I'm looking forward to being able to run with out huffing and puffing and to feel comfortable in my own skin and to just being healthy.

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- Fitting into the clothes I was wearing at my goal weight [before gaining it all back and then some]
- Trying out for roller derby
- Feeling confident again
- Feeling like my weight isn't holding me back from everything

Cutting my hair.

I know this sounds absolutely ridiculous, but, with the shape of my head and the excess weight I carry in my face, I think I look bad with short hair, and better with long hair. So I've grown it out; it's halfway down my back.

Have I mentioned that it's thick, and wavy, and insulates heat better than that fluff they used to advertise with the Pink Panther? Yeah. It totally does. This never bothered me that much. . .until I started exercising. Now I just want to cut it all off. But I'm too vain.

So, I hit my goal weight, and I'm cutting it off. Straightening the rest of it and going for a punkish short cut. Preferably while I'm still in my twenties, as I think it might be a bit odd in my thirties. So that's what I'm looking forward to; cutting my hair.

Well. That and the clothes. Being able to go to the mall--and, more importantly, being able to shop at whatever store I want, instead of at the few that carry things in my size. But that makes me sound like a total girl.

sandcar150:
I like your blog. I'm going to check out your pictures every month.
I sure hope you get to your goal.
I have a ways to go also...

Best of luck to your sister & you!



Oh, Yes.... What I want for myself a year from now:
To fit into all my skinny clothes again.
And I am waiting for my knee to heal so I can run again next year.



I am either tossing or giving away all my fat clothes as they get baggy.
I notice my winter jackets are getting too large. Next year I'll buy new ones.
And get some of my old ones out of mothballs this winter.

LIFE WITHOUT CHOCOLATE IS NO LIFE AT ALL.
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Being able to wear sexier panties (ie thongs) without my @ss swollowing them up. I'd love to be in the house alone, walk around in a sexy matching bra and panty set and feel invincible.

Also do more running and be able to take "active vacations" where I do fun things like climb mountains in south america.

I forgot one that I read here a while back that *really* applies to me and I think about every time I get out of the shower. I can't wait until I can see my c-section scar in the mirror w/o lifting anything up! lol I am so much closer now than I used to be.

- Oh, I so second the active vacations!
- I'd like to have the confidence to even consider dating
- To feel what it's like to be a normal size for the first time in my life
- To try rock climbing, and other sports, withour fear of my size getting in the way
- I look forward to heels being a little less excruciating
- Wearing fitted shirts without the bottom hugging the fatter side of my lower belly (it seems that one spot is a size bigger than the rest of me)
- To prove to myself that I am strong enough to do this

Oh yes, Victorias Secret panties and bras! That's a fabulous goal! Last time I lost weight, I went on a spending spree there. I miss those bras.

C-section scar... I seriously LOLd over that one. I'll add that one to my list too!

I'd like to be able to wave my arms without worrying that I'm going to take flight or knock small children over with the wind I generate

Okay, seriously, I would like to wear clothes that don't make me look matronly and to run without sounding like a 20 year smoker by the time I hit mile 3.

Back to funny, I would like to look down and not feel like I swapped mid sections with the michelin tire man.

- sex where i'm not worried about how I look from various angles or stretching in certain ways when someone touches me so that the fat rolls may not be QUITE so noticeable.

- Going to the beach.

- Having full body photographs of myself that I'm not horrible ashamed of.

- Not worrying about shirts being tucked into my fat rolls when I sit down.

- Going out with the girls and not being the fat friend that the wingman talks to.

- Going clothes shopping and not leaving in tears because nothing fits me.

- Wearing a bra without a strap extender.

I am looking forward to being able to buy smaller sized clothing, taking more pictures (I avoid having my picture taken currently, I just hate how I look in photos), finally being a "skinny" person, and of course being able to comfortably & confidently wear a bikini at the beach!

TMI alert! - I can't wait to were my sexy underwear without the straps pinching into my muffin top!

Being able to walk around without a hunched back, hiding my belly.

Being able to smile unapologetically when someone holds up a camera to take my picture.

Being confident.

Wearing clothes comfortably, without having to "suck it in"

Feeling attractive.

Looking forward to nights out rather than dreading nights of feeling ugly.

Having more energy.

Wearing a bikini.

Being naked and comfortable in front of a guy.

Looking in the mirror and not hating what I see.

Being friggin happy!


And, on a more shallow note: Making him want me


We have so much to look forward to.

Good luck to each and every one of you!

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omg... I feel the same about the underwear haha!

We'll be so sexy! Hang in there and good luck!

I am looking forward to feeling great, looking great and knowing I finished what I started!!!!

lol I should add this to my list!