It's Feel Good Friday: Tell me... What is the single more prolific thing in your life that you can now do, that you could not at your heaviest weight?

For me it is plain and simply running. I found it even so difficult to trot for more than a few steps and I'd be out of breath and having an asthma attack. Now I can run/jog for an hour straight with no issues.

For the first time ever, i actually spent the whole day shopping with my daughter for back to school clothes. We went to Kohls, JC Penneys, and a lot of other stores walking up and down the whole mall. Because of my weight on top of back/hip problems I could barely get from the parking lot to inside the mall where I would have to immediately sit down, in you guessed it, the food court! I would send my daughter and a friend into the stores, they would have to txt me to let me know what they found and how much $. Sometimes I would go into one store and be in so much pain and so irritable! Shopping was not enjoyable like it should have been. And since I couldn't do anything else, of course I could comfort myself with the great food.

Yesterday we still got something to eat, i got an order of smoked wings, and ate 3 out of 6. Was gonna save the rest of them but still had some stores to go in so i :gasp: threw the rest away!!!! Besides being able to walk every where the eating part was not the highlight of the trip like it so often in the past had been. We had a great time!!

That is so awesome!!

Good for you!!

Kelly

For the first time ever, i actually spent the whole day shopping with my daughter for back to school clothes. We went to Kohls, JC Penneys, and a lot of other stores walking up and down the whole mall. Because of my weight on top of back/hip problems I could barely get from the parking lot to inside the mall where I would have to immediately sit down, in you guessed it, the food court! I would send my daughter and a friend into the stores, they would have to txt me to let me know what they found and how much $. Sometimes I would go into one store and be in so much pain and so irritable! Shopping was not enjoyable like it should have been. And since I couldn't do anything else, of course I could comfort myself with the great food.

Yesterday we still got something to eat, i got an order of smoked wings, and ate 3 out of 6. Was gonna save the rest of them but still had some stores to go in so i :gasp: threw the rest away!!!! Besides being able to walk every where the eating part was not the highlight of the trip like it so often in the past had been. We had a great time!!

For me, it has been the gradual increase in energy. I find myself able to do more in all areas. I am in my 230s now so I just started running - doing the Couch to 5k program. My ankles are so sore but the rest of me is great! I will keep trying to keep up with the program. Its hard at my weight now but so was Zumba and water aerobics when I first started exercising. Now all I need is more motivation to clean my house! Too busy exercising!

I can paint my own toenails!!! LOL....sad but true! I had too much belly fat to bend over. I can also shave my legs in the shower! WooHoo!! Sitting in a booth in a restaurant doesn't scare me wondering if I'll fit, I actually have wiggle room in movie theater seats, I can cross my legs, I can shop at Old Navy, my hubby tells me all the time "You've undergrown those pants!!!" LOL! I LOVE my sleeve!!!

Walking for 2 hours and adding hills to it, going up and down the same one a few times, just for the excerise.

My PROUDEST feat so far, Riding in my first bikethon,, completed 38 miles! Super proud of that!

Biking almost daily 20 miles.

Joining the Y and looking for HARDER classes instead of the easiest.

Buying a tshirt at the concert, having to a get a medium instead of praying the 2x would fit!

Gettting fashion types from daughter and buying clothes in the same store she does:)

Needing less sleep.

Most importantly: putting on a swim suit and going to a pool, or Water resort with my Grand Babies! I acutally tucker them out now!

"You've undergrown those pants!!!" LOVE THIS.

It's a good thing you mention sex how long did you wait before having sex?

It was a few weeks till I really had any desire for it I felt so crappy for a few weeks I didn't do much of anything but go to work and come home again.

I love being able to go out walking on a hot day without my thighs rubbing together and getting a rash! Going on holiday was the worst if I was wearing a skirt, it used to get red raw. Not any more!

Having my energy back and living life!! I'm not backing away from social events anymore and am enjoying hanging out with my friends. Even though I still have 100+lbs to lose I feel more confident. Yes I'm still self conscious but not as much as before.

Oh it is also a big relief to be able to go to a restaurant and not worry about fitting in the booth.