I was sitting here thinking, reading some other threads, and I started wondering about the things I'm really looking forward to. Not just small sized clothes or taking photos again but those things I really want to DO again or maybe do for the first time.
So here's the things I'm looking forward to....
1. Riding front seat with my daughter on every roller coast at Cedar Point
theme park in Sandusky, Ohio
2. Salsa dancing with my husband somewhere other than my imagination
3. Nature walks in actual nature
4. Riding in a Hot Air Balloon
5. Sit with my knees under my chin like I did when I was a kid, it was one of
the greatest positions for crying. Just being able to lose yourself in your
own body.
6. Softball
7. Volleyball
8. Going through the checklist in Karma Sutra (this time it will be even better,
the kids will be at college!!)
9. Diving into the pool
10.
The tenth I'm leaving blank, to fill in when the time comes.
There are so many but my mind is going blank. Let's see what comes to mind.
1. Having a lap so my grandson can sit on it.
2. Shopping for a couple of hours without having to stop.
3. Being able to finish my housework in 2 or 3 hours instead of spending all day because I have to keep stopping to rest.
4. Being comfortable in a movie seat.
5. Crossing my legs.
6. Going to Mammoth Cave.
7. Going to the beach.
8. Going to the Biltmore House.
9. Riding a bike.
I am sure there are more! Life can be so much more when I am not limited by my size.
Wearing a sundress or a camisole.
Getting out of the pool without rushing for a coverup.
Running in spandex pants without feeling self-concious.
Hiking with my family and not being the one always out of breath.
This is a great idea for a thread. I try not to let my weight limit me from living my life too much, but there are definitely some things I’m not doing b/c of it.
Here’s some of mine, to be added to as I get inspired from y’all.
1. Getting pregnant
2. Being able to take my dogs for long walks
3. Clothes shopping for myself! I love to shop.
4. High heels & boots
5. PCOS symptoms going away & having healthy hair & skin again
6. Sex
7. Not having to use my seatbelt extender on an airplane
1. No fear that I will be laughed at in public--especially at restaurants.
2. No fear that I will break someone's chair at a party.
3. No fear that I will not fit on a ride, airline seat, auditorium seat, desk.
4. No fear of getting a massage. It's being touched, but it's also the idea of getting on a table. WILL IT BREAK?
5. No fear of people pointing at me or whispering behind my back.
6. No fear that my husband will stop finding me attractive.
7. No fear of being judged or thought of as fat, lazy, slobbish, etc.
8. No fear of having clothes not fit.
As I look through your lists, I see lots of things that I do all the time at 350-some-odd lbs. How funny it is that we're all struggling so differently with our weight.
JRCATON:
I noticed that on your list one of the things you list is get pregnant. I had to smile when I read that and take a minute to post this. Pablo (my husband) and I were married when I was 18 years old, on my birthday as a matter of fact. I married at 190lbs, oh what I'd give to go back in time and talk to her but what's done is done. We were married in 04/20/91, I lost about 15 pounds and got pregnant with my daughter. She was born 10/23/92. After recovery from her birth, I once again lost all of the baby weight plus, I was getting close of 190 again. In October of 93, I thought I had the flu, I didn't. I was pregnant with my son. It's weird how things happen. Now I'm 35 and I'm losing weight but thank god, my husband got the snip, so now I'm FREE!!!
Last edited by sweetcakes736; 02-01-2009 at 12:30 AM.
Yea, I wish I could go back & talk to my 18 year old self too! I'd tell her to ditch the birth control 'cuz it was going to be a challenge getting preggers when she really wanted to in her 30's!
Everything happens for a reason tho right? I can't even imagine being a mom as young as you were.......I was a total party girl mess back then.
JRCATON
It's weird. I look back and I wonder what has made it work. When I was 18, I had already lived 40 years. I was an addict from 14-16, got clean, had been clean close to a year when I met my husband, who by the way had his own little demon he was dealing with and was clean about a year. We were married when I was 18, he was 20. We had nothing but each other. He worked in a factory, I in the billing office of a hospital. We were married nine months and I got pregnant with our daughter, April. She was nine months old and I got pregnant with our son Estevan. Every odd imaginable was stacked against us, and yet here we are ready to celebrate 18 years in April. And then if that wasn't enough, got the blessing of another child last year, we adopted a teenage daughter-Brittany. You just never know what path life has chosen for you. You have to be open to anything. I tell Brittany all the time, she just took another path to find her way home, but she's my daughter. Sometimes it doesn't come the way you think it should, sometimes it's better.
Things I'm looking forward to....
Thanks for that. I'm so ready to be a mom. It's really keeping me motivated this time around w/ weight loss. I know my clock's a tickin'!