1 family portrait

2 ride a horse

3 go on a cruise w/ hubby

4 get a sexy dress

5 go out dancing

6 run/ walk in 5 k breast cancer race

7 wear a bikini ... Just in my back yard lol

8 take a grip load of pictures of myself not hiding behind people or things

9 play softball again

10 sex sex sex lol

Only 10...lol

1. Weigh 30#s less than my hubby

2. Fit into ex-wife's motorcycle chaps (and have them fall off)

3. Get my arss in western saddle w/o a step stool (I can't hope to vault into the saddle like when I was 18 though...)

4. Rise up from the floor w/o looking like a weeble.

5. Wear belted anything, esp. vintage dresses.

6. Dance better.

7. Shop anywhere and everywhere.

8. Do chin-ups and push-ups.

9. Hike more than 5 miles in the mountains.

10. Have my real weight on driver's license.

1. Fly without a seatbelt extension
2. Parasailing
3. Zip lining
4. Ride rollercoasters again
5. Shop in a regular store. No plus sizes
6. Obstacle mud races
7. Dresses, dresses, dresses
8. Be able to wear shorts again comfortably.
9. Backpacking tour of Scotland Highlands
10. Jet skiing


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1. Wear a pair of little white shorts (or just shorts in general)

2. Go through the turnstiles normal at Disneyland instead of sideways.

3. Be the actual weight on my drivers license.

4. Be able to run/jog a good distance without getting winded.

5. Have my significant other be able to pick me up.

6. Not have my thighs constantly rub together and make that vip noise when walking. (Bye chaffing)

7. Not having my body clap when doing jumping jacks or switching positions.

8. Never worrying about a chair with arms, how much room in a booth or a seatbelt fitting properly EVER AGAIN.

9. Not constantly thinking about my weight, it will be nice to focus my attention on normal things.

10. Did I mention wearing shorts?

1. Go into regular bricks 'n' mortar clothes shops.
2. Shop less online for big/huge clothes.
3. Fly interstate and overseas with no guilt, no discomfort, no seat-belt extension.
4. Enjoy all the movies at the cinema all the time ... free of worry of armrest squeeze.
5. Enjoy driving much more with significant cabin space NOT occupied by my mass.
6. Enjoy walking A to Z minus the breathlessness.
7. Climb stairs with vigour again.
8. Enjoy seeing myself with others in videos and photos.
9. Take my seven grandkids to places where I fit all/most the available furniture.
10. Enjoy my current high level of community work without the snide remarks nearby from detractors.

#8 is a big one for me too

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1. Buy new wardrobe that looks good - check
2. Feel more comfortable in the world - check
3. Wear heels and cross my legs - check
4. Retake lots of cruise pictures - check
5. World's longest zip line over water - check
6. Have more energy than my Husband - check
7. Be able to wear normal sized bracelets, rings and knee socks. And normal width shoes - check
8. Not have to worry about how I am going to loose weight - check
9. Feel in control of my eating habbits and my health - check
10. Feel like I am no longer restricted in life due to my weight - check

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Amazing! Congrats

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I've got a number 12 I want to be able to sit in a booth at a restaurant

Great Challenge! My top 10 dreams I want to come true!

1. Have my husband of 31 years be able to pick me up for the first time in our marriage and have him excitedly carry me to bed (for the 1st time ever!)

2. Go to Ireland on a driving/walking tour.

3. Take brand new beautiful family pictures where you can see my whole body, not just my head.

4. Shop successfully and happily at Victoria Secrets.

5. Fly home to NJ and go to the Family Christmas Breakfast and just watch their faces!

6. Get into that sized 10 button up jeans that I have had for 12 years and never been able to wear.

7. Put on ANY pair of jeans without having to lay down on the bed to zip them up.

8. Join Zumba

9. Learn to Salsa.

10. Go to church and THANK GOD that the girl I knew I could be has finally come out of hiding. Give Him all the Praise!

I LOVE THIS IDEA! Here are my top 10 things!

10. Be able to sit in a booth at a restaurant without needing to push the table out or have my stomach be pressed tightly against it. My best friend always opts for booths and I loathe them due to my weight.

