This is a really GREAT motivational thread! I look forward to all those things mentioned ... things I took for granted when I was thin!

I have WAY more energy now. I can see muscles in my arms. My thighs don't rub together when I walk! I can wear cute little dresses with sandals and no pantyhose. I can wear jeans all of the time because I don't feel like an overstuffed sausage in them. When I crouch down to the floor, I can fold up into in a little ball because my stomach and legs are so much smaller. I just feel so much ... lighter! I can run and jump and hike and play with seemingly much less effort now. My husband can practically wrap his arms around me twice!

Yes, I like this much better!!

I am looking forward to all the stuff listed above. It all hit home for me. I too was "thinner" at one time and loved it, but i have also always battled to be that way.
My list of things to look forward to:
~ no more muffin top
~ just feeling comfortable in my skin
~ to stop wondering if i look fat
~ no longer shopping in the plus size department
~ more confidence
~ More energy
~ no health problems or the risk of future ones
~ no longer out of breath
~ no longer feeling so lazy all the time
~ no longer feeling guilty for things i eat because they will be heathier choices anyway
~ being able to sit with out my belly in my lap
~ being able to see all of my body without having to look in the mirror
~ SHOPPING!!!!!!


the #1 - loving to get my picture taken. right now i run from the camera. My mom is always telling me that my great great great grandchildren will never know what i looked like.

I love being able to cut my toenails with ease. I know that might sound silly, but for years toenail cutting was a red-faced, out of breath exercise - and I dreaded it.

I love being able to bounce up 3 flights of stairs on my way to work.

I have no trouble fitting into plane seats (so much more roomy now that I'm thinner!) and booths at restaurants.

Towels fit around me! Just plain old bath towels!

Gosh, so many great things!

I'm not quite at goal yet but for me, three things really come to mind. I was sitting in a meeting last week and noticed I had not only crossed my legs at the knee but had wrapped the ankle of my top leg around behind my bottom leg. 8 months ago I couldn't even cross my legs! Then the other morning when I woke up and was stretching before I got out of bed I felt downright sleek. Felt almost like one of those heroines in some romance novel or something . And, finally, I don't cringe away from people who want to greet me with a hug anymore because I'm not worried they are going to feel all the rolls of fat I was trying to hide with the oversized shirts.

I just tried to do that - I can't do that!

You have to be sitting kind of forward in your chair - not all the way back

Here's one! I love that the capris I bought at the beginning of the summer now slide right off me without unbuttoning/zipping or anything. I might have to go put them back on later so I can do that a few more times!