100 lb. Club - How do you think you life may be different when you reach you goal!

I will be an entirely new me!

Any other? Thanks!!

Me too!

I'll be able to feel comfortable in my body for a change, and do things (like swimming, and rock climbing) that I like to do, but don't usually do because I'm embarrassed of my body, and how dumb I'd look.

I'll look different, feel better, and feel sexier with my husband. I'll also get to do things that I haven't done in years like go back to dancing and I'm not talking about club dancing and go back to swimming, learn rock climbing and do marathons. I'm so out of shape right now if I were to do these things I'd probably would hurt myself or be so tired for days afterwards or wind up in the ER with an asthma attack/chest pains.

Yep I Think Ill Finally Feel Pretty :) And I Think Ill Be More Active, Like I Used To Be!!! I Cant Wait For That. And Be Confident!!!! And And And . . . Wow I Cant Wait.

I cant wait to feel more like myself. I'm a shell of the person I really am with all of this weight packed on me. I'll finally be able to go do things around my fiance and other people without feeling so embarrassed! Dancing, having fun. Being a teenager. I missed out on my teenage years because of my weight. I'm not going to let that happen to me when I'm in my 20's!

I will be pretty again. I will feel pretty again. I will be free....

I will be more confident. I wont be afraid to say stuff afraid of what people will say or think. I wont be afraid of looking stupid. I will be more adventurous. I wont just be on the sideline looking in wishing that I could participate but again afraid of looking stupid.

OH GOD!!!!! I can not wait to start living my life. Without FEAR

I have always been one to voice my opinion, so that isn't going to change - the way others see me, I am sure has and will continue to change though.

I have also discovered that as I have lost weight, my views of the world around me have changed too. I am already no longer willing to settle for things the way they are, that they cannot change, because they can ~ you just have to make things happen. I have lived life as a fat person for so long, I don't know how much life there is left for me, but I am not willing to live it unhappy. I want to live and make the best of the life that is left. Does that make sense?

I'll stop making up excuses to avoid social situations and just go and have a good time. Or I'll have a miserable time or a just ok time, but I'll go.

I won't be the wallflower, afraid to do things, or saythings, because people will be judging my body.
cheryl

You know, I've been losing very slowly, and really paying attention to dealing with my feelings and handling my relationships WITHOUT turning to food. I've been dealing with the other stuff, too, not just the food. So this is the other side of the picture:

*I'll be aware of my anger, and have to find effective ways of handling it that don't involve food or acting out in ways that harm myself or others;
*I'll have to learn to set limits, and enforce those limits;
*I'll have to use ways other than food to cheer myself up or comfort myself after a bad day;
*I'll have to give myself more time to rest and more "easy" time, rather than trying to push through my exhaustion with sugary foods;
*I'll have to learn to balance my life, and how to fight for what I really want my life to be.

I'm NOT meaning to be a downer (sorry!), I'm just at a point in this last week where I'm really thinking about, and realizing, the other side of the picture. What I mean to say is that these emotional things are part of me growing up, and life will be better because I WILL have grown up to the point where I can take care of myself without hurting myself with food. People always say that life is still life, no matter the size of your body. I think I'm really getting that message now. I'll certainly do more physical things--bike tour of Tuscany, a grand ball (ballroom dancing), possibly a triathalon--and I'll certainly be more comfortable in my body and around other people. I'm just realizing that there's a lot of emotional changes, too, coming my way. But those changes mean life will be better!

Now that I've talked you all in circles, I think I'll shut up. ;)

One of the things I've noticed is that I don't have to worry about whether I'll fit places anymore. I know I fit in: airplane seats, restaurant booths, those little chair/desk combos at the college I work at, movie seats... I also navigate small spaces without having to think so much about how I'm going to fit.

Shopping. A world of difference. :)

Social situations are easier -- I still have to overcome a shy part of me, but there's not a voice in my head thinking about my weight (in a bad way) all the time.

I don't worry about my abilities as much -- will I be able to keep up with other people. Now I'm one of the fitter ones!


Losing weight did not take away all my problems, not by a long shot. I still don't love everything about my body (and I never will... I'm not 18 and I have the ravages of weight and time). sidhe is right -- when you take away the weight, you take away some of the "hiding places" and have to confront things differently. So, the stresses are still there. They just change.

That being said, I enjoy life much better being a smaller size. :)

life will be better because I WILL have grown up to the point where I can take care of myself without hurting myself with food.

This is a big part of it for me, too. I am finally ready to grow up and take care of myself.

I'm looking forward to:

--easier shopping
--more energy
--more stamina
--relieving fear of being too big for any seat

BUT...in the meantime...I will find other things about my body and be happy about them!

I can't wait to see what I can do for me for once, see where my hard work pays off, and enjoy it everyday. More energy and drive to get out and do different things, not turn down opporunities. I can't wait to not have to worry about where I shop or if they will have my size. I just want to be more comfortable, confident and happy.

This is a big part of it for me, too. I am finally ready to grow up and take care of myself.


Yes, yes, YES! I realized this some ways into the journey. I was FINALLY doing what I should have been doing all along. I was finally able/ready/grown up (?) enough to do it... Or maybe the better way to say it is that I was ready to take responsibility for what I had been doing to myself with poor eating and exercise habits...

I also have to say that, even though I always loved who I was, I feel that these days I value myself more. Every time I walk into the gym it is for ME. Not so much because I want to work out, but because I want the result of that behavior. I am important enough to take the time and energy to do that for myself. Fortunately, once I am there, I often like the immediate stress relief too...

Nowadays I prioritize ME and MY HEALTH, rather than always going for instant gratification (mmm...donut)

Well i've never been the skinny person...and i honestly cant tell you how happy ill be or with what.......but i will feel good....and thats all that matters to me!!! :carrot:

How do you think you life may be different when you reach you goal?

~I will have a better attitude about myself in body, mind, and spirit
~I will be in better health and be happy
~I will appreciate ME for a change

I won't be a new me. I'll be the old me. The real me. I really like her. :)
I'll say, "Hey, where ya been? Nice to see ya!" :)

When I reach my goal, I'll be athletic and very active. I'd like to bike around, go canoeing, hiking, run races, etc. I plan on being more stylish and getting some damn sexy clothes.

I'll be more self confident, instead of so self conscious. Like Sidhe, I will have learned new coping skills, and new living skills, and new eating skills. I will be conscious of what I am puttiing in my body. I will be conscious, period! I will be more active and fit. I will be so proud of myself for having done this. I will be able to buy and wear pretty clothes that make me feel pretty. I will be able to wear heels. Not that there's any place to wear them, here in the back of beyond, but still!

ill feel hott when i can do 10 pull ups with out breaking a sweat....
i cant even do one!... YET. <---key word