What do you look forward to most?
julieworley376
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We all know that losing weight is not the key to everlasting happiness, life has it's challenges for everyone. But what do you look forward to doing the most that you can't do now because your weight is holding you back?
For me, it is returning to ballet class.. yep.. at 279 lbs I was doing ballet down at the local company at all of 55 years old.. one wrong move and I was injured for months and know I can't go back till I have taken a good amount of weight off. I can't wait to return.
I might ride a horse again, I am not sure because I lost my nerve after breaking my spine in a riding accident. But if I do try it won't be until I have a lot of weight off. It has nothing to do with what the horse can carry and everything to do with being agile and balanced enough to ride.
For me, it is returning to ballet class.. yep.. at 279 lbs I was doing ballet down at the local company at all of 55 years old.. one wrong move and I was injured for months and know I can't go back till I have taken a good amount of weight off. I can't wait to return.
I might ride a horse again, I am not sure because I lost my nerve after breaking my spine in a riding accident. But if I do try it won't be until I have a lot of weight off. It has nothing to do with what the horse can carry and everything to do with being agile and balanced enough to ride.
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One of the things that I look forward to is to not have anxiety about whether or not I will fit into chairs in new places. New restaurants, new friends houses. I have been embarrassed more than once. I also want to ride in an airplane seat without discomfort.0
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It's funny but its the same thing I told the women at weight watchers when I was in middle school. I want to be able to get into the pool (ocean) again with my shirt off without hating myself for it or being ashamed of my body (god only know what I will do with these stretch marks but thats a worry i look forward to because at least it means I made it). I like the water, i enjoyed swimming.
It's part of my goal, i have not target weight in ming yet, but after I loose some more I want to get back in the pool. Even if it doesn't mean I take my shirt off at least to add to my exercise routine, so that one day I can do it and be satisfied.
Thats all I want, to be satisfied with my body. I don't need to be fit, or muscular. Average will do for me but 300+ is not average.0 -
I'd love to ride a horse again or go to the beach without shame. Not worrying about weight limits of chairs or getting stuck between the arm rests -_-
Most of all, I want to be able to do things with my husband we used to do when we were in better shape. We've always been heavy but it's got out of control lately, especially with me. I don't want to live my life sitting around and I know he doesn't like that. I set a goal for myself that by autumn we will be in shape to go on a long hike at a state park we went to 7 years ago.
I would also like to not feel ashamed to go and see my family. I avoid them even though I know they miss me because I don't want to hear the comments about my weight. Nothing mean but even the 'we're concerned' is hard to hear. Maybe it's selfish, but I'd like to shed some weight before going to a family get together again.0 -
Some of the things I wanted have already happened since I joined MFP. I wanted to stop taking insulin to control my Type 2 Diabetes. Done. I wanted to no longer need a seat belt extender in the plane. Done.
I'd like to feel comfortable in stadium seats (usually pretty small) or in those little plastic chairs restaurants use outside. I want to feel like no one looks at me and sees a fat woman first. I love to travel and I want to be able to look at brochures and think 'that sounds like fun and I can do it.'
Right now, what I'm looking forward to most is onderland. I'm down to 233, and I really want to reach the 100s. I know it is just a number, but I haven't seen the 100s in over 25 years.0 -
Some of the things I wanted have already happened since I joined MFP. I wanted to stop taking insulin to control my Type 2 Diabetes. Done. I wanted to no longer need a seat belt extender in the plane. Done.
Awesome! Congrats!!
