what was the first thing you did that you couldn't do before and were REALLY EXCITED about?

This one may sound pathetic but it's where I was before surgery. My big, outstanding event after losing most my excess weight was to walk across a room full of people without feeling like I needed to scurry away and hide. I walked across a roomful of my colleagues at work and -- just, simply walked. No one was noticing anyway BUT this time I felt like it didn't matter...I was a normal-sized person, not someone hideously overweight that didn't have the right to be in the same room, much less accost them with the sight of me walking before them.

Today I had another big one though, I did 3 full pushups in the right position, chest all the way down and up. I never thought I'd see the day!! I can do lots of the semi-pushups but a real one...today was the first time in my life and I did three of 'em. Now I'm going out for a run. I love my new life!

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Aww... I missed it

Again don't know if this is the first .... but I never tire of it, my ability to run up and down the stairs at my house and not think twice about it.

Not having to think and worry so much, will I fit in the seat? Well I fit in the booth? How will it be flying on the plane? I don't have to spend any energy on that anymore. I got bumped on a flight last year and ended up flying cross country in a middle seat with two businessman on either side. And it was no biggie.

Two things that I didn't even know were on my WLS bucket list, because they were too incomprehensible ... One was to actually run. I never thought I could do that. And second was to wear a bikini. Didn't know I'd like it or want to. Very freeing.

I love these threads!! Not only does it get me excited to read everyone's NSV but I get ideas of things to do... So things I can do now: I can take flights of stairs without feeling like I am going to die after five stairs, I can walk a lot longer now without needing to stop and sit down and catch my breath, I can clean my house now without having to take a break after 15 minutes now I only need a break if the fumes from cleaning the bathroom get to me. I love shopping! I can buy clothes off the rack and not have to order them all online which means I can go shopping with my daughter. For years it was always I took her shopping and jus****ched her try on clothes now we can have fun girls day outs. I also have more energy to play with my little nieces.

I still have a long list of things I want to do or are looking forward to: Flying and not needing a seat belt extender (going to Vegas next month for work so that is going to happen). Driving a stock car and it looks like that is going to happen next summer and anyone who has read some of my menu posts knows how excited I am about that! I also want to start jogging and working with a personal trainer in order to tone up my flabby skin...

Bending over to tie my own shoe

The first time I realized I was crossing my legs and didn't even know it.

Sometimes my butt hurts from sitting in too hard of seats. Like the bone feels like it's being bruised. I haven't felt butt bones in a long time!

My parents bought me a bike for my birthday and I feel like a kid again. It doesn't hurt and I am not self conscious that I look like a huge blob on it.

Most recently I've started running and it's kind of amazing.