* "lose weight" is not the doctor's automatic response to whatever is wrong with me.

* I can walk into any store, not just the plus-size ones, and find something that fits me.

* I no longer look around to see if I'm the fattest person in the room.

* I can get up off the floor without an epic battle.

* I can roll over in bed without sitting up first. (Might not happen. I do still have to move my hair; it's long and staying that way.)


Please feel free to add your own.

*I am no longer referred to as "thick" by my boyfriend.

*I can wear some of the clothes that have been in storage for a couple years.

*I have my flat stomach back. I have had a navel ring since I was 16... I want to earn back the right to wear it. haha

*I can feel confident in a bathing suit this summer.

Agreed! Except no navel ring here.

*I can wear high heels for more than a couple of hours
*Not be in a diabetes risk zone due to my waist size

Great thread, lovesbirds! Wishing you a good day today, and hoping that there will be some sunshine for you!

I will love it when I can cross my legs comfortably again and when my plantar fasciitis goes away so I don't have to worry about walking too many miles and irritating it when I'm out and about.

I don't have to lift the rolls of fat to wash underneath them.

I can got to the dr and he not say how is you are so healthy.

I don't have to catch the elevator to the third floor.

I can be on top and not cut off my husband's circulation.

I can bend over and not cut my circulation off. (I wanna do some yoga)

...I can finally say I stuck with it, and I did it.

- when I can wear skinny jeans with knee-high boots and not worry about my hips looking big.
- when I can wear the latest fashion trends that seem to favor skinny people over large (bulky sweaters of the 80s anyone?)
- when I can eat in public without feeling self-conscious.
- when I can feel comfortable about visiting relatives and not worrying about them commenting on my weight.

when I can go out with friends and feel good

when i can go out to meet new people

When I can feel confident with myself going into a sales meeting.

When I can stop shopping in the women's section.

The things I was looking forward to and can now pretty much enjoy:

No more yanking down my shirt/top constantly.
No thighs rubbing.
Showed up at Thanksgiving no longer being the fattest and was one of the slimmest.
Can buy so much more attractive clothing...and such a better selection.
Can get in and out of the car so much more easily.
No longer a nightmare trying to find underwear in a store that will fit me....and that are not granny panties.
I can tie my shoes without holding my breath.
No longer run and hide if I see someone in a store who hadn't seen me that big/fat.
Actually look good in a dressing room mirror instead of cringing and getting depressed.
No more joint pain/back pain.
Can fit in my son's jeans.

deena

These are big ones for me too, especially the first one! Also,

- when I have my flat tummy back and feel confident in a bathing suit
- when I feel as sexy as my fiance says I look
- when I can sit and not have to pull my jeans over my stomach so my roll isn't sticking out
- when I can get on my wii fit and weigh myself without my mii getting all fat and yelling "that's overweight!"

I'm gonna love it when...

I start to love pictures of me!
I get to shop in a regular store (I'm within about 5 lbs of that~16)
I just feel normal.

I love, love, love this thread!

- when I don't have to worry every where I go about whether I will fit in "the chair" or not
- when I look forward to finding what I will wear to work each day
- when I don't have to feel anxious about traveling and sitting next to a stranger on the plane who surely is mortified to sit next to me
- when I get my groove back

* When my thighs no longer rub together
* When my stomach no longer jiggles, ew
* When I can feel like I lot good on the beach in a bikini, not just "good compared to so-and-so"