This really reasonated with me ... Today we had lunch with the couple we are going to Cancun with to talk about what we want to do while we're there. They want to go to Xplore and ride the raft down the rapids and the zip line. My first thought was I'm too out of shape for that kind of stuff! Then I realized that, no, that's the old me thinking... I'm in pretty good shape right now and there is no reason not to give it a go!

Ditto, the years I didn't enjoy life the way I should have. I also miss the pictures that I don't have with my family because I was dodging the cameras out of shame for how big I had gotten. There is no redo on life, as one of my friend says,this isn't a dress rehearsal, when the curtain comes down at the end, you don't get to do it again the next night.

Well since this is all about getting healthy and moving forward, let's remember "The best is yet to be" and set a "mini-goal" that should include one of the things we've missed -- like having that family portrait done, or taking a trip, or just trying something out of our comfort zone (like shopping at the Skinny Store!)

I'm tellin' ya -- I keep buying tickets for that carbfree cruise, but so far, we haven't won. Now I gotta find a cruise boat with a zipline on it?? Maybe we'll just opt for "the climbing wall" and then head to the Spa for a massage!

You will definitely find me in the spa, or maybe the hot tub! No, I think the spa will do. Can you say hot stone massage?

There is a carbfree cruise???

There is very little carb "free" but there is a low-carb cruise.
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This rings so true to me too. I think about the last decade where I just let my weight balloon out of control, and I couldn't be the active person I wanted to be. But even prior to that (eating/weight issues have been a part of my life since I was young) , the self esteem issues really played with my head. Now that I'm older, I hope that I will have more confidence to try more new things and live the life that I want.

I agree with this too. I just have to leave the past where it is, and live life going forward, making it the best it can be. And IP has opened that door for me.

Agreed that I'm looking at this from a "what am I gaining" experience. Everything will be there when I'm through. Kind of like a pregnancy (in reverse) there are things you can and can't have...time to get rid of this food baby!

I do really miss gum though!

Love that!

Second round of IP and I still miss my wine ... I do get the cravings for cheese, which is really weird to me!
My DH is on his first round (2 weeks in) and I asked him this weekend that if he could anything he wanted what would it be? He said first, pizza (not even a temptation for me) and second a cheeseburger (yep - I'm with him on that one!).
Of course we are focussing on the long term and the good stuff we gain from this diet - but it's human nature to want what we don't have ...

Here I am!! There are probably a handful of pictures of me and my daughter when she was a baby. I am mad at myself for it, but can't change it now.

I don't know if I 'miss' anything anymore. I do get cranky at times, when I see things I can't currently have. I 'miss' rituals. I miss getting Chinese on Sat nights, drinking wine and watching a movie. Seems like a lifetime ago now.

A few months back IP43 made a promise to everyone that if she won the lottery, she was going to take all of us on a cruise. Hence the IP/carb free cruise.

Some of you have LONG memories! LOL... just remember, we don't have the "superball" lotteries like the States, so I'm not sure how many cruise boats I'll be able to afford! I'll do my best but at the rate I'm going, it will be a "low-carb dinghy"