Amy L.
Reasons I want to be a size 8 again!
Aug 31, 2010
I haven't been a size 8 since I was 19 years old. 
And, I found out today that two of my dearest cousins are getting married next summer, July 2011, so I will have two different weddings to attend...oh how I would love to walk in wearing a really cute little size 8 dress! I can just see the surprised look on all of my relatives faces when they see me for the first time, months and months after RNY, looking so healthy and fit! I just want that so badly.
Oh, and I know there has to be more than just me out there who would love to walk past their old high school boyfriend looking totally hot! My 20 year reunion is June 2012, so that is another reason I really want to be a size 8 again!
I want to be able to effortlessly bend over, touch my toes, clip my toenails, all those little things we struggle with each day....
I want to hop into a ride at an amusement park and not worry whether the safety belt will fasten- or worse, that I will be too big to ride at all.
I want to be comfortable in an airplane ride, no matter what seat I am in- aisle, window, middle.
I want to have the energy to go jogging- yes, jogging, not walking, not speedwalking- jogging! For miles, not a couple of minutes.
I don't want to be the fat girl at the gym anymore. I want to wear cute workout clothes instead of baggy t-shirts! 
My children have never seen me thin. I was about 120 pounds when I got pregnant with my first son, and gained 65 pounds while pregnant, and just gained and gained ever since. I want my two boys to have a thin, healthy mom.
I want to get off of a bunch of my meds. I hate putting chemicals into my body, and most of them have long term side effects. I want to be healthy enough that I can get rid of them! They are expensive!
I want to see the look on all of my friends faces the first time they see me after months post-op, when I've dropped all of those pounds, inches, and sizes, and they can't even recognize that it's me! 
I want to walk into a store, knowing that I can pick up pretty much any piece of clothing in the non-plus sized section, and it will fit! 
I want to own a bathing suit that doesn't have a skirt! (and like my legs in it) 
There is this thin girl inside of me who is screaming to get out, and I can't shut her up with cookies anymore! I won't. So, that is why I have chosen to have RNY, to get that help I need to reach my goal, to be healthy, and live a long and happy life. 
