[Lori Bell]

I can shop for clothes at every single store at our nearest mall except 2...ironically these WERE the only 2 stores I could shop at in the beginning.

I can go into Home Depot or Lowes and be asked 6 to 10 times if I "need help with something". Previously I was invisible.

I can get up and do chores, make breakfast, clean up, start some laundry, scrub a toilet, take out the trash, go water garden/animals, feed animals, change laundry, pay some bills, spray/chop and pull some weeds, make lunch, clean up, take a 6 mile hike with my son and then come home and push mow for a couple hours, then go inside and make supper, clean up, help with home work, do a couple more loads of laundry, sweep the floor, iron a few shirts, sew on a button, change a light bulb, then shower, brush, floss, moisturize, and crash for 8 hours. Previously...well, I made sure we ate and slept and watched TV and had plenty of computer time...lol

[saef]

I can cook so many things. I really wasn't much of a cook before I started this whole "eating healthier" thing.

I can run a 5K without stopping.

I can walk out of a dressing room with a smile on my face and tell the attendant, "I'll take all of these."

I can tie my shoe in mid-air while standing on one foot.

I can swim using four different strokes.

I can make some men look after me when I walk by them in the street, even if we're not acquainted.

I can look forward to blood test results with curiosity rather than dread, & a with sense of competitiveness with myself -- can I make the numbers go even lower/better?

[Eliana]

I can spin with heavy resistance.

I can run...period. And I can run up to four miles and could probably go further but have no desire to try.

I can do yard work!!!

[Lori Bell]

Oh yeah Cary....SHOES!!!! I had to buy all new shoes too and every single pair has a heel of at least 2 inches, most 3" several 4".

And Saef.. .Shopping! Not only can I out-shop (in heels ), ALL my friends and family (as far as endurance), I also have a terrible time deciding on what I don't really need out of 10 outfits I just tried on. It used to be maybe one out of the 10 fit, now they all fit and I want them ALL, but how many skirts and dress slacks does a farm girl need??

I went shopping in Lincoln yesterday with a girlfriend, so all this shopping business is still so fresh and lovely in my mind!

[Rosinante]

I can run for the little green man on the crossing, instead of holding back.

I can have fun buying clothes, knowing that even if I try on things that don't fit me Yet, I can also find great things that do.

I can take my foot to the podiatrist for treatment, without feeling ashamed that part of the problem is weight related; and I can get up on his couch without getting breathless.

[Cleophas]

I can cook! I didn't know I could do that, I'm trying so many new recipes it's untrue. So excited

[Slim CB]

Originally Posted by saef

I can walk out of a dressing room with a smile on my face and tell the attendant, "I'll take all of these."

I love this....I had the same experience recently where I carried like 10 items into the dressing room, all of them fit, and the attendant was in shock and awe!

[Oboegal]

I can sit comfortably in a theater seat, airline seat, or classroom combined desk/chair. I can also sit in the audience for a performance for an extended period of time without needing to straighten my legs. It used to be that, if I kept my right knee bent for more than half an hour or so, it would get intensely uncomfortable, and I would almost literally have to stretch it whether there was space available or not.

[ubergirl]

Wow. So many things.

I can walk five or six flights of stairs in the parking garage and not be winded.

I can run for 30 minutes.

I can easily dress appropriately for any event.

[dcapulet]

I can sit on the bar stools in class without having my legs go numb.

and can do 15 min on the stairmaster, working my way up

[Shmead]

I can hoist myself up backwards onto a high counter.

[Ursula745]

I can run up the steps, play with my niece and nephew, chase after them, Run my heart at almost 200 bps for a LONG time, not feel winded walking fast to places like in the airport or when I'm in a hurry, and can clean more efficiently.

[therex]

I can run a mile in about 13 minutes. I use to be able to run a couple of yards.. maybe half a block, it was so embarrassing. I'm trying to quit smoking, so I think my numbers will get better by the end of the year.. i'm very excited.

[Rosinante]

I can argue my case far more confidently.

Yesterday the store didn't have my dream luggage in; I asked if they could get one from another store; there Isn't another store! So I (nicely) asked the assistant how she could help me and (after I walked round the mall for about an hour and convinced myself that it didn't really matter) found she'd rung the head office of the manufacturer, and got them to send a new one for next week.
60lbs ago, I wouldn't have dared to ask her for help, so I'd have gone off annoyed at not getting the case, and furious with myself for being a wimp ~ and I'd have eaten a fatty meal and a sugary dessert to cheer myself up.

[time2lose]

Wow, so many things! Let's see how many I can think of:
* walk from my car to my office without getting out of breath
* pretty much walk as much as I need to
* clean my house without stopping every 15 minutes to rest
* cross my legs
* pick things up off the floor
* sit on the floor to play with my grandbaby
* get up off the floor!
* use a small stall in the bathroom
* fit in a booth at restaurants

I know there are more but I am going blank.