Things you dreamed of being able to do.....
i still can't see down there too good when i shave between the boobs still being big and excess skin, but it's definitely a lot better than before. and i definitely used to have the same problem with panties and it went away pretty quick for me. i didn't even realize it until one day i noticed i wasn't hiking them up anymore!
I can shop at any store. I can wear just about any outfit I want to wear. I can see my business *well once I lift up the excess skin that is* and when I am laying down I can see it without! Sex is better. I went from a size 26 to a size 4. I can fit in a plane seat and not ask for the stupid extender or have to buy another plane seat. I can walk up and down my stairs and not have to be out of breath or in pain, In fact I can run up and down them. I can be in a restaurant and not have people watch me eat. There are so many things I can do now that I couldn't before. This is just a few of them.
I wanted to wear low rise jeans, cross my legs, find boots that fit around my calves, wear a little black dress, tie my shoes, get in a tanning bed (I was always afraid they'd break before), walk into a room without worrying about whether or not the most sturdy chair was available... there have been lots of things that I wanted to accomplish. =]

RNY on 04/02/12
I love this post! As for me...I can't wait to ride rollercoasters again, I cant wait to not worry about seats in restaurants and at concerts, I cant wait to not have little kids make comments in public. I could go on and on!
RNY on 03/26/12
I'll be 25 in a couple of months and there are things I'd love to do that i've never experienced ...
1) Shop in a normal store and not spend and arm and a leg on a pair of pants and a shirt
2) Buy matching bra/panty sets and feel sexy in them
3) Wear a bikini
4) Wear a regular necklace and not need and extender or longer necklace ..ive received necklaces as gifts and couldnt wear them.
5) Breathe and not sound like I'm congested or winded
thats all
1) Shop in a normal store and not spend and arm and a leg on a pair of pants and a shirt
2) Buy matching bra/panty sets and feel sexy in them
3) Wear a bikini
4) Wear a regular necklace and not need and extender or longer necklace ..ive received necklaces as gifts and couldnt wear them.
5) Breathe and not sound like I'm congested or winded
thats all

The things I was most looking forward to -- and are still some of the things I most appreciate after losing the weight -- were riding rollercoasters again, wearing "normal" summer clothes (shorts and tank top... although I still have to wear knee-length shorts to hide my thighs and knees), and being able to wear high heels without foot pain.
Lora
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
happy_baker
on 3/24/12 10:14 am, edited 3/23/12 10:39 pm
on 3/24/12 10:14 am, edited 3/23/12 10:39 pm
RNY on 02/15/12
It's a good thing my husband's been gone for a long, long time, because it means I don't have to shave. It'll be nice to be able to do so without contorting into various acrobatics, assisted by a hand mirror.
I never really felt my size limited me from much. A lot of my goals are fairly superficial.
I want to be able to wear a pair of knee-high boots over skinny jeans. I've always loved the look, could never pull it off.
I want to wear a cute summer sundress with a fitted waist and a sash.
I really want to go to Six Flags water park with my kids. You know how all the lines to the water park rides wind up several flights of stairs? Well, I'm always self conscious that whoever is standing behind (ie: below) me is gonna have to wait in line with my cellulite-riddled ass in their face, and that makes me uncomfortable.
I want to renew my vows with my husband and look hot for a change. I looked a royal mess on my actual wedding.
I want to get a pedicure without worrying that they're all thinking, "Bah, fat girl can't reach her own toes!"
I want to wear any one of my 30+ pairs of sexy high heels and not have crippling pain in my ankles and toes at the end of the night.
I want to go camping. I LOVE to camp, but sleeping on the ground with my round hips is very uncomfortable.
I want to not be invisible.
I never really felt my size limited me from much. A lot of my goals are fairly superficial.
I want to be able to wear a pair of knee-high boots over skinny jeans. I've always loved the look, could never pull it off.
I want to wear a cute summer sundress with a fitted waist and a sash.
I really want to go to Six Flags water park with my kids. You know how all the lines to the water park rides wind up several flights of stairs? Well, I'm always self conscious that whoever is standing behind (ie: below) me is gonna have to wait in line with my cellulite-riddled ass in their face, and that makes me uncomfortable.
I want to renew my vows with my husband and look hot for a change. I looked a royal mess on my actual wedding.
I want to get a pedicure without worrying that they're all thinking, "Bah, fat girl can't reach her own toes!"
I want to wear any one of my 30+ pairs of sexy high heels and not have crippling pain in my ankles and toes at the end of the night.
I want to go camping. I LOVE to camp, but sleeping on the ground with my round hips is very uncomfortable.
I want to not be invisible.
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
