Hi--I like to check out "new posts" and saw one from the twenties group for "skinny goals" and it made me think. Here is my partial list:

1. FEEL better (back, joints).

2. Comfortably ride in an airplane seat (I love to travel).

3. Better sex :rolleyes2:.

4. Shop in "normal" stores and get great clearance deals!

5. Be able to walk my dog without being winded.

What's yours?

~~anne

1. Get rid of my reflux!

2. I'm with you - I had to wear an extender belt when I flew to Europe for my honeymoon and hated it - normal sized traveling will be way better!

3. I want to go to an amusement park - havent gone in many years because of my weight.

4. We booked a cruise for a year and a month post op. I plan to parasail, segway, snuba, and go to a water park. Also, Im gonna go get a massage - I wont feel too fat in the robes this time!

5. I want to be able to wear clothes from just about anywhere - I hate having such limited clothing choices!

for me shop and try new N better things (sex) lol

Shop in regular stores and get deals on clothes

go to an amusement park with DH

go hiking

wear cute jewelry that is too small for me right now

Take a bath in my regular tub without feeling wedged in

Squat (haven't done that in years ~ bad knees!)

All that for me too! We have a tentative plan to go to Hawaii two summers from now for our 25th wedding anniversary...I would LOVE to be able to be more active for that!

~~anne

Hmmm let's see:

1. Buy clothes that actually fit-not too long in the crotch or 5 inches too long in the legs (I always wonder if plus size designers think ALL fat people are extremely tall)

2. Put my seatbelt on in the car without it digging into my hip.

3. I would love to run and play with my kids while they are young.

4. Shop anywhere-or at least somewhere where the clothing offered doesn't resemble old lady gowns and aren't priced at 3x's the cost of regular size clothes.

4. Be able to take a bath without worrying if I am going to have to call the firefighters to pry me out!

5. Better sex positions.

6. Not being embarrassed to see people I went to highschool with.

7. Being able to buy cute shoes.

8. Feeling better

9. I would love to want to be in pictures and not to be embarrassed to see them after they're printed.

10. I want my confidence back!!

These are just a drop in the bucket, I have a million things I can't wait for!!!

I'd like to add... cross my legs when sitting so I feel like a lady again and not a slug.

OH...I lost my post!

Wow! Where do I start...These are in no particular order.

• My kids being able to put their arms all the way around me when they hug my waist.
  
• Being comfortable in my own skin.
  
• Not feeling like a toad on a log while sitting in the bleachers watching my kids play sports.
  
• Wanting to be in pictures with my family.
  
• CROSSING MY LEGS!!!!
  
• Being comfortable in airplane seats. (I am flying this week. )
  
• Wearing cute short (to the waist) jackets.
  
• Not buying shirts that are long enough to cover my tummy.
  
• Not being so self conscious in the situation where you should be most confident. Intamacy with DH. (He has been married to me when I weighed my heaviest and my lightest. He loves me just as I am. :crying:)
  
• Not thinking about wether or not I am the heaviest person in the room. (Usually I am.)
  

I've got a new one (don't think it was mentioned)...

...to be able to give myself a pedicure!!!!!!

~~anne

Good one, Anne! I was thinking of that one the other day.

Um, being able to tuck in a shirt if I choose to.

Not having to worry about being around little kids b/c they're so honest "Look at the fat lady, mom"

Not be totally ashamed to wear a swimsuit

Ehh the worst is that I am able to buy clothes at a regular store but I cant buy regular clothes at stores such as H&M and Zara! So my goals are as followed:

1 Be able to fit in to anything H&M

2 Feel sexy

3 Join a dance team

4 visit my native Puerto Rico, go to the beach and wear a bikini

5 not feeling out of breath

6 able to sleep over friends' house without snoring

7 feeling better about myself

8 wearing cuter clothes during the hot summer days

Oh lord to give myself a pedicure would be wonderful...I'm pretty sure I still have toes even though I haven't seen them in years! I'd love to be able to travel, buy clothing anyplace except online! Be able to stand or go shopping without hurting so badly I had to sit down. Not always be the heaviest person anyplace..Gosh the list is to long to post.

Oh...I've got a great one!

BE ABLE TO WRAP A REGULAR SIZED TOWEL AROUND ME. ESPECIALLY IN A HOTEL.

You know I think there are people in the world that can do this. I am not one of them!

I have so many goals but the most important for me are to:

1. Lower my cholesterol

2. Get rid of my reflux issues

3. Become more active

4. Being able to shop any where and actually finding cute clothes

5. Being comfortable while traveling

Hmmm let's see:

6. Not being embarrassed to see people I went to highschool with.

7. Being able to buy cute shoes.

8. Feeling better

9. I would love to want to be in pictures and not to be embarrassed to see them after they're printed.

10. I want my confidence back!!!!

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Wow!!! You've hit the nail on the head for me with those above...

I went on a interview last month where I had all of the qualifications and some (it was a placed where I've worked in the past and receive awards & accolades for previous work); We interviewed in a small office and not at a table... I was so busy covering up my belly and feeling self-conscience - that I had NO CONFIDENCE. And that's not me. I Want It Back!

• I want to toss this ugly C-Pap machine
  
• I want to walk down the halls of the huge facility where I work and not see myself on the glass panels and be totally embarrassed for myself & DH (who works there as well)
  
• And shopping... I'm so tired of going to certain-sections of the store and having to bring things back because yes, they fit my hips & tummy - but at 5' 2" - I just look sloppy in those clothes!
  
• I want to see old friends and not be embarrassed as stated above.
  
• I've purchased the cutest shoes & they all hurt my fat-feet, so either give them away, or they sit in closet!
  
• Don't even go there about photos.... my family knows me as the photo-queen; but, I am careful to leave myself out of as many of the photos as possible.
  

Edited October 4, 200817 yr by NFaith

1. Increased mobility (I have osteoarthritis)

2. Less self conscious in social settings

3. More stamina in everyday activities

4. Buy pretty clothes from regular stores and catalogs. (I received in today's mail a catalog from one of my favorite stores. Their largest size is 18-20.)

5. End the cycle of dieting and weight gain that has plagued my entire life, since childhood. Probably should be #1 on my list.

I'm pre-band and on the 6-month diet trying to lose 10% of my current weight. All of the above are motivations for me to meet the pre-surgery requirements and get on with my life.

Dee