I also would like to not take up so much space in the seat on a plane. I have not had to use the extender, but the belt did have to go to the maximum length for my waistline! It is much better now though! i want to fit into a size 12 pants! Coming down from a blouse size 22/24 to a size 18 now has given me a great feeling of accomplishment. I also would like to be comfortable getting into the pool when I return to visit my folks this summer!0 -
I really just want to be able to go new places and not wonder what people think about me or what they are saying. I have family all over the country and it would be amazing to fly and see them. I don't visit them now because I'm to embaressed to ask for a seat belt extender or have to purchase an extra seat.0
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Oh yes.. my family are all in the UK and right now I can't imagine getting on a plane or how I would fit in the seat. I also suffer being afraid I will break chairs. Good ones!0
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I just don't want to worry about having by body be 'out of the standard range'. Some recent things that I encountered, was excited about doing, and then couldn't when I 'remembered' my weight/dimensions:
1)Indoor skydiving
2) Exploring 'City Museum' in St. Louis
3)Passing an Airforce civilian physical for the flight crew on a zero-grav experiment (you have to be in the normal to overweight bmi)
4) Participating in human-factors engineering measurements
5) Horse riding
I'm just tired of checking the weight limit!0 -
THE GREAT ROLLER COASTER QUEST!
My poor husband will watch with queasiness :sick: from the side as I hit up every roller coaster and fast ride in every amusement park I can get into. :laugh:0 -
I would looove to zipline!! The thought of flying through the air, oh ya!!
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Oh Yeah!!!! I want to zipline too! I am afraid of heights so my husband thinks that I won't even get on the tower.. just watch me! I don't want to zipline just anywhere though.. I want to zipline somewhere I can be flying over tree tops.0
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Being human again.
I don't really have an adventurous bone in my body, and I certainly would never sky dive or zipline! Wow! I don't have enough money to dream about vacations by plane.
I look forward to being able to confidently sit in any chair when I go out. I look forward to actually going out without fear of someone snapping a pic of my butt to stick on some joke website.0 -
Being human again.
I wonder how many of us feel like this. We are in fact human. But I know exactly what you mean.0 -
Wearing a skirt above my ankles. I am pear-shaped and carry most of my weight below the waist, I have fatty calves and my ankles become swollen alot, so I cannot wear short skirts. It's so frustrating for me when I go shopping because I see way too many dresses and skirts for big women that are short, and then there's my favorite....skinny jeans!! WHAT'S WITH THAT!!!:grumble:
Another thing I look forward to is getting back into my smaller sizes. I was able to get into some of them when I lost the 46lbs. It felt like heaven. Now, they are back in storage and I refuse to give them up. And don't even think about suggesting I use them as motivation or incentive. I have 2 dresses and 2 pairs of jeans that I bought JUST for that reason.....nearly 15 years ago.:sad: and they're STILL in storage!!
Thank goodness for maxi dresses and yoga pants!!!0 -
I knew you were a kindred spirit, Claudie! YES, thank God for maxi dresses and yoga pants!
I can't wait to take off these compression stockings for good and wear shorts and keds or a short dress and sandals. My legs are also big and swollen so I keep them hidden most of the time.0 -
I want to be able to shop for clothes in an actual store and not online. I want to ride amusement park rides without being terrified that I'm going to break something and die or kill someone else. I want to be able to sit in any chair and not be afraid of breaking it or bruising my thighs from squeezing in it. I want to get dressed up and have my husband say "Wow you look amazing" instead of "yeah it's ok." There are so many more.0
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I look forward to loving myself again. I look forward to flying on a plane to a beach where I will wear a bathing suit and rock it. I look forward to hearing someone whispering around me and knowing that it may indeed be about me, but it won't be about how horridly fat I am.0
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I knew you were a kindred spirit, Claudie! YES, thank God for maxi dresses and yoga pants!
I can't wait to take off these compression stockings for good and wear shorts and keds or a short dress and sandals. My legs are also big and swollen so I keep them hidden most of the time.
