Why I had the band.....

1. I want energy....Tired of being tired.....

2. I want to play with my kids, on the floor and outside

3. I want to play with my husband and not fear him squeezing a fat roll

4. I want to buy clothes and like the way I look in them

5. I want to be a good example for my children and family

6. I want to put on pantyhose and not be disguisted

7. I want to not have to look at a chair and wonder if it will hold me

8. I want to not wonder if I'm the biggest person in the room

9. I want to slide into a car and not plop down

10. I want to jog

11. I want to buy sexy underwear

12. I want to go down to my basement without thinking about the exertion it takes to come back up.

13. I want to know that I'm fat and not lazy.......for sure.

14. I want someone to look twice as they pass me or even get hit on! even though I would never accept........just the thrill.

15. I want to go to any store and shop.

16. I want to BE HEALTHY....no prescriptions.

17. I want to DANCE like no one is watching.

What are your reasons?

You know that's right!

I want to be in the picture.

I want to be in the middle of the picture, not on the end and behind someone.

I want to strike a real pose.

I want to feel comfortable in my skin.

I want to look good in my clothes.

I want to play kickball with my friends.

I want to walk up 5 flights of stairs and not be out of breath.

I want to be more confident.

I want to be comfortable in an airline seat.

I want to be able to bend over to clip my toenails and still be able to breathe

I want to be able to sit in plastic lawn chairs

I want to ovulate with some regularity

I want little kids to stop saying "you're fat" when they meet me

I want to be able to cross my legs even a little bit

I want the rashes I get under my knockers to go away for good

I want to be able to exercise without feeling faint

I want to be as active as my friends and not feel left behind

I want to be able sit on things that have a 200# limit

I want my socks to stop cutting into my ankles

I want to have armPITS

I want my rings to fit without finger fat pouching out

I want to get out of the shower and be able to wrap a normal sized towel around me instead of a beach towel!

I want to wear blouses without a shirt underneath for fear the buttons might pop off.

I want to do the electric slide for the whollllllllllllllllllllllle song.

Better sex,

better sex,

and ummmmmm

better sex.

Health is a good thing also ! :biggrin1: :clap2:

I want to be pregnant and look like it.

1. I want to not be the biggest mom with my daughter at school functions!!!!!!

2. I want to be the cute wife ppl see and envy my husband!

3. I want to be off the meds i take now at 38, that my grandma took at 70!

4. I want to feel good about mirrors!

5. I want to wear cute shoes!!

6. For New Years Eve I want to have a little black dress to put on!!!

7. I want to look good in my sons upcoming graduation pictures!

8. I want to be who I always thought I could be!

9. I want ppl to see me who havent in years and say oh my god you look great!!!

10. I want health... acceptance....to feel like i fit in!!! :rain:

1. I want to be that smart, funny, pretty woman that I am without the added, "despite being fat."

2. I want to run long distances and bike even longer ones.

3. I want to make more money.

4. I want my daughter to hold me on her lap when she's older, like I hold her now.

5. I want to ride roller coasters.

6. I want to travel to other countries and not be seen as the typical obese American.

7. I want to control my future, not let eating control it.

1. I want to be able to shop for clothes in the normal, non-plus sized stores.

2. I want to run a marathon, even a mini-marathon.

3. I want to ride a bike again.

4. I want to be a good example to my family.

5. I want to not have diabetes in 2 years.

6. I want to not have high blood pressure or heart problems in 5 years.

7. I want to be able to go on mission trips.

8. I want to go to amusement parks and go on rides without having to nervously ask if there's a weight limit.

9. I want my menstruation to go back to normal.

10. I want to have a family and kids someday, God willing.

Holy Smokes...that's all I can say!

I want to to have a smaller butt than my hubby!!! (haha)

I want to sit down and not worry if my fat rolls are noticable.

I want to not feel self-conscious when naked and with my hubby (not that i get naked with anyone else).

I want to be proud of my figure and not try to hide it with big shirts.

I want to look hot in shorts and a tank top this summer.

I want to feel comfortable when in a crowd.

I want to be the smallest person in the room instead of the largest.

This was my list that I made and emailed my mom when I told her I was thinking about the surgery (haven't had it yet) except I did it as my "I don't want" list....

I don’t want to …not be able to walk into any store in the mall to be able to buy clothes and have to go to the “plus size” store and pay more money.

I don’t want to …feel like I’m out of place in public.

I don’t want to …feel squished going to the movies or riding a bus or an

airplane.

I don’t want to …be that fat person that no one wants to sit beside.

I don’t want to …be trying to constantly be struggling with various numbers of diets or regimens for the rest of my life and feel like a complete failure when I have a hard time with them.

I don’t want to …be too embarrassed to dance.

I don’t want to …not be able to wear a fancy wedding dress should I choose because I don’t want to look like this in a dress like that.

I don’t want to …not be able to chase around after my kids some day.

I don’t want to …not know what its like to be thinner.

I don’t want to …not feel comfortable going to a public beach.

I don’t want to …feel uncomfortable in my own clothes.

I don’t want to …overhear comments (or have them said directly to me) that aren’t very nice. Compliments are easy to forget it’s the mean comments that you remember for a long time.

I want to weigh less than my husband!

How about being happy to be part of the family pictures instead of always taking the picture so you wouldn't be in it!!!

LOL I had to laugh at this (not in a 'making fun of you way') - but because I *am* a professional photographer and I think I chose this career because it AUTOMATICALLY puts me behind the camera :scared:

I actually took a "self portrait" of myself on our last vacation with my son in the background to "prove" I was there.

I told my husband that my son will grow up thinking he was raised by a SUPER cool dad who took him on lots of exciting and exotic trips ... and had the presence of mind to hire a photojournalist to capture every moment.