When I get there I will knit myself a cardi or jumper from some expensive, luxury fibre. :yes: It takes so much yarn to knit the tent-like garments that fit me now, the cost is prohibitive. :eek:

Adding a few just for fun:

Become a pole dancer
Drape myself across a car in a Whitesnake video wearing just about nothing
Pretend to be Lady Godiva and ride a horse naked with just my hair covering up the girls
Be invited to a Playboy Photo Shoot
Have a Victoria Secret model ask me what my secret is

FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THE LIST!!!!!

LOL I love that!!

aww this thread is so great.
when i get to my goal weight:
-Be able to stand infront all of my family and friends at my sisters wedding and not worry about how big i look and think everyone is staring at me because of it lol
-Lower back tattoo
-where a sexy outfit to the bar.
-Start playing soccor again.
-maintain that weight for the rest of my life

I'm trying to do everything I want to do now, while I'm losing. But when I hit goal, I'm going to build myself a wardrobe out of expensive, beautiful pieces that I can wear for years without having to wonder whether I'm throwing the money away because I'm going to get too fat for them. I can only imagine how good that will feel.

Why is this thread making me SAD today??? I'm PMSing or something I think LOL. What if we never 'get there'?? does that mean we're not entitled to any of these things? we can't feel beautiful or confident just because there's more of us??? I don't consider myself a militant feminist in any way shape or form, but i KNOW there aren't men sitting around making lists of things they'll do once they're slim enough, they just do it! Why will we punish ourselves in future when we don't achieve the perfect body we're dreaming of during all this hard work ERGGGGHHHHHH it must be PMS!!! LOL ignore me gang!!!

Trazey! Hugs! I agree, totally.

I *think* I'm there - there's nothing special I'm doing now. I did it all along as rewards for staying consistent.

During my loss I rode a horse once I hit 220 (for the safety of the horse I was told), got a massage, bought a tiny race car, got a scooter as a present (from hubby), went to Victoria's Secret and got the clothes I wanted in the sizes I needed - I never put off nice clothes for goal. I treated and splurged every minute - it was a ton of fun! Costly, but so was fast food 16 billion times a week. I totally think it was what kept me on plan. Being a spoiled brat for ME.

Now that I've passed my original goal I have no grand plans or schemes going on. This is it, I like it.

Actually, I haven't posted in this thread previously because it makes me sad to see so many women listing things they could be doing right this very moment, if only they wouldn't hold themselves back from life. Things such as: Wearing a bathing suit to take my kids swimming, having sex with the lights on, wearing sexy lingerie, learning to dance, participating in various kinds of exercise, etc. I do these things now. And while I understand that so many women have body-image issues...why do we let it stop us from living?

I can't think of anything that I really want to do "once I lose weight," other than buy clothes in the relevant size. Everything else, I can do now. I want to live now.

Well my doctor would kill me if I tried to learn to dance without losing weight first - I've had multiple knee surgeries from a genetic knee problem all my siblings and I have.

Now that makes total sense Rodeo. Totally.

I do believe though that rewards and experiences (when they wouldn't possibly compromise your health) should be a part of weight loss when feasible. For me at least, understand - they made the journey itself more positive. Now that I'm about at goal that's reward enough.

Of course there could be physical limitations for some people, with some activities. And there are things that simply being so large will prevent a person from doing--like stretching all the way, or certain sexual positions. But for most of the women posting here, I don't think knee problems are the issue.

Also, there are lots of kinds of dancing that wouldn't strain the knees more than walking does. Bellydancing, waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha, rhumba, mambo/salsa, and probably plenty more. Not all dances are swing or jitterbug or polka or exceedingly vigorous like that.

The things I listed are my reward ;) I'm not afraid to do them now....well the wall thing with my hubby might be a problem since I don't want him to pull his back lol Oh yeah and I know I can't fit into my size 10 goal pants right now Other than that I *know* I will hit my goal!

I am taking bellydancing classes now and love them! I just want to be at a size where I won't be totally exhausted....I remember my stamina when I was under 150 & I want that again :)

I'm a big girl but I wear sexy lingerie, I leave the lights on, I swim with my kids ect., BUT I will feel better about myself doing it when I'm at a size I'm comfortable with. Dare I say it...I might even strut. Hee hee.

What I WILL do when I lose my weight is take the kids back to Great Wolf Lodge and actually ride the water slides!! I rode one but laying on my back with my fat belly sticking up and my fat a$$ rammed in the tube left me feeling less than beautiful. LOL! I remember looking at one of the slides and wondering if I'd get stuck in there. Wouldn't that be uncomfortable! Ha!

I also agree that there are some things that I won't do thin or fat...I'll never be a bikini kind of gal, my bar hopping days are over so I won't be going on the prowl...but I do hope to be a more confident, better version of my old self.

When I'm at my goal weight I will:

Still be me with all my faults and all my virtues, but I'll be a stronger me, a me who doesn't get so tired and breathless, a me who will have demonstrated to myself that I'm in control here--this is my life, not a cookie's life, not a burrito's life, not ice cream's life, MINE.

When I get there I will:

1. Shop anywhere in the mall I feel like.
2. Not start to sweat when they say "Please fasten your seat belts."
3. Not stand at the bottom of the Great Wall...I will climb up that section with the rest of the visitors.
4. Be able to breathe normally when I walk and move.
5. Hopefully no longer snore at night.
6. Be even more attractive and confident with myself.
7. Spend the next half of my life at a weight I can live with. (I figure 48 will be the mid life for me. I am 44 now.)
8. No longer have my male friends think of me as one of the guys but as something they can galk at. :D
9. Continue to have fabulous style and grace but it will be a heck of a lot easier.