What do you want to be ABLE to do at goal?
GOINSTD12
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I want to go skydiving and parasailing so bad, or do a zipline through a jungle....... or do the barrel of monkeys ride at the amusement park without falling down the walls!
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Hi, and welcome! What a great question! The zip line and possibly parasailing sound fun. I would like to be able to try windsurfing.
Without a doubt I want to be able to hike and camp again. I want to be able to world travel without fear of fitting on non western transport. Right now I would still not subject someone riding a bicycle transport in India to hauling me around...
The beauty of it is, the more we lose, the more the world opens back up to us. That feeling alone is worth this effort.0 -
Hi, this is an interesting thread.
At goal or nearer to it, I want to join a martial arts class. My kids are in Karate. It looks like a lot of fun but hard work. I need to be much lighter and in better shape before I attempt it.
A lot of goals are smaller and I'll hit them before I hit my goal weight. Like fitting nicely in airplane seats and riding the rides at Disneyland. I'd like to learn how to properly ride a horse without injuring it. lol! I want to play soccer with the kids without getting winded and race them down the street when they dawdle.
The world is just nicer to you if you're not heavy. 2 -
What an interesting question! I never really thought about til I saw this... But what immediately came to mind is that I would love to take some latin and ballroom dancing classes! I have always loved dancing, but ever since I gained the weight my balance and stamina are not good enough to even try it, lol!1
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Shop in normie clothing stores!3
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I want to be able to do any physical activity I choose without first having to consider my weight/size. There isn't any one thing I'm set on doing like a marathon, etc. I just want to be able to do whatever I choose, even if it's as simple as not having to consider the weight limitations of a piece of lawn furniture.3
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Simply everything.
I'm getting out of the obese and into the normal overweight range. My poor husband is probably tired of hearing "I can this" and "I can that"... A shocked look usually accompanies the comment.
I can wear those clothes. I can bend to untie my boots. I can hurry to catch that plane. I can fit in that seat. I need to tighten the seat belt. I can carry those bags. I can stand while waiting. I can squeeze around those. I could ride that horse. I could hang glide with my brother. I could ride a motorcycle. I could walk for hours. I can tuck my foot underneath me. I can fit sideways in the recliner. I can walk barefoot on a tile floor. I can tiptoe.
Okay, okay, I'll stop. But it doesn't ever end.5 -
I want many things.. But mostly to take my kids to a big water park and go with them...
Then the small atuff... Booths when we go out to eat, stairs any place... Better clothes
This is a great thing to think about
Paula: I can't wait to change my I can't to I can so inspiring 0 -
Simply everything.
I'm getting out of the obese and into the normal overweight range. My poor husband is probably tired of hearing "I can this" and "I can that"... A shocked look usually accompanies the comment.
I can wear those clothes. I can bend to untie my boots. I can hurry to catch that plane. I can fit in that seat. I need to tighten the seat belt. I can carry those bags. I can stand while waiting. I can squeeze around those. I could ride that horse. I could hang glide with my brother. I could ride a motorcycle. I could walk for hours. I can tuck my foot underneath me. I can fit sideways in the recliner. I can walk barefoot on a tile floor. I can tiptoe.
Okay, okay, I'll stop. But it doesn't ever end.
What an amazing accomplishment you've made already! Way to go, You!!
I love your list...I've enjoyed them all. But as I read yours I was nodding...yep! yep! yep, me too! 0 -
Ride horse, kayak, camp. Trance dance for more than a couple minutesat a time.
Some things seem impossible now, bu it is important to do what one can in the meantime.
Kookie says ... don't let what you can't do keep you from doing what you can. Sounds like maybe a new thread.0 -
Ride horse, kayak, camp. Trance dance for more than a couple minutesat a time.
Some things seem impossible now, bu it is important to do what one can in the meantime.
Kookie says ... don't let what you can't do keep you from doing what you can. Sounds like maybe a new thread.
