[harrypotterybarn]

I figured this might be an interesting "focus on your goals" thread. What would you like to see in yourself when you reach your goal? Physical or mental.

Here are mine:

1. My achille's tendons. I've always loved how fit people have defined tendons on their ankles. It may not be possible for me, I can't remember if I saw them when I was skinny, but it would be nice for them to be there.

2. Being comfortable wearing a dress without massive undergarments. I know I will always have some thigh chafing, but there's chafing and then there's chafing. I'd love to wear a summer dress to a fair and not have to wear biker shorts underneath or stop every hour to apply anti-chafe.

3. Not thinking about my weight non-stop. The first time I got to my goal I totally stopped thinking about how I must look to others. I was always able to just kick back and enjoy myself. Now when I sit I automatically think "oh dear, tummy roll, gotta hide that."

Anyone else?

[Azure]

1. To be able to shop wherever I want, without the apprehension that I don't "belong" in a certain store or section of a store.

2. To finally be in the mental state of maintenance. I know that I'll always have to watch my food and exercise to make sure I don't regain...but maintaining is going to be a different ball game. I'm excited to take on the new challenge of figuring out a more balanced diet that works for me, and an exercise routine I can stick with.

3. Just look and feel sexy. I think I do both of those things now...but I think it'll be even more intense when I'm finally at the weight/size I want to be.

[Eves]

I would love to see my sausage like fingers to go down, but my mom told me that when she was skinny she also had chubby stubbs . I´m doooomed.

Other than that, I´m starting to get weird veins popping up. One on my right had, another on both my legs running down my shins, another on the tops of my feet. Their creepy, but kinda cool too since I know they used to have a layer of fat hidding them.

[thistoo]

I would like to see my hipbones. I'd also like to be able to wear an empire waist dress without anyone asking when I'm due.

Mostly, though, I'd just really like to feel confident enough to walk into a public place without feeling like everyone's looking at me and thinking about how fat I am. I know rationally this doesn't happen, but tell that to my insecurities.

[NewDay4MeToo]

I would like to see me wearing tank tops without embarrassment.
I would like to see me running a 5k without taking walking breaks.
I would like to see me at the beach wearing a bathing suit, without having to constantly find ways to hide my thighs. (Bikini would be even better!)

[cakses]

1. I want to be able to wear a short skirt again and feel good.
2. I want to not only make it to 5k of running but start running in races.
3. I want to be able to buy dresses again (I have the small upper body hue lower body problem) and not have them swimming in the chest because my hips are so big I needed the larger size.
4. I want my stomach to be smaller than my chest band size - this is a big one for me!!!

[KforKitty]

I'd like to see my collerbones again. I had great shoulders even at 155-160.

Kitty

[leah_0600]

I see a trend here!

1. i wana see hip bones! Not proper jutting out, but just be able to feel them!
2. wear the clothes i want, not searching around for hours just to find a pair of 14 trousers that fit just so i don't buy the 16 ones!
3. shopping in the shops I want to shop in and spending stupid amounts of money on 'skinny' clothes
4. to wake up every morning and feel my stomach flat
5. So i don't have to think that every time a guy looks at me he's thinkin 'she's a bit chubby'
6. Because being slimmer makes me HAPPY! I didn't realise why i was unhappy before, i thought that eating made me happy but i realise now that rather than happiness, i felt guilty after every take-away i had.
7. Because it encourages me to live a more healthier life-style. This may sound gross, but i'm being completely honest, i never used to shave every day, i sometimes forgot to brush my teeth and waited till my clothes smelt before i washed them. Now i can't wait to do all of these things! I probably do them too many times now
8. To be able to order clothes online i.e www.asos.com and not worry if the size will fit or not! I know it sounds weird but i seriously can't buy anything online or out of a catalogue because i could be 12 all the way up to 16!
9. To not feel out of place around all my 'skinnier' friends. I know none of them judge me, and they probably don't think about my weight, but it's hard having to live with people who look amazing in skinny jeans!
10. (to round the number up!) To prove everyone, including myself, wrong. My dad said i was fat a few months ago. He said he was worried about me putting so much weight on. Guys don't have a clue really do they. But i'm going to thank him for that comment one day. If it weren't for him, i wouldn't be doing this.

SOOOO sorry for going off on a tangent with the stupidly long post, but i had to get it off my chest plus i'm avoiding packing stuff for university hehe

[Ookpik]

1. To be able to wear cute dresses and skirts.
2. To be able to find clothes that fit well.
3. To meet a guy and automatically think he won't like me because I'm not thin...I know it's irrational because a lot of overweight women have boyfriends, but I've always thought, why would a guy like me when he can have someone thin? It's just my insecurity, I know.
4. To see my chest stick out further than my stomach!

[veggielover]

I would love to have a flat stomach and skinnier- non-flabby arms (my arms wiggle quite a bit), but it isn't realistic unless I'm underweight. I'm a small size right now, but there are parts of me that could improve, however unlikely due to the fact that my genetics favors fat deposition at the thighs, abdomen and uper arms. Grr.

[witchyonadiet]

1. Feel my hip bones again.
2. Walk the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in memory of my Mom.
3. Have enough self confidence to go to the gym.
4. Get my belly pierced w/o fear of it being to fat to show it to the piercer.

[KateRN]

1.) to either get rid of, or at least seriously reduce my back pain
2.) to see my hip bones
3.) to not worry about flappy big arms in tank tops
4.) to gain confidence naked!

[livedreamdiscover]

Wow. All of the above.

1. For my stomach to be smaller than my chest.
2. To stop looking for size 14 jeans.
3. To have killer legs in a dress. [first, start wearing dresses...]

Thanks for the thread. It allowed me to refocus on my goals!

[Mischmash]

I'd like to see:
1- myself look how i feel
2-smaller boobs
3- my *** fit into that prada jacket ive been lusting over

[Altari]

1. I'd like to buy a pair of jeans without having to chose Pouch or Roll.
2. I'd like to run around with my kids...for more than 15 minutes.
3. I'd like to wear my husband's underwear to bed.
4. I want to have another baby (am I INSANE? I don't know).
5. I'd like to get stares and smiles, instead of 'Ma'ams' and nods.