weight. well, I reached that goal!

and then you know what, I passed it!!! that's right, last time I checked (which was a few days ago) I was actually at like 51lbs lost!!!!!
and when I put on my pants which were almost falling off me, all I could think was 'wow look at me go'! (and basically no one to celebrate with)