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To be able to wear any type of boot of my choice

Walk in heals

Rid of knee and back pain

Quit pulling up my jeans and pulling down my shirt when i get out of car

Can get up without make a "ugh" sound

Wear some jeans and actually have my belt show

Be able to groom below and see the results without breaking my damn neck trying to see what was missed!!!

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God I miss wearing my high heels too!!!!

I actually snapped one of my stilleto heels!!!

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Definitely to fly on a plane without the extension and to be comfortable. To not have to wear stretchy pants, and to wear heals again.

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I can't wait to feel comfortable in my own skin, to not have my thighs rub together, to meet new people and not think that they must be thinking how fat I am. To not be looked at by other people (particularly men) like I'm invisible. To have clothes that fit properly- no matter the size I wear, not all of the outfit fits my body- leaving some loose some tight (make sense?). This is my big one....to sit in a chair and not try and have most of the weight taken on my legs for mortal fear of the chair collapsing underneath me. And my other big one- to sit down at a cafe/restaurant and eat/drink without being out of breath or can't eat as my fat squishes my stomach making me feel ill. To not take several attempts to get out of my couch, shuffling my big fat bum further to the end of the seat to get up. To one day have someone look further than my skin folds and fall in love with me as a person. To no longer have guys drunkingly confess that they really like who I am but can't get past the weight factor. Needless to say- I will NOT be giving them another chance on the future!

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Looking umm down and seeing something other then my boobs or 1st and 2nd tummy roll :P

Running down steps and not worrying that I'll set off a 5.0 quake :P

Not making that sound when I get up out of a chair :P

And not to forget that clapping sound that happens when I move fast and it's not my hands :P yeah never hearing that again will be nice lol

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Can't wait to not hear "...but you have such a pretty face" said to me directly as if it's a compliment!

Can't wait to rock the fashion and styles I truly love and that's fitting for a trendy 28-year old girl!

Can't wait to not be the "fat friend".

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I can't wait to not be ignored, like I don't exist

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I am new to this and this is my first post... Me and my husband took our kids on a family day a couple weeks ago, they all wanted to go to kart country. I was thinking in the back of my mind family fun for who them because i couldn't race cars, so there i was on the side lines watching everyone having fun but my 375 pound butt.... Its hard having a husbsnd that is so small and doesn't understand and don't care....wish he told me i was pretty....

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Looking umm down and seeing something other then my boobs or 1st and 2nd tummy roll <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

Running down steps and not worrying that I'll set off a 5.0 quake <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

Not making that sound when I get up out of a chair <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

And not to forget that clapping sound that happens when I move fast and it's not my hands <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> yeah never hearing that again will be nice lol

Ditto.

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Wonder if people are wandering how I got my husband.

Have more self confidence to go after what I want

Wear boots for the first time in my life

Walk without sweating to death

I can go on and on

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I hate when my husband says your back is sweating and your shirts wet...ok like i don't know this..wish i could sweat in the bedroom....

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not have a sore thigh when I sleep too long on one side of my body!!!!

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Wow - we are on three pages already!

I can commiserate with so many of these posts. Yes, having people not wonder what in the world my husband sees in me. That's a big one. Not having my grocery cart looked at sideways. To not have to stand behind the toilet to close a door in a public bathroom stall...

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