Do you have a goal prize?

[Tracytma 19]

my prize for this journey... will be a 50th Birthday trip to Italy! I have 19 months to reach my goal... hopefully this is realistic. I WILL be celebrating 50 as a thin, healthy, happy woman in Italy!! woo hoo!

Physical tomorrow and referral to my weight loss clinic... and I'm on my way!!!!

[Humming Bird 275]

Nissan R35 GTR :thumbup:[/quote

Nice choice Cingulus! That is the type of car I would want before I moved up to the high country where I have to have 4 wheel drive. I have thought about getting a different car for my goal prize, but may want to go with the plastic surgery route. I think I may need some work on my flappy arms and maybe the flappy boobs too! We'll see.

[lyina08 0]

Hi Manda Who is your surgeon, im in raleigh also?

[marfar7 1,528]

Going to Israel - always wanted to go there and my husband wanted his ashes scattered on the Jordan River - so I will do that too.Hopefully it'll be next yr

Marci

[NightNurse 1]

It may sound simple but when I make my goal wt ( want to lose 80 lbs ) I am going to have a family picture made. ( one where I am not standing in the back hiding behind everyone! :thumbup:

[bgn 0]

seriously, i never thought about what i'd do for myself once i meet my goal.

so far, banded 1/12/10, 1 fill, next fill is next week and hoping for restriction. down 41 lbs and 59 more to go.

Hopefully by the fall or winter i'll be at goal.

so, a few more years of a healthy and happy like is all i ask for myself.

sure love being here with all of you.

you are such an encouragement.

[Ohm 0]

OK, so I know I need to be careful how I say this cos I don't want to sound all "holier than thou" or anything, but to be honest, the truth is that, for me, to have reached goal weight is reward in itself.

I can breathe.:thumbup:

I have no pain upon exertion.:ohmy:

I can walk.:ohmy:

I can run.:ohmy:

I can jump.:ohmy:

I can play with my kids.:thumbup:

I can help others less fortunate than me.:thumbup:

I can exert myself until I can barely keep my eyes open and know that I can do so much more than I could just a few years ago.:thumbup:

I started this journey all woman (and part of another one). I lost 70 lb (at my surgeon's insistence) before being banded and I was eventually banded in December 2007. I reached goal weight some time ago. I have had to learn how to enjoy life (and exercise:huh2:) instead of just food, which was a challenge but wasn't impossible. My kids have their Mum back, my life expectancy is back to normal and LIFE IS FABULOUS!:smile:

Edited March 11, 2010 by Ohm
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[reneek 1]

Well when i hit a 100lbs lost which is only 10lbs i am getting my tattoo. Also when i hit my goal of 120lbs i am going to have Plastic surgery.

[BetsyB 9]

Aside from plastic surgery--which isn't so much a reward, to me, but more a completion of the journey---I don't really have any concrete plans. I'll need a new wardrobe, that's for sure :thumbup:

I love the idea of an eternity band---just like our gastric bands, forever.

Along the way, I am buying myself a Pandora bead & spacer for every 10 pounds lost. If you're not familiar with these, the concept is kind of like a charm Bracelet, only they're beads instead of charms. For the bracelet related to my weight loss, I'm choosing beads that are relevant to the journey: I've started with a gym shoe and clover (because I was lucky enough to be banded). By the time I'm done, the bracelet will be full.

Another thing I am doing (and that reminds me, I have some catching up to do!) is going to the bank after each week's weigh-in to purchase the equivalent weight of my loss---in quarters! Each roll of quarters is a half pound and costs $10.

If I've lost just a little, carrying around a even a half a roll of quarters in my pocket for a little while makes it pretty darn apparent that even those small losses are significant.

I toss the rolls I've "earned' in a canvas tote bag. When I get bummed about how "little" I've lost, I pick it up for a very real reminder of what that loss represents.

I figure by time I get to goal, I'll have enough to make a pretty big dent in a good wardrobe.

[chrisdirects 0]

Now, see, I hadn't been thinking about this before, but you all now have me started :ohmy:

I am definitely loving the eternity band concept as a final reward!!!

For an interim reward at 50 pounds, I'm going to buy myself a bicycle...by that time, I'm probably going to be close to my move to Florida, where there are lots of beautiful bike paths.

At 75 pounds, I'm going to buy myself a new spotting scope...I'm a birdwatching nut, and having one of these is a big plus...my training husband took the old one when he left :thumbup:

Best, Christine

[mumof2boys 71]

Well...let's see...I'm almost 3 years out and I have rewarded myself along the way. When I lost my first 50 pounds I rewarded myself with my very first COACH bag (I have about 10 now...couldn't get enough...lol). I have bought LOTS of clothes throughout the journey and last year I had a lower body lift and breast lift with implants. In one month from today, I take sail for my very first cruise...I'm going to the Bahamas and probably the biggest reward that I have received in all of this...a divorce...I didn't ask for it but once all of the information came to surface about my soon-to-be-ex-husbands cheating...I fell in love with myself and my new life and me and my boys are happy as can be. Life is wonderful and I love my band.

[Manda87 3]

Hi Manda Who is your surgeon, im in raleigh also?

Dr. Scott Bovard, yours?

[lamber2299 0]

Like several others have mentioned, I'm already saving for a Tummy Tuck and boob lift. I have already begun looking at doctors!

[dontgoggilme 0]

wow. ya'll have some great ideas. i'm only three days banded and haven't really thought about what reward i will give myself other than new clothes as i shrink outta my old ones. i love the eternity band idea and the roll of quarters thing. i will have to think on this and decide what i wanna do.

[Kris110385 0]

My plan is to go on another honeymoon with my husband and live it up like I wish we would have been able to on the first one. Including taking 1000 more pictures to replace the previous ones!