All the things I never knew I couldn't do... Add to my list!
Here are some of the things I can do now, that I couldn't do before, but didn't acknowledge I couldn't do.
1. Cross my legs. Like REALLY cross my legs
2. Sit in a desk chair without the arms digging into my hips or overflowing the sides
3. Climb two flights of stairs without even thinking about the fact I'm about to do it.
4. Walk several blocks -- and several hours -- at ComicCon
5. Sit on the floor without worrying if I can get up.
6. Squat down to pick up something I dropped, and be able to stand right back up again.
7. Put on socks without having to maneuver into position.
8. Have better sex (yep, I went there)
9. Cross my arms beneath my breasts, not on top of my stomach
10. Put on a pair of nylons without breaking a sweat
11. Sit in a booth at a restaurant and not have to wiggle and slide my way in, and have space between me and the table edge
12. Going to the airport and not panicking, trying to remember if I packed my personal belt extender.
How about you? What have you found yourself doing, and only then pause to think "I couldn't do this before!"
I thought of more last night! So I'm adding a couple...
13. Wrapping myself in a towel after my shower, and I'm actually wrapped.
14. Someone else posted this in a comment, but I agree because it happened: Having someone take a double take on my ID because I was 130 pounds heavier in it than I am now.
15. Sitting down just about ANYWHERE and not worrying if I'll fit... restaurant, movie theater, plane, auditorium...
Walk around in a skirt / dress without my thighs rubbing raw
Run -- like really run!
Do an arm balance in yoga (I'm only up for a few second, but hey!)
Fit in my bathtub -- the water will drain without my butt causing a suction block
Walk around a crowded room and not worry about knocking things over with my bum
Yes, yes, double yes to being able to finally wear a skirt or dress without rubbing my thighs raw!! I used to buy leggings and cut them into shorts to wear under skirts for that reason. Now even though my thighs still touch, I don't get skin irritation!
The other NSVs people said are awesome too, but I think the thighs were the thing that excited me the most!
Many of yours are also mine, Gail!
1. Walk in between cars in a parking lot without turning sideways and not worrying that I'll get my clothes dirty. I was always brushing my fat gut or butt up against something.
2. Feet no longer get sore when I've been standing for long periods of time.
3. No longer ashamed to get a bikini wax
4. Tie my shoes without huffing and puffing
5. Paint my own toe nails
6. Always asking for a booth in a restaurant and having LOTS of room - so much room now that it seems kind of ridiculous - lol!
7. Enjoy the summer heat without sweating my ass off
8. If I'm sitting in the middle of a row at the baseball game or theater, I no longer worry that I'm going to knock into people as I shimmy past them.
9. Run! I can run and my heart doesn't feel like it's going to explode. (I don't run far, but I can run FAST!)
10. Do strenuous workouts without any worries about seriously injuring myself.
Your signature cracks me up!
VSG by Nick Nicholson in 2013. Revised to DS 2/23/2023 by Chad Carlton.
I am looking forward to being able to do each and every one of these items that EVERYBODY has posted!!!
Surgery Date: August 6, 2014. (Dr's Goal weight for me is set at 162~My Goal Weight is 145. (I think, will see how i feel at 162!)
Weight at Start of this Journey - 243.5 , SW 228.5,