I saw this thread when it went up a few days ago and I've been ruminating on it
I'm fairly close to my goal, I could be there by the beginning of June if I work hard. I've been this close before, but I've always sabotaged my way back away from the goal. It's an emotional and mental thing...I don't think my mental fat girl knows where she'll be once the physical me is fit. She tries to keep me from getting there, and she's succeeded many times. I have a feeling, a deep, non-anxious, matter-of-fact surety that I'm going to reach my goal this time--and before June is over. It's actually a relief. So, here are my 10, soon-to-be realized things:
1. Reach my weight loss goal, for once; and be able to proudly say so to all of the people who have heard me say it before, and have seen me fail all those other times.
2. Wear fitted jeans and cute, fitted tops without worrying if I'm going to sprout muffin-top or develop rolls when I sit down in them.
3. Be outdoorsy for the first time since I was younger. Lately, I've been longing for spring so I can go on longer walks, hikes and run down near the beach--this one will probably happen before I reach my goal.
4. Wear tank tops, without worrying about my flabby, squishy upper arms.
5. Wear skirts, without worrying about my flabby, squishy upper thighs.
6. Buy a Renaissance Faire outfit finally--I've been waiting for almost 2 years for that. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a bodice, only to shrink out of it.
7. To be able to do real push-ups. Not half-assed ones on my knees, or on an incline--but real ones.
8. To go to a LARP and play the strong, dextrous warrior-type in my new Renaissance faire-type gear. Kicking butt and taking names.
9. I want to be able to inspire other people when I reach my goal, to go after weight loss and fitness for themselves.
10. To graduate from college at the end of May looking the best I have in my entire life. I want to have photos of the day I get my B.A. to be ones I can be proud of.