One of my first posts on this forum was in the "What was your straw that broke the camel's back?" thread. I just went back and found it...

"Going to a birthday party with my 7-year-old daughter for one of her friends and the activity was hiking up a moderate/difficult trail. 3 minutes in I felt like I was going to pass out but I was trying to keep on trucking like it was no big deal. The kids were all running ahead, the other moms were just walking along and chatting away, and I was just focusing on trying not to sound like I was huffing and puffing and two steps away from dying. It was the worst."

That was an embarrassing afternoon. I think we went about 1/4 of a mile and it was pure torture.

But now I'm down 75 pounds and yesterday I went back to that mountain with my son and his Cub Scout den. I conquered that mountain!! We hiked about 3 miles and I kept up with the group and was only out of breath on one particularly steep part! I felt awesome when I got to the top! Hiking is so not my thing and I didn't enjoy it at all but I did it!

@@MrsRoboto - That is so dang cool. Please print that post out and put on the fridge. Remind yourself, you did this so you could be the MOM your kids deserve and you want to be. Congratulations MOM.

@@MrsRoboto

Its a fantastic feeling to conquer the things that were difficult pre op. Your son has a bad ass mom. Go you!

That is outstanding !!!!!!!

One of my first posts on this forum was in the "What was your straw that broke the camel's back?" thread. I just went back and found it...

"Going to a birthday party with my 7-year-old daughter for one of her friends and the activity was hiking up a moderate/difficult trail. 3 minutes in I felt like I was going to pass out but I was trying to keep on trucking like it was no big deal. The kids were all running ahead, the other moms were just walking along and chatting away, and I was just focusing on trying not to sound like I was huffing and puffing and two steps away from dying. It was the worst."

That was an embarrassing afternoon. I think we went about 1/4 of a mile and it was pure torture.

But now I'm down 75 pounds and yesterday I went back to that mountain with my son and his Cub Scout den. I conquered that mountain!! We hiked about 3 miles and I kept up with the group and was only out of breath on one particularly steep part! I felt awesome when I got to the top! Hiking is so not my thing and I didn't enjoy it at all but I did it!

How awesome is this!!!!! Congrats

That had to be a great feeling!! What a victory. Good work.

There's no better feeling than pushing back on something that has a negative control over you. You took that bad association and replaced it with a positive. Good for you!

There is no greater feeling than conquering something that once conquered you! What and AWESOME NSV!!!