Ok so we are always talking about our dates, pre-op diets etc etc that I needed a break for just a minute.

So fill in the blank..

I'll be glad when I can........

It can be anything from fitting into your favorite sz 10 jeans to finally getting to ride the roller coaster....comfortably.

Let's share and have fun with this.

So

I'll be glad when I can........

Many of mine have already been taken, I'll add just a few.

* To have guys actually look at me and not past me.

* To not have to listen to my guy friends make comments on how hot the skinny girls are.

*To be able to enjoy having a picture taken.

*To walk and not have my thighs rub together.

*To believe someone when they tell me I am pretty.

That's it for now... Love this thread too fun!

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Stop checking to see if I am the fattest person in the room.

Michelle

Oh my Gosh! I totally do that too! Love it! :biggrin:

Buy cute shoes! Buy the ones I want and not settle for the ones that come in Wide sizes!!!! oooohhh I miss cute shoes and sandals!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait!

I'll be glad when I can.....

Mow the lawn without a shirt on in the summer and not scare any of my neighbors... LOL....

I'll be glad when I can........ get rid of this freaking gas pain.

just had to throw that in there.

- have my husband wrap his arms around me and feel like I am the little women instead of the fat mama! LOL

- wear a bathing suit on the boat instead of staying fully dressed...

- have more energy because I am not carring around 100 extra pounds.

- see an old friend I haven't seen in years and know that they aren't thinking geez she really has put some weight on!

- ride my scooter and be able to pick up some speed because it isn't getting bogged down due to my weight

- hike without huffing and puffing

- feel comfortable on the back of my husbands motorcycle.

Re: I'll be glad when I can........

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_ Keep up with my boyfriend and my kids on a day outing

_ Get in the pool or jacuzzi without worrying who's around in our complex

_ Go shopping at regular stores and buy things I like instead of what fits.

_ Put on my red high heel pumps without my back hurting from the extra weight.

- Let my photographer boyfriend take some amazing pics of me

_ Go shopping with my girlfriends, trying on clothes, instead of alone since I'm ashamed of my size.

_ Go dancing at a regular dance club instead of a BBW club where the bigger is better and I am being hounded by chubby chasers who think of me as a "fetish"

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paint my own toes!

get off BP meds

1. Walk past small children without fear they'll point to me and say to their mothers "She's fat" or something similar.

2. Not worry when I see the entrance requires going thru a turnstile.

3. look at myself in a group picture where I don't overwhelm everyone else by size.

4. feel that I'm not taking up so much room in any situation.

5. attach the seatbelts in any car.

6. attend a dressier event, not feel that I'm over-dressed.

7. look at my feet and they're not puffy.

8. fit in any chair without it killing my hips because its so tight.

9. go to the doctor, get an xray, or anywhere I have to lay down on a table, without struggling to get up by myself.

10. spring out of bed.

11. easily get up off the floor.

12. Easily get myself up and out of a cushy couch.

13. Enter a class or meeting room without first quickly scanning the room for the widest chair or the one without arms, and if nothing will work, quickly decide how to handle this with a minimum of embarrassment.

That's all for now, getting late.

When I can go into any place and shop and not have to try it on cuz i know im that size.

cute bra's and pantie sets.

walk up more than one flight of steps without being out of breath.

have my husband pick me up without breaking his back.:smile2:

Ill be glad when I can get a fill

Ill be glad when I can have some restriction

Ill be glad when I have started losing weight

my goal is to eventually walk 5 miles a day. i'll be glad when i can wak 5 miles in less than 1.5 hours

Stop avoiding the camera at family functions.

Wear a thong and actually be able to see it:)

love this thread!

I'll be glad when I can...

...buy anything i want in ANY store

...look cute in everything i buy :thumbup:

...cross my legs!

...have fun taking pics instead of making sure the camera is above me for a good angle

...give my thighs the divorce they've been asking for (no more "chub rub" LMAO)

...get into VIP because I"M the hot girl...not because i'm friends with the hot girl

...be the HOT girl

...believe people when they tell me i'm small/skinny

...be in ONEderland (by mid october) and wear my size 10's (February!)

Now that we are in or around our 8 month of banding I felt the need to come back to this thread. SO

I'll be glad when I can...

*Celebrate 100lbs lost

*hit 260 so I can go make-up shopping (my reward)

*lose 10 more pounds so I can fit a skirt i just bought

*feel comfy on my next plane ride to NYC

*see the look on my in-laws faces when they see the change LOL

hopefully by then (Sept) i will be closer to 200 than 300. the last time they saw me i was in the 290's.

now that we have lost a few pounds im sure our lists have changed a little. so from my previous list i CAN:

*walk longer than 30 mins without my legs hurting

*just go shopping for smaller clothes period

*run around with my 4 y/o for longer than 5 mins