9. ROLLER COASTER! I love them and I hate that I haven't been able to go on one in so long.

8. Going to my 10 year High school reunion holding my head high and have everyone go... woah who is that woman?

7. Do a Marathon.

6. Skydiving. (I'm a thrill Junkie)

5. Get into some abandoned buildings for photography purposes. (Did I mention I'm a thrill junkie?)

4. Being picked up by a handsome buff man lol

3. I want to do those adult go kart things with my friends. I always have to sit out because of the current shape of my body.

2. Doing an escape room. Those look like so much fun but some of them are tight spaces.

1. This is my number one thing that I have to do no matter WHAT! Swim with great white sharks!!!!!!!

Wow, StephersSweet!!!! You go girl!!

Very coo, thread! I will be working on my list over the next few days......stay tuned!

I love this idea. These are in no particular order. My sleeve is being done 1/18

1. Be able to go on rides at the theme park with my girls and be able to do more with them in general.

2. Be able to go to the beach/pool and actually be comfortable in a bathing suit. I love to swim.

3. There's this place in Colorado Springs I lived there for ten years anyways it's called the Incline in Manitou Springs. I want to climb it all the way to the top. It's huge.

4. Sit in a booth comfortably.

5. Be more girly I feel like when I wear girly clothes I look like a joke.

6. Begin hiking again.

7. Travel and explore this world.

8. Shop in normal stores. I want Victoria to keep my secrets.

9. My 20 year reunion is in June I want to feel comfortable enough to go and look good!

10. Have my wife be able to carry me I miss piggy back rides.

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3 hours ago, Krista27 said:

Be able to go to the beach/pool and actually be comfortable in a bathing suit. I love to swim.

Can I respectfully suggest that you go to the pool now?

"Why?" you might ask.

Well, I tried walking and gyms when I was over 400 pounds. I tried all manner of exercise ... but my joints, especially my knees and ankles were under too much stress.

Someone suggested the pool. I worked up the courage and bought 9XL swim shorts and a 7XL rash vest (so no-one would see my rolls of fat) and headed down at 5am one morning.

It works. No joint stress while you're floating or wading.

The lap-swimmers were amused the first couple of times but I kept coming back and they egged me on. Some of them became great encouragement over the last two years.

The best part is, despite the initial fear, I have enormous lung capacity now. I can swim nearly three times as fast as I used to in 2015.

And now, it's a great assistance post-op in keeping my shrinking mass somewhat firmer. Swimming is a good fitness choice.

On 10/11/2013 at 0:33 AM, Tbird49 said:

1 family portrait

2 ride a horse

3 go on a cruise w/ hubby

4 get a sexy dress

5 go out dancing

6 run/ walk in 5 k breast cancer race

7 wear a bikini ... Just in my back yard lol

8 take a grip load of pictures of myself not hiding behind people or things

9 play softball again

10 sex sex sex lol

I love everything about this post! I second every single thing on this list!! (except maybe the horse-riding...I've done that before, and it will interfere with #10.... Couldn't even walk straight for 2 days afterwards.) I'll just list #10 twice.

On 10/11/2013 at 0:47 AM, caligirl3 said:

Love this!!!

There is so much in my life that is right already, so this list seems pretty superficial. But here it is:

1. Family portrait

2. Join local scuba dive club that I've been lurking on for a year

3. Take a dream trip (again diving) with a single parents group

4. Meet mr right, and fall in love again.

5. Buy a new wardrobe

6. Be a lap swimmer, like every day before work

7. Learn how to do yoga

8. Play active sports with my kids

9. Get a mommy makeover (TT and lift)

10. Teeth bleached

Wow!! That is so fast! I hope I can do the same!!! Did you not have to do a supervised diet?

On 1/15/2015 at 6:53 PM, Qtpie28 said:

Love this I'm still early in my surgery this will be good to look back at.

1.Better self esteem- feel sexy on a dress.

2. Family portraits

3. Go to my kids school and not feel like an embarrassment

4. Go on trip with my hubby buy only 1 plan ticket

5. Walk/run in walk for the cure.

6. Teeth bleached.

7. New clothes- not plus size

8. Not being called sweetie pie, cutie pie, or something sweet cause I look jolly ????

9. Wear heels anytime I want

10. Love myself in my skin

I just want to tell you that you are beautiful! (and your kids are lucky to have you there. I am a teacher, and the only embarrassment as far as kids are concerned, are the parents who don't care enough to show up). I am praying for you sister!