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

Here's my list:

1. Finally take that family portrait

2. Not be depressed every time I see my reflection

3. Not (purposely) being the one always BEHIND the camera

4. Being able to wear lingerie for my guy and KNOW that he is turned on

5. Be able to have sex standing up (because he can lift me up)

6. Shopping for pencil skirts and new professional clothes with high heals.

7. Wearing jeans again (it has been 15 years... I refuse to buy anything that isn't yoga pants for fear of what size I truly am these days).

8. Running, working out, and Actually being able to do yoga and bend the way I am supposed to.

9. Being able to cross my legs.

10. Turning heads again, and seeing the faces of people who haven't seen me in a while.

9 hours ago, sleeveme7781 said:

Be a lap swimmer, like every day before work

I took up swimming (after 25 years without it) in 2015.

I was nine months shy of retiring work and 22 months away from my (then unplanned) weight loss surgery.

I swam two hours before work most weekdays (and often, 2-3 times per week, went back for a relaxing slower 90 minute swim after work). Three hours Saturday and another 2-4 hours on a Sunday.

Post retirement, I swam 13 days per fortnight for 3-4 hours each morning.

Now, post-WLS, I am back doing 3.5 to 4.5 hours almost daily. Have only missed two days in two calendar months.

Gotta say, it's improved lung capacity, general endurance ... and it's had a positive effect on adult fun with my wife.

I could not be any more positive about swimming as an improver of life. (Best part is the suspension of almost all joint pain while in the water!) RECOMMENDED!

Walk by mirrors without grimacing.
Stop looking like someones grandma although I am one.
Being introduced as myself not riding on someone's coattails e.g. so and so mother, sister, aunt. I do have a name.
Walking into a store not having to look for the ugly dresses in the back
Wearing any shade of color I want.
Getting the chance to dress younger if I want
Getting on doctor's table and not worrying the momentum will pitch me over the edge.
Not lapping,over the edge on all sides.
Travel to overseas countries
Walking into a store and not worry about the prices.
taking pictures that I don't have hide behind walls, trees or stand in the back row.
Chairs that don't make ducky noises when I get up
Being to get up off of furniture of any heights.

My list no particular order.

1. Be more active with kids
2. Shop in a regular store
3. Look sexy when I dress up
4. Get off all my meds
5. Make eating healthy a lifestyle
6. Help others

15 hours ago, Brassapple said:

2. Shop in a regular store

Having dropped from 7XL or 8XL shirts/tops to XL or 2XL in the last 11 months, I certainly appreciate that I now pay $7.95 for a rash vest or t-shirt rather than $29.95.

I know being ultra-large used a lot more lycra or cotton but I am pleased about the 65% price saving on many common items.

Wow there is so much I want to do! Let me focus on the top 10.

1) Run a 5k at my husband’s side. (He’s been running marathons since age 12)
2) Fit a size 10 and go on a shopping spree
3) Sky diving
4) Cruise with my husband
5) Enjoy the double takes at family reunions
6) Kama Sutra
7) Kick boxing
8) Hawaiian vacation
9) No more meds!
10) bike riding

1) Buy a BMW motorcycle and not have to immediately have the suspension replaced with one for my weight (I've owned three BMWs and had to do it on all three).

2) If I get all the way to my goal of 200 pounds (or lighter), I'm buying a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S convertible!

3) Start camping again, and possibly motorcycle camping again.

4) Take a motorcycle tour of the Alps in Europe.

5) I would love to fall in love again; have a companion to do things with.

6) Go hiking again in Arches National Park.

7) Replace my entire wardrobe.

8) Learn to fly an airplane.

9) Go to graduate school and earn my MS and my PhD.

10) Have professional photos / headshots taken.

8) Learn to fly an airplane.

Macadamia - you should check out Civil Air Patrol. It's easy to check this off your bucket list.

I have to admit, several posts on this thread inspired me and reminded me of the things I could do when I lose the weight. So here’s my list, in no particular order:
1. Cross my legs
2. Sneeze without peeing
3. Rock climbing
4. Run a 5k
5. Be comfortable wearing shorts (and not capris)
6. Buy a swimsuit that doesn’t have a skirt
7. Get a tattoo
8. Waterskiing
9. Snow Skiing
10. Sex. More energy for it, more fun positions to try.