Crossing my Legs!
 

Sounds crazy but my first goal will be to cross my legs. I'm sick of all the belly, pubic and thigh fat in between.

I'm not goaling by the scale anymore but by how comfortable I feel.

1. crossing legs
2. bending over easier
3. less breast tissue
4. less pubic fat (sorry TMI I know but I'm sure I"m not alone in this-at least I hope I'm not) :cry:

The above four body problems are my scale and goals.

:hug:

Gabby

I always know I'm losing weight when I can easily cross my legs. I'm adopting that as a goal, too. I know we can do it!!!

I know how ya feel. I'll be happy when I stop chaffing in all sorts of embarrassing places! :o

Aw thank you so much for your return post. I certainly don't feel alone on this now. :hug::hug:

Is there an "I can cross my legs now!" support group? LOL

Same here about the chaffing!

Since I've lost close to 40lbs, I have found it much easier to cross my legs! At my highest, I could only cross my right-over-left but not comfortable. Now I can do both ways, more comfortable but just not "right" yet.... a little more work to do and I'll be there! Hopefully, by that time, my chaffing will be nonexistent :)

I remember when I was able to cross my legs again for the first time in years, I celebrated :D


Good luck with your goals :cheer2: :hug:

how sad is this, i gain a lot of weight in my stomach, and under my "gut roll" theres like a permanent stripe of chafed skin. ugh, maybe when the gut goes away itll heal up but its been there for YEARS.

its the little things that suck about being fat that thin people dont understand, lol.

I totally forgot about the chafing (how could I?)!! I'll be thrilled to death when I can wear a dress or skirt without tights/hose/panty girdle shorts!!

Also, I will celebrate the day I don't feel my stomach sit on my legs when sitting down!

Me too. That's so gross isn't it? I was just looking at this the other day and wondering how I let myself get this big. I can't even see things. :?:

There is nothing crazy about having being able to cross your legs as a goal. I have had a significant weight loss and still can't comfortably cross my legs. I will celebrate the day that I can!

I'm so picking this one up as a goal too. I can sort of cross my legs but not comfortably for very long. I'm most comfortable crossing my legs the 'man' way, you know ankle on the leg sort of thing.

I remember when I was in high school and I lost a lot of weight and the first time I could cross my legs under my desk, I just about started crying right there in class!

I am trying to consciously keep myself from crossing my legs, as it is actually bad for them. Crossing at the ankles is better for you...simply keeping your legs shut without crossing is likely even better. Crossing your legs can increase your chances of getting varicose veins, for instance...and even though I'm young, I want to prevent them.

It's still a good goal to have, though. :D It'd be a positive sign of change.

LOL@ "pubic fat". Continuing along the lines of TMI, I have to be one of the only people in the world who "grooms" because it's "slimming" down there. I try not to let it become complex ;)

Thigh chafing is really up on my list.

Many blessings with your goals! :-) I know you'll get there.

I so have all those goals as well. Yesterday, I was actually able to put my foot on top of the ottoman and bend normally and tie my shoe. It was my moment of bliss. :D

I love this. I can kind of throw one leg over the other but it refuses to stay there. Very uncomfortable in business meetings.

Pubic Fat- I wonder if I have that I can't see down there and haven't been able to in a while :) lol I groom blind ...

Maybe these should be my new goals..be able to see if I have pubic fat and able to cross my legs...hehe

I will never forget the day I noticed I had my legs crossed. We were at church and I was listening to the sermon and all at once I noticed that my legs were crossed. I didn't remember doing it, they just were. I was so ecstatic, and so darn comfortable that I nudged my hubby and kids to show them my accomplishment! :)

Oh and talk about TMI...this is really bad, but in the old days inserting a tampon was torture! Now it's a breeze. :eek:

I was experimenting the other day and I found out that I could put my big toe into my mouth (NOT THAT I DID - eeew - but I could have). I was amazed. :-)

This thread has me cracking up and nearly crying all at the same time!

As a fat chick I have all these issues too. I have never been able to cross my legs ('cept at the ankles), I too have to "groom" blind. I would love for my belly to no longer sit on my lap.

This is huge motivation for me. I need to print out a pocket sized printout of this thread so I can read it everytime I think about putting something bad into my body.

I don't think that is a weird goal! You should see some of mine!
I can kind of cross my legs, but if I am sitting at a desk or a table I can't I think I have thunder thighs?

Sharing the goal!
 

(First post wut wut o/)

Crossing my legs has always been something I wanted to do, and being able to keep them close together after crossing. I have a friend that can wrap the feet of the crossed leg behind the calf of the leg that was underneath, and I always thought it is the most attractive thing and would love to sit like that. However, any time I manage to cross my legs (only right over left and with a lot of discomfort) my right leg insists on jutting up and it makes me so sad.

Other goal of mine is to be able to breathe while in child's pose during yoga. It may sound silly but sometimes in class we have 20 minutes of uninterrupted discomfort in the lower back due to a pose we're in, then the instructor says we can "rest" on child's pose, but sometimes I think I'd rather keep the lower back pain. I just feel so squished all over and can't breathe in child's pose :(

Welcome, Ginny, and thank you for bumping an old, but rings very true for me, thread.

I too cannot cross my legs. My belly rests on my thighs when I sit down, and I also :o groom blind.

I have a vague memory of how much more comfortable and easier it is to have a slimmer body. It's certainly incentive to stick with it.

Other embarrassing things for me:

My cat, has caught her tail in the rolls of my gut more than a few times. She has learned to swish her tail to the far left when she asks me to come down to the floor and giver her a cuddle.

Sleeping is a mess. If I lay on my back, my heavy boobs make it hard to breathe and if I lay on my stomach, my belly fat pushes into my bladder and I need to pee frequently. Rolling onto my side, my breast gets caught underneath my side and I have to pull it out with my opposite hand.

I could go on but, you get the idea.

I too would like a pocket copy of this thread - great motivation. And it was a good laugh, gosh if we can't laugh at the situation sometimes...