Does anyone else find themselves hesitant at participating in activities that they would have found exhausting or possibly awkward prior to losing a pretty good chunk of weight???

I took my daughter to the Water park yesterday, which is nothing new, however she asked me, no, BEGGED me to ride the 'lazy river' with her...I hesitated, and actually told her 'no'..because prior to losing the 43 lbs that I have since surgery, the simple act of walking across the park to that area would have exhausted me...

Well, I took a minute to observe what this would entail, the floats, the other ppl that were over there, and I thought, oh, I got this!!! So I told her yes...we went over, and had the BEST time!! I just have to remember that the limitations that once kept me at bay don't exist anymore...gotta get outta my head

Yes! Isn't it wonderful? Before I couldn't even make it to the entrance of a store, now I can walk the entire mall many times over without a problem. It's awesome!

I just went to a concert Saturday night (Kelly Clarkson and The Fray - rocked by the way ), and there were the hard plastic rows of stadium seats. At 243 lbs, they were not comfortable - I felt like I was crammed into it. It felt GREAT to sit in it and not only feel comfortable (as comfortable as stadium seats are!) but have room to spare.

I did feel so badly though for a few ladies I saw that were very large and couldn't fit in the seats (one broke the seat). I wanted so badly to run up to them and share my lap band experience, but I didn't want to offend them.

Thats awesome!!! And yeah, I totally understand wanting to share...