The number on the scale doesn’t matter!!

Sooo I would always hear that the number on the scale didn’t really matter and that you can look healthier and more toned at a higher number than a lower(because muscle and good fat)and I never believed it, I always thought to look my best the number had to go down. That is until now. Over the past year I’ve lost 75+ pounds and my weight has fluctuated quite a bit. I started out at 5’9 215lbs, within this year I got down to my lowest which was 133lbs. Looking at these pictures it is so confusing to me because I’m now sitting at about 150lbs and don’t look that much different and actually almost prefer my body more than I did at 133 lbs. Over the past 3 months I got myself so worked up over the fact that I was gaining weight back but now after actually analyzing these pictures I’m realizing the number doesn’t determine anything. I let the number dictate so much for me and put so much worth into it and to see that at 150lbs I can feel more comfortable and better than 133lbs feels good. I just want to let anyone else who struggles with that number to know that it’s ok and it’s going to fluctuate but a lower number doesn’t mean higher self esteem.