Oh My Goodness..We must be!! :happy: Although I don't wear compression socks, my ankles are swollen and I have to be careful about the kind of shoes/sandals I wear. Things can look hideous when the swelling is bad. I even "joke" about my legs looking like cottage cheese in pantyhose. My friends and family laugh, but it's the truth.0 -
I look forward to looking like the picture in my drivers license again.0
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I look forward to family pictures! I declined the free ones offered at my daughter's school...0
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I want to be able to walk from my truck to my office and not be huffing and puffing. Im counting on losing enough weight that with the meds Im on for my lungs and a good healthy weight loss I'll be able to breathe better. Anything else is a bonus0
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I look forward to not having a panic attack every time I need to dress nicely to go out for a special event. I can not communicate how much dread, stress and hate this generates in me. In my head I'm running through excuses and trying to come up with ways out. How many events have I skipped because I hate this process of dressing up and going out, hating what i look like, hating what i look like to others and the fact that looking halfway decent takes so much more effort then it does for others (its so nice that you can just slip into that sweater and pull on a pair of nice jeans and a belt, this rotund body doesn't work that way). I have no nice cloths that I like or that seem to fit. I hate the way I look in them. Theirs nothing nice looking about strapping this body into well fitting cloths (not that theirs much of a thing as nice fitting cloths in this weight range).
I just want to be able to shop normally. To have cloths that fit. To have something in a closet that I know I can easily slip on when I need to look nice without wondering if they are still going to fit. I want to look handsome in clothing and not just feel like a fat head sticking out of dress shirt.
Makes me want to scream and set some cloths on fire.
And clearly I have some issues around this....0 -
Then there's your rewards. You said you didn't really have any. Now you do. Each time you shrink out of something reward yourself with a ceremonial burning!!! Don't just throw stuff away. You're burning the fat, so burn those clothes too! Let it all go up in smoke, as you become smokin hot!!I look forward to not having a panic attack every time I need to dress nicely to go out for a special event. I can not communicate how much dread, stress and hate this generates in me. In my head I'm running through excuses and trying to come up with ways out. How many events have I skipped because I hate this process of dressing up and going out, hating what i look like, hating what i look like to others and the fact that looking halfway decent takes so much more effort then it does for others (its so nice that you can just slip into that sweater and pull on a pair of nice jeans and a belt, this rotund body doesn't work that way). I have no nice cloths that I like or that seem to fit. I hate the way I look in them. Theirs nothing nice looking about strapping this body into well fitting cloths (not that theirs much of a thing as nice fitting cloths in this weight range).
I just want to be able to shop normally. To have cloths that fit. To have something in a closet that I know I can easily slip on when I need to look nice without wondering if they are still going to fit. I want to look handsome in clothing and not just feel like a fat head sticking out of dress shirt.
Makes me want to scream and set some cloths on fire.
And clearly I have some issues around this....0 -
Good morning!! I read this the other day and have been pondering it since. I think for me, I just generally want to be happy. Happy with me, my weight, my health..... just generally happy. Hope this makes sense.0
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OMG I just read this.. Sandy I LOVE that.. let your clothes go up in smoke as you become smokin hot.. love it! I want a photo of that first pyre RatPat.0
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Then there's your rewards. You said you didn't really have any. Now you do. Each time you shrink out of something reward yourself with a ceremonial burning!!! Don't just throw stuff away. You're burning the fat, so burn those clothes too! Let it all go up in smoke, as you become smokin hot!!
I did eventually list quite a few rewards in the rewards thread thankfully. I live up in a rather built up area so i don;t think they would take well to me going a little pyro, but you never know.0 -
I look forward to accepting friends' invitations to go hiking or doing various other physically active things. Right now, I'm afraid to join people because I know I'll fall behind and/or feel like I'm about to die from effort.0
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Tonight to improve my mood, I did some "window" shopping online and I found my tall black leather boots. When they go on sale and I have a coupon code, I am buying them and displaying them. Oh yes, they will be mine. And I will wear them with black tights and a cute skirt.0
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I want my girls collapsing into bed every night after a hard day of play instead of me collapsing into bed after a day of trying and failing to keep up with them.0
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The thing I am most looking forward to is living a long, healthy life and being there for all the big events in my son's life.....high school graduation, college graduation, wedding, grandkids, etc...0
