10.Be able to fit more than 5 article of clothes in the washer

9. Play actual sports and not just on the x-box

8. Get rid of my shower chair. Actually, it is pretty relaxing

7. Stop worrying about breaking the diving board

6. Stop attending "Bedside Baptist" and actually get up and go to an actual church

5. Save lots of money on clothes

4. Get better gas mileage

3. Stop having to get off of roller coasters when the restarints don't close

2. Discover other channels besides food Network

1. Not worry about chair legs exploding when I sit down

Feel free to add your own

Edited September 20, 201015 yr by ImdownwithVSG
correct grammatical errors

Take ball room dance classes! Dancing has made a huge difference in my life and there are no other ladies on the dance floor who are fat. I fit in with everyone else for the first time in years!

being able to put on a pair of jeans and t-shirt to go out to the supermarket or pick the kids up from school and look all right!!!!

being able to clean myself properly

being able to get up a flight of stairs without feeling i need extra O2

not sweating profusely when i'm eating

actually being able to walk a distance without dreading it

fitting on a airplane seat with about 12" left on the seatbelt AFTER buckling it

being able to say NO THANK YOU to desserts cause you literally have NO room

not being stared at cause you look like a freak

blend in with others in a crowd no one cares your there

be able to horseback ride again without the fear of killing the horse

being able to live life as a healthy active person

FEELING GOOD ABOUT MYSELF! :w00t:

10) to ride the rollercoasters and have fun

9) go back to playing sports

8) being able to comfortably sit and enjoy a concert/sporting event all while sitting in their too small seats to begin with

7) run around with my nephew & future kids

6) buy cute clothes and feel good

5) have people view me in a positive light; not as a fat slob

4) to be able to have children

3) to exercise and feel good w/o feeling awkward at the gym

2) to decrease risk for health problems

1) improve my quality of life

To fit in a restaurant booth.

to feel good; to love life; to enjoy every moment, not wishing it away...

I LOVE THIS THREAD...

to be able to wear my Robbie Williams tee shirt ... one day!!

Take ball room dance classes!

Haha, I took a lot of dancing classes. And being fat, I sweat and all the ladies AVOID ME LIKE I HAVE A DISEASE. They'll go around the room and say "Ladies, pick your men!" and I'll be standing there by myself. I try to make eye contact with them and smile, and they look away really fast.

I stopped going after a few weeks, obviously. :thumbup1:

1) Having my husband look at me the loving way he always has, but now feeling like I am worthy of that look.

2) Wearing designer jeans

3) Being able to ask - "Do you have this blouse in a smaller size?"

4) Having my 8 year old put his arms around me and say "Mommy - you are so small. I can put my arms all the way around you."

OK - #4 is like a MasterCard moment - PRICELESS!

1. Go to my daughter's school (high school) without feeling like I embarass her.

2. People will quit asking me when I'm due like I'm pregnant.

3. Go shopping for clothes, and actually enjoy it.

4. Hopefully get rid of that stinking Cpap machine (I'm praying)

5. Go out to eat and not feel like everyone is looking at me, and what I'm eating.

6. To be able to buy name brand clothes. THat are in style.

7. TO be able to go to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.

8. Feel good about myself, and start to like the outside of myself again.

9. When someone takes out a camera I don't have to go run and hide.

10. To be able to do activies with my daughter, that I can not do now.

To add:

Being able to cross my legs the "girly" way

Lasting all day in high heels

Not dying of foot pain every time I jump in ballet class

Actually LOOKING like I work out instead of just working out like a maniac and remaining fat

Being able to wear lace without looking like a bloated streetwalker

EDIT: also, to wear those little ruffled cap sleeves without looking like a crossdressing linebacker

To add:

Actually LOOKING like I work out instead of just working out like a maniac and remaining fat

Being able to wear lace without looking like a bloated streetwalker

EDIT: also, to wear those little ruffled cap sleeves without looking like a crossdressing linebacker

LOL!!!!!!:confused1:

I have a few more.

Being able to put my shirts in the dryer without having to put my knees in to get them to fit.

A pair of shoes will last me more than 30 days.

Be able to get out of chair without rocking back and fourth 10 times to gain momentum.

So I can finally use that Pedi-egg on the bottom of my feet and not just the sides.

So I can adjust the seat in my car while I am in it and not before I get in.

This sort of thread seems to pop up every few weeks, I love them and will put my 2 cents in every time!

1. To return to my hometown after a self-imposed exile because I didn't want anyone I had known to see what I had done to myself.

2. To participate in the experience of American womanhood.

3. To dance again.

4. To have breasts that no longer have their own time zone

5. To have my face again, my actual face, not the swollen copy of my face.

6. To no longer be afraid of chairs in public.

7. To stop experiencing the humiliation of air travel.

8. To (ironically) eat whatever I want and not be judged by every single human who sees me ingesting.

9. To wear beautiful/trendy/chic/quality clothes. To participate in fashion trends - the last trend I participated in was ... okay maybe I've never been trendy.

10. To feel "in" my body again, like this body is mine and not some punishment.

** Bonus: To wear high heels again.

Things accomplished over the last 15.5 months post-vsg for me. . . They were all on my list.

Fit into an airplane seat, and see seat material on both sides of my thighs

Fit into a restaurant booth

Wear 4 inch heels without wincing in pain after 20 minutes

To wear true SKINNY jeans and look good doing it

To hump with my husband and not have my fat get in the way

To get checked out because I'm hot, not because I have to turn sideways to fit somewhere

To be seen, and I mean really seen, not just as the funny fat chick

To have my son say "I'm so proud to have you as my mommy"

To join the PTA executive board and not worry about what all the other "hot" moms think of me

To be called a MILF - that was a great moment LOL

Things yet to be accomplished, but are works in progress:

Get pregnant, have a healthy pregnancy and deliver a healthy, happy baby

Accept that being fat all these years has destroyed my skin's elasticity, and without surgical intervention, I'm left with the excess skin and itty bitty boobs.

Have plastic surgery

Look at myself in the mirror, and know that I've made it completely. (I know this won't happen until plastics)

Ride horses again

Run into an ex and ask " was I drunk our entire relationship?" (okay that one isn't very nice)