What is your non-weight goal(s) ? aka. NSV

justalittlecrazy wrote: »

In order of do-ability:
1. Buy clothes in a normal plus size department of a regular store, like JCPenney, Target, etc. VERY close!
2. Go horseback riding with my daughter. A ranch we go camping at has trail rides but I have been 100 lbs over the weight limit. 70-some lbs to go and I am there.
3. Ride the swings at the fair, weight limit 230.
4. Hike the Wonderland Trail. Approx 100 mile trail around Mt. Rainier which takes around 10-12 days to complete. Extremely challenging elevation gains/losses and really tough to do unless you are in top physical condition. Planning to do the year I turn 40, 2.5 years.
5. Hike the PCT, a 2600 mile trail from Mexico to Canada. A very long term goal, 10 years+ away. Planning to do the year my youngest child graduates.

Those are awesome! I want to do the Triple Crown of Hiking (AT, PCT & CDT) to be completed on my 50th Birthday. The AT North hike traditionally closes at Mt. Katahdin on 15 OCT each year, which just so happens to be my birthday!

Lookingformyself wrote: »

Dear! Where do I begin?!

Then, I'd like to rock a Bodycon Dress. Especially a Hervé Leger one. (Yep, I know the price...)

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Calves that would fit into any boots

And A LOT of fitness goals!!!

A girl after my own heart... I know exactly how you feel about the clothes and the boots. I've lost about an inch off my calves so I'm closer.


And for the sake of being on-topic, my goals are:

• single digit clothes sizes (almost there, my size 8s don't look so daunting anymore, which is great considering I started out teetering on the edge of 16s)
• healthy BMI (finally got out of Obese I, time to get out of Overweight too)
• get some muscles up in here! I wanna be tiny and powerful (If I had a body half a great as hers I'd consider my goal met)
• be small enough that a fella could lift me (I'm so short) without breaking his back

I'm quite new to this but my goals are:

For my partner to notice something has changed when he sees me in 2 months
To be able to go shopping and want to buy something because I feel like I look good in it in the mirror

be able to do a sub 30 5k.
Be able to do a handstand again, not because handstands matter but because my arms will be strong enough and my weight low enough
be able to wear the clothes I want to, not the ones that hide my lumps and bumps

1. Be able to confidently wear a bikini on my honeymoon in April
2. To not feel like "the fat one" when I'm with my girlfriends
3. To fit into standard bra sizes! (I already have big boobs and when I gain too much weight they go above a DD which makes bra shopping a pain in the *kitten*!)

Dear Snickers,

These are all so awesome for each person and yourself.

I've already gotten to do some of my non-weight goals but, of course, all of them were possible because I've been losing weight.

I've gotten to sleep without snoring, eliminated my sleep apnea. I've gotten to buy smaller sized clothes, which is nice but only a couple of weeks ago, I got to buy Victoria Secrets panties for the first time in 26 years. I will soon be able to wear the same sized jeans as I did before I got married almost 25 years ago.

I've eliminated my threat of cholesterol medication. I've eliminated my threat of diabetes at this point in time. I've improved my dental and periodontal health.

I can walk up and down steps and stairs, even multiple flights without my knees buckling under me or panting and each landing for a few minutes recovery.

I've gotten to reduce my blood pressure medication by a third of my dose.

I can fit in a coach class airline seat.

I can lift and carry more weight. I can walk farther. I can wear modest heels without hurting my back all day at work.

More people, both men and women, will initiate conversations with me, you, like at a grocery store or in a line somewhere. This is really nice because I'm an extrovert and really like people, but it is new because others will speak to me and I'm not always having to start a conversation all of the time.

What I still want to do, but haven't yet, is learn to dance, but I will. I want to ride a bicycle again and not have it hurt to sit on it.

I want to eliminate all of my blood pressure medication because I have become sufficiently healthy enough for my doctor to do so.

I also want to go to the Harry Potter theme park in Florida since I am now small enough to ride the rides too.

I'd also like to find a way to improve my saggy, excess skin, but if it is a choice between looking like an elephant woman or gaining the weight back, I'll stick with my elephant skin.

I want to do a real push up! I have never been able to do one. I'm not sure it's my weight stopping me any more as I am now only 7lbs. away from being in the "normal" bmi range. But I still can't do a single one.

I want to be fit. I want to be able to run up and down the stairs without getting out of breath. I want to be able to ride my bike everywhere and run and swim. I want to be strong.

To be strong!

Rock a bikini with confidence next summer!!! And I definitely plan on looking way hotter when I hit 40 than I did when I hit 30.