What Activity can you do Now??

Hi Everyone!! Just wanted to know what activity can you do now that you could not before?? Okay, this is fun...I signed up for dance lessons today!! I am taking tap lessons once per week, and hopefully an adult ballet class too. I want to take hip-hop, but no classes for adults right now. I am so happy, as I love to dance, but never had been able to do it as big as I was, so now I can!! I got my tap shoes and ballet slippers today, and leotard...even though I am size 8, you never realize how bad the skin looks til you put it in a tight leotard that shows everything!!! MAN!! Just thought I would share....hopefully everyone will share all the neat things they have done or can do now!! Miss ya, Love ya, Deb

Oh my gosh, Deb! That sounds like so much fun ... maybe one of these days, after I get to goal, I'll sign up for some dance classes! Keep us posted on how much you love it! That's really fantastic! Let's see ... what can I do now that I couldn't do 4 months ago? I can jog on my treadmill, when my "treadmill CD" gets to Gwen Stefani singing "Crash". I walk to the songs before and after that one, but the tempo of that song is just right for a slow jog, and the day I did it the first time, I was grinning from ear to ear. ME! Jogging!!! (OK, so it's only for 3 or 4 minutes, but I have to start somewhere. Soon I will ask my son to make me another mix CD for the treadmill time, with FASTER songs!) And... I've been telling my husband that "one day" I will ride on the back of his motorcycle ... "one day" when my butt isn't so wide. He came home this evening and asked me to go with him, telling me that it was time! He said, "Your a** is so much smaller now. No one will even look twice at you." (What a smooth talker, huh!) But I still think I'll look so big on the back of his motorcycle, so I said no once again. But maybe NEXT month! That's my goal, anyway. Not so many new activities for me yet! But I'm feeling so much better. I can walk and climb stairs and cross my legs like a lady. I'm beginning to enjoy being around people again, after many years of self-imposed exile. I can shop without giving out after 30 minutes. I can exercise for an hour. I just started a part-time job. I can clean my house without taking a break every 15 minutes. So many little changes, all leading to a bigger and better life ahead! Have lots of fun with your dance classes! Dawn

Thats awesome dawn! you will be on that motorcycle in no time.. last year when i rode with my husband i had a sticker on my helmet that said " I BEAT ANOREXIA" I loved it! LOL.. better to laugh at myself than be laughed at ! LOL.. I have also started an adult hip hop/clog class every tuesday night after my 3 yr olds hip hop/clog class LOL.. We have a ball in there ! We are doing the dance for Justin timberlakes "Sexy back" right now, and it is soooo much fun!! I told her i wanted to learn a dance for "Baby got back" and she said she would give me the solo for the recital, i said but by may i wont have much back! she thought that was funny.. but i loveeeee it. i would of NEVER done this last year.. Last may at my daughters recital i said "NEXT YEAR IM GONNA DO THAT!" and everyone laughed, well here i am doing it! and im even doing ground work, where you get down and do turns on the ground and get back up realllllyyyyy fast .. its definately a work out! Then after class I came home and ran up to the stop sign at the end of my street in the neighborhood which is about 1/2 mile, then ran back to my house.. which the whole way up is an uphill run so it was HARD, but i couldnt believe i made it! its amazing. We took our 3 yr old and my 6 yr old neice and 7 yr old nephew to Carowinds Monday, and I walked around in a bathing suit in the waterpark with NO COVER UP OR SHORTS.. i couldnt believe i felt "ok" doing that! im the girl who hasnt worn shorts in 6 yrs or more, much less her bathing suit in that public of a place!! it was a great feeling of freedom, and i fit on all the kiddie rides with my daughter If you cant tell im on cloud 9 right now. Im so excited over this. Then today I got on the scales (my mom has a dr type scale where you move the notches from 150, then up to 200, 250, 300, etc.. Well I started out at the 300 lbs notch weighing 320, then i dropped down to the 250 notch. .Well as of TODAY i have moved down to the 200!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTCH!!!!! I couldnt believe it.. i weigh 248.. i havent weighed this since i was in 9th grade in HIGH SCHOOL! its been 10 years since i weighed anywhere near that weight.. and thats just that much closer to ONEDERLAND.. Ive already "beat" one of those 50 lbs increments, now I am gonna BEAT ANOTHER ONE! I cant wait.. my total loss now is 72 lbs total, and 61 since surgery! Dr bour wanted me to be at 60 lbs weight loss by Sept 20 when i go for my 3 mth visit.. I think I got it covered Im so excited.. okay this turned into a post all in itself.. LOL.. You get me started and i cant stop! Love yall!!!!!!! Jen

Jen! You are doing SO incredibly well with your new tool ... it's awesome to watch your FAST progress! Congrats to you on getting rid of another one of those "50 pound marks" on that scale! And you wore a bathing suit in public! Whoooooooooo!!! Dawn

Hey Susanne, Thanks for asking about my job ... it's going alright. There's a lot for this old stagnant brain of mine to remember, and after my first 8 hours on my feet, I've decided that I haven't lost quite enough weight for standing to be easy. I had yesterday off, and my feet STILL hurt. Glad you're loving your new job!!! Dawn

I can cross my legs that was a big thing for me now I am doing Burn & FIRM CLASSES ON BASE 2 TIMES A WEEK WOW WHAT A WORK OUT & I can walk 2 miles without stopping ,Just able to move & not get tired is so great!! I am so happy Miss you & have fun dancing

I'm gonna eventually get up the nerve to take dance classes, I am I am!!! It just looks like so much fun and it's just a mind thing for me now not wanting to look like an idiot!! I started martial arts about 5 mos post WLS. I work out more in the gym. I can also cross my legs like a previous poster,

I can get to work in time in the morning!! Before I would try on everything in my closet to find something that looked okay or something that I hadn't outgrown. Only to end up frustrated and upset and disgusted. Now I can pull almost anything out of my closet and put it on and it fits and looks okay!!! Sometimes I'll end up in something a little too baggy now, but that is 10 times better than something tight and uncomfortable showing all your fat rolls. Kathy