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To not have to constantly suck my stomach in!!!

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To not have to constantly suck my stomach in!!!

As my bridesmaid you will not have to do that. I'll luv you just the way you are!

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All such GREAT rewards!

In the TMI category ... I am already feeling more confident being intimate with my man. I am looking towards that increasing even more!!

I think I am very lucky that I have always been able to tie my shoes or paint my toes or walk around a store... My perspective is already different b/c I realize some of what I have taken for granted.

Believe me... I have a LONG way to go to goal, but y'all that REALLY have had to start at ground zero... y'all are such AMAZING inspiration! ! Reading your joyous reports of achievement... it takes my breath away!! Please don't take this wrong b/c it's meant right... I always think if they can do this than I sure as heck can!! They make me understand how lucky I am this is happening for me at this point of my life.

I mean this from the bottom of my heart.... ALL of you are going to deserve credit in my soon to be success story!! Ha! I am even teary eyed writing this.

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I hear you. I feel the exact way. I dress in the bathroom even after 30 years married. How ridiculous is that. Cant wait for my surgery for so many reasons

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As my bridesmaid you will not have to do that. I'll luv you just the way you are!

Lol.... Thanks sweetie!!! Luv u too!!

Hopefully that hot pink dress isn't too clingy in the belly area:)

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This may sound crazy as I am all of a sudden a little emotional after watching "What to Expect When You're Expecting" but I can't wait for what I've been told will be a completely different take on my social life when I get confidence in my appearance! I can't wait to be comfortable in social settings, and hopefully later in dating settings, which will be completely new territory for me.

And one day, I can't wait to have a beautiful, healthy little baby and to teach them a healthy lifestyle from a young age so that hopefully they won't struggle as much with their health as I have. I never wanted to have a baby, or was more or less indifferent until about a year ago, and then all of a sudden it hit me that ... whoa I want a baby and I am completely aware of having a biological clock! I still have a LONG way to go before I worry about time running out, but now I've surpassed my mom's age when she had me and I don't want to be an old grandma from the get-go! BUT at the same time I want the right situation to play out before I have kids... Just saying I am hopeful.

At the very least, if I can go out with my friends on a Friday night and laugh and have fun and be carefree again! Just live in the moment--that would make all this stress and working 2 jobs to pay for the surgery worth it, and so much sweeter.

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I love everyone's answers but for me, I am most looking forward to having my picture taken. I haven't posed for the camera in years and have no pictures of me with either if my kids except for when they were toddlers. (They are now 12 and 9) I also don't have a Facebook pic so that would be nice, too. I will, however, put one up here as soon as I can get my daughter to figure out how to do a profile pic for me because I am quite computer illiterate.

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Next summer' date=' going to the amusement park and actually going on the rides

Not worrying about the seatbelt on an airplane

Ladypart thing, like you mentioned - lol

Shopping in the misses dept

Not opting for slip on shoes so I don't have to struggle tieing them

Hopefully, not taking BP meds anymore

Hopefully, ridding myself of sleep apnea

Not feeling so self conscious

Having more energy

Being able to wear knee high boots (these damned calves)

Being able to sit in a meeting at work and not look down just to see my belly all bunched up

Going out w/ friends at lunch and not having to take the front passenger seat as it is the most "spacious"

Not worrying about going to a concert and spilling over on the person next to me or worrying about going through the turnstyle getting into the show

Having more clothing options - that can include wearing horizontal stripes ( <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /> )

Having more hairstyle options rather than just the ones that don't accentuate my round face

LOL - those are a "few" of the things I am looking forward to.[/quote']

I love and agree with all of yours, I just wanted to add camping. I never been but every time someone invites me all I think is how am I going to get up from the sleeping bag? I'm looking forward to all the new adventures.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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