I think that may be the Milestones/NSV thread(s.) If not; Start that thread off. We are always game for new material!0 -
My parents are taking the entire family on a cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary in a few years (health permitting). I want to be able to sit on an airplane without having to worry about who is next to me, and not have to worry about keeping up with others.1
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I want to be able to shop outside of the plus size section and free from that limitation.1
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Short term I want to by this summer be able to fit in ALL the roller coasters at cedar point. Last time I went there was 2 I couldn't get on...embarrassing. and by the end of the year be close to or completely out of the plus size section of clothing1
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I want to be able to do whatever moves my spirit without having to feel self conscious. I want to be able to run around a playground , slide down a corkscrew slide, and play with my grandchildren without having to hear the all too often candid comments about "that fat lady". I want to shop in the regular sizes, fit comfortably in any seat anywhere. I want to ride a horse again, climb a mountain without my knees and back having to deal with 100+ extra pounds of weight to carry around. I want to swim in the community pool without feeling like a beached whale. I want to be able to smile when I answer when people ask how much weight I've lost and I can say "I've lost a whole "me"". I want to send a picture of my new healthy self to everyone who ever told me I was too weak/lazy/much of a loser to be able to accomplish my goal. I want to pick up a hundred and twenty five pounds of weights and make the connection with how much excess weight I've carried around so long. I want to hug my children and grandchildren, know that I've done something amazing that will help enable me to look forward to being there to share their achievements and to love them as long as I can.I want to finally be at peace with that voice deep inside me that reminds me of every time I've failed, and be able to quiet it with a "not this time".0
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Totally never thought of that... I've started lifting weights and am excited to lift a pair of 6.6# weights. It is impossible for me to lift an 80# bag of cement. But I used to carry an extra 118#! How was that ever possible???I want to pick up a hundred and twenty five pounds of weights and make the connection with how much excess weight I've carried around so long.1 -
I also would like to get strong enough that I can lift over a hundred pounds. My first little goal of things to do is to sit in my new-to-me chair in the living room, comfortably. I kind of spill up the sides right now. I have to wonder what my cat will do when I lose the weight. The only nice thing about being this size is that it gives him a close place to sleep!0
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I woul like to be able to comfortable cross my legs. My goal is to do this by the end of summer!2
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This is vain (maybe I'm vain) but all I want to do when I reach my goal is wear a bikini.
I also want to try zipline (i honestly think the thing will break LOL)2 -
Hi All,
I want to Run!
I know that I am late posting, But what I miss most of all and I can't wait to do again is to run. I even want to run a marathon. I want to jog in my neighborhood without fear of falling or not being able to get home without calling my husband to come and get me. Maybe with my age and the weight I have carried for so many years my joints may not let me run like I did in my 20’s however I just want to run. Whatever it looks like at my age, I’ll Take it!
When I lose this weight I am going to run a marathon!3 -
Cawoods: I think that is a great goal. I have never been good at running, mostly due to asthma, but I would love one day to just take off running and not be able to worry about having to phone it in after just a couple of minutes.0
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Thanks Etherlily1
I dream of the day I can run again. I am going to do it!0 -
Cawoods,
I'm the same way. I've lost enough now to be able to walk. When I'm walking briskly, it feels like I should just amp it up a notch and break into a run, but just can't yet.
Paula0 -
Walk into ANY restaurant and not have to look around in a panic making sure they have a table with chairs and not a booth!! Be able to go to Cedar Point (which I work ONE mile from) for the first time in 25yrs. and ride all the rides. Get on the floor and play with my nieces and nephews. Take a walk with my husband without having to stop to rest every 5 minutes because my hip hurts and i'm out of breath. Buy clothes from ANY store and not even have to try them on because I know they will fit and look good on me. Go out with my friends and not be embarassed to dance. Take line dancing lessons. Lift weights. Go ziplining.
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you're right, the wish list never ends and the possibilities are endless!!0
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Mindy,
One thing about lifting weights, all of us in the group are already doing that big time. I started using machines and found that my legs could press 350#. People were impressed. Not me, they'd been carrying my weight for awhile, so of course they were strong.
It's my arms that are wimpy (pressing 15#). I now keep a small dumbbell next to my TV chair and use it all the time. It feels good.
Paula0 -
I want to shop in any clothing store that is not for plus size people! My short term goal is to be able to get down on the floor and get back up without assistance.0
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I like all your ideas! I want to be able to ride a motorcycle again without being self-concious. Walk up stairs without stopping every few steps. Bend over and touch my nose to my knees! Make love on top......without crushing my partner! Learn to dance the Samba and Marenge(sp?) and Paso Doble. Oooh, wear high heels again!!!! And look good in a dress.0
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I have a bucket list that I’ve been working on. A lot of them I can only accomplish at a much lower and healthier weight, some of them are already in the works.
I want to hike the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone/Grand Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Little Big Horn, Black Hills.
I want to visit the Mediterranean, the Panama Canal, the Danube and Rhine River countries, Disneyworld/Epcot, New England in the Fall, Paddlewheel down the Mississippi, visit Australia/New Zealand and south Pacific Islands.0 -
I want to be able to ride a bicycle again. Not a stationary bike (although, that is also on the list!) but an actual, go here-there-and-everywhere bike. There's other things too, like hiking, although I'm fairly confident that the hiking will happen by the end of this summer, because I can walk a lot longer than I used to. I just need to be more flexible for uneven terrain. Other things like not having to shop in the plus size store (heck, even being able to shop in some of the only-goes-to-4x plus stores!), and not feeling like people are judging everything I do or do not eat. I know some of that last one is my own self-consciousness, but some of that is totally what people do. Thankfully no one I'm close to, which I know is what really matters! My friends and family (grandma aside!) have been very supportive of me this whole time.0
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My coworkers and I are all about the same age (28-29). The other day, we were discussing how awesome it would be to go skydiving next summer as kind of a celebration of us all turning 30.
Whether or not we will /actually/ follow through with this, I don't know. What I do know is that I'm too heavy to go skydiving right now. And if we decide to do this together next summer, I don't want to have to tell everyone I can't because of my weight.0
