Looking Forward

[Duckie 0]

I am looking forward to being able to walk more than 1/2 block huffing and puffing.

I am looking forward to looking my age instead of being told I look older than my mom.

I am looking forward to fitting in to regular size clothes (something I haven't done in 24 years)

I am looking forward to seeing the real me before I can no longer see (Legallly Blind).

I am looking forward to standing before God and saying thank you for this body!

I am looking forward to being able to enjoy sex again with my husband!!!!

I am way looking forward to weighing less than my husband.

And

I am looking forward to making new friends and having new expierences......

[ReneBean 3]

Oh Sarah. We are soooo much alike.

I, also, wish to Wow them at my class reunion - my 25th coming up in a mere 2.5 yrs.

I have a medium range goal to weigh less than DH - he clocks in at 300lb.

Last - I want to be energetic enough to play with my grandchildren now, and healthy enough to see them graduate from high school and get married and stuff.

Still waiting on the paperwork - but I have a dream...

[NJChick 3]

Rene, my 25th reunion is in 2 years as well, never thought about it till you pointed it out.

When I was in HS I weighed over 300 lbs (at graduation)... When I went back for my 10 year reunion, I weighed 150 lbs. BLEW their socks off because the cheerleaders got ugly, the jocks got fat and bald and I just got BETTER

Okay well I'm back up over 100+ lbs and I refused to go to my 20th year just because of my weight gain.

:devious ***evil grin*** :devious guess I'll be going to my 25th

[riverrat 0]

I want to feel confident walking in my bathing suit at the beach with no cover-up on.

I want to walk around my house naked in front of my husband (when kids are sleeping of course) yee haa!

[loopylou 0]

Vintage Clothes

Eating in Public without shame

DH picking me up

Dancing unselfconsciously

Seeing my real face

Crossing my legs again (remember that??)

Smoldering (damn I can't believe I have forgotten how to smolder!!)

Wearing jeans and a T-shirt well

Forgetting to fear running into old friends

Clothing sales assistants smiling at me

Not being camera shy

Wearing high heels without backache, and tottering dangerously

Sitting on the floor comfortably (well, sitting ANYWHERE comfortably)

Feeling my hip and collar bones

Exchanging 'industrial strength' bra's for something girlie and pretty

Taking a bath

Not having legs that rub together

Feeling cooler (temperature wize, although the other kind wouldn't hurt either)

Having a jawline

[shirley rohr 0]

I want to wear a dress and not hear the pantyhose go swish,swish,swish.....

[aaamom 0]

I desparately want to weigh less than my husband !!!! I have lost 45 pounds since I was banded May 23rd, and I still weigh more than him !

<sigh>

[NJChick 3]

aaamom, but your on your way, thats the beauty of it

I want to wear my wedding rings again.

[divaliciousdee 0]

I got more, here it goes

I am looking forward to walking from the parking lot(at work) to my bench in the lab without feeling like I need to stop by respiratory therapy!

I am looking forward to wearing stilettos

i am looking forward to my class reunion in 2 years(20th)

I am looking forward to wearing a dress(I only wear skirts and blouses cause my top doen't match my bottom)

I am looking forward to the Victoria secret angel collection

I am looking forward to my boyfriend picking me up

when I think of more I will post again.

And to some this may seem gross or TMI but it is my reality

I want to be able to see my vagina I know it is down there I just haven't seen it since the 12th grade. lol

[fee 0]

i have more to

i am looking forward for my children to put there arms around me to cuddle me

i am looking forward to be able to go into a beauty salon instead of stressing that i might break there table or seat or dont fit in there chair

i am looking forward to my husband been able to pick me up

i am looking forward to more energy and be more active

i am looking forward to going out to restaurants without people looking at me

[Margo 0]

I look forward to truly being happy.....

[NJChick 3]

I want to be able to see my vagina I know it is down there I just haven't seen it since the 12th grade. lol

Whats a vagina?

ROFLMFVO

[divaliciousdee 0]

OMG Eileen, you are a hoot!! Ask me that question in about 6 months!! I hope to have and answer!!

[NJChick 3]

DeeDee, hopefully in 6 months I'll know what one looks like too LOL !!!!

I'm looking forward to letting my DH stand behind me, put his arms around me, and not pushing his hands away b/c he is touching my big gut.

[vinesqueen 2]

I look forward to truly being happy.....

If you are not happy now, chances are you will not be happy after you hit goal. Happy is not a place, not somewhere you arrive at.

You are fat for a number of reasons. Your fat has probably been a very useful tool for something. I know my fat is a frigging suit of armor, keeping me safe... Or I think it keeps me safe anyway. Expecting to only be happy when you loose weight is like expecting to be happy after moving to a new town... you will still bring all your old problems and troubles after the move.

Except for the things with physical limitations, why can't you do them now? Many of the things you are looking forward too are things that are all attitude based. Why can't you prance around naked now? Why can't you wear a bathing suit in public? One of the most amazing women I've ever seen was at a Water park. She weighed well over 300 pounds but she was in a black and white polka-dot BIKINI!!! A BIKINI!!!!

If you don't love who you are now, why will you love yourself when you are thinner? Why will that make you more worthy than you are right now???

Diva, get a mirror

Mouse, the day you will no longer need a seat belt extention will be here sooner than you think! Of course your seat mate will probably not be to happy with you wiggling around in joy, and probably when you burst into song will cause some concern from your other passengers...

These are the NSVs I'm looking forward too:

• Vintage clothes (my goal is to be able to fit into one specific dress I have)
  
• high heels
  
• more energy
  
• crossing my legs
  
• buying normal clothes sizes/shopping at normal size stores
  
• getting a breast reduction and getting rid of my grandma bras. I mean, I'm not even a grandma yet!
  
• getting a TT so I don't get the terrible heat rashes under my "apron"
  
• being able to handle higher temperatures