What Kind Of Activities Do You Lust After?
 

Well, all of us here are working towards a better version of ourselves. A lot of the reasons are health and a lot are aesthetic. But, for me, I want to be able to do activities without: a. Wheezing and panting as though blood is pouring from my mouth 5 minutes in. and b. Feeling my fat jiggle with every move. Hey, it's the truth.

What kind of activities do you want to be able to do comfortably?

For example, I want to:

-Get my SCUBA certification and dive off the coast.
-Learn to surf.
-Learn to ski.
-Hike.
-Run. I want to be able to run like a runner without pain and wheezing.

Love this! This is the main reason I finally decided to lose weight -- I want to be able to DO stuff!

1. Hike. Anywhere.
2. Hike Half Dome and/or Grand Canyon.
3. Bike easily to get places.
4. Run.
5. Sky-dive. (maybe - if I don't chicken out!)
6. Double Parasail - two people at the same time.
7. Kayaking
8. Rock-climbing
9. ???

Oh my goodness, sky dive! I always thought I'd be able to do that, then I realized I'm afraid of falling from the sky and, well, isn't that what sky diving is all about? Haha.

Those are some good ones, I like your Grand Canyon idea. That'd be fun.

1) Be able to walk the mall without getting out of breath.
2) Be able to go to the MetroParks around here and manage to walk all the way through them without getting out of breath.
3) Be able to ride my bicycle where I need to go during the warm months. (I live in Ohio, so not really able to ride year round)
4) Be able to ride the rides at Cedar Point.

Oh, you mean exercise...just a minute, l et me get my mind out of the gutter...

Okay,...ahem... I want to get on a boat without it rocking wildly and without someone helping me get my leg of the edge.

I want to be able to get myself up the ladder back into the boat after a swim.

I want to bend over without feeling like I am cutting off my blood flow.

Haha. That kind of stuff counts too!

Oh, and I forgot my most important goal!

I'm getting my motorcycle license in the Spring. I'd like to be able to control my bike without getting sore!

Stay in the gutter DixC...it's a fantastic place to be as far as I'm concerned :D

For me, I lust after activities like:
- running
- surfing (I gotta build the upper body strength to do a pop-up)
- horseback riding w/o worrying about the horse
- hang-gliding
- sky diving (maybe, I might chicken out depending on how tandem hang gliding goes :o)
- dancing w/o feeling self conscious (although no amount of weight loss will fix my lack of rhythm :dizzy:)
- being able to do the yoga moves that I can't do with my belly in the way

I'm sure there are more...but that's what came to the top of my head~

I really want to be able to run. After losing most of my weight, I find that walking is not a problem but I am still only able to run for about 30 seconds before I feel like I am dying LOL. Its a work in progress ;)

I would love to go overnight backpacking. I'm working up to it and I know that a few more pounds gone would make it a lot easier!

I would love to go shopping for clothing and actually like the way ANYTHING fits/looks.

I would like to bicycle to the next town over...for Chinese buffet...and bicycle back. All in the same day. LOL! It's a good thing the buffet is not in our same town...I have a fondness and a weakness for it, though I haven't been since summer.

I think I am lucky becuase I have not always been a fatty and I had a lot of opportunities to do anything I wanted. BUT...I didn't always appreciate them at the time and have only just started doing a lot of outdoorsy things.

Barb

1) Running. I can jog, but I want to be able to run fast.
2) Flying. One of my dreams is to get my pilot's license someday, and I can't do that if I can't fit into the small planes schools use to teach students.
3) Go on amusement park rides.
4) Go hang-gliding, skydiving...but I may lose my nerve if I actually get the chance to do these things!
5) I'd like to be able to run obstacle courses, such as the kind police forces use in their recruitment processes. I'd not only need to be fit, but strong as well.

This is a huge motivation for me. I live in a very active state, CO, and I want to participate.

1. Hike, my DH works right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park
2. Run or at least walk quickly for a 5k

Those are my big ones.

I love to hike, walk, bike, swim, kayak, snow shoe, cross country ski and do yoga.

I've always done those things no matter my weight - can't imagine putting them off until I'm "thinner."

But, I have to say it will be nice to carry 50 fewer pounds up the mountain!

1. Running

2. Yoga. I want to be able to do it comfortably.

3. Dance. I want to take some dance classes of some kind. I loooove dancing.

4. Aerial Ballet/Silks. It is SO incredibly gorgeous to watch. You twist silks around your legs/feet/arms/body and do all these amazing moves. They have classes near where I live, I just don't have the strength and flexibility yet. :o (Here's a video to show what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnl5iZFfrY0

My husband is a runner. I'd love to eventually be able to keep up with him, especially since right now I can barely run at all. :halfempty Once I get to about the half way point I'm going to start C25K. Hopefully that will be a good jumping off point for me.

Oh yes, and yoga with fewer fat rolls will be nice. Although, I have to say that my "fat people have a harder time with yoga" theory was blown out the window by a woman in my class who had at least 40 pounds on me and was hovering in chaturanga like a hummingbird.

My yoga teacher was talking about getting some of those silks, I would love to do that! I haven't found anywhere around here yet.

run, JUMP (thats a big one for me, I can no longer jump), regular lunges and squats, a whole bunch of exercising I cannot do at this time.

After that-- pole dancing classes.

I'd love to just be able to be active without being self conscious and out of breath.
Amusement park rides are something I've been dieing to get on for years.
I too would like to get in and out of a boat without anyone elses help.
I"d like to look good on the dance floor!

Heck, I'd be happy to be able to walk smoothly in really, really high heels, and also, not to have people alarmed for the sake of their floors at all my weight bearing down on one small potentially damaging point.

I would love to rock climb. I would be too embarrassed to even try (even in-door rock climbing) right now.. but when I am in a healthier stage in my life BELIEVE that I will be doing some rock climbing, :p

I'm a hiker and a slow runner :) I started hiking when I was well over 300 lbs. For those that want to do it, just start with smaller trails, lower elevation increases and then just keep doing it. It is all about endurance, not weight although losing weight helps.

I'd like to do rock climbing.

Why can't you parasail now? I weighed 290 lbs when I parasailed with a friend of mine.

main goal is strenuous backpacking. i've done some and i was not strong enough to do it very well and keep group pace. i'm working on alot of strengthening and it's coming along nicely. i do flatwater kayaking and i want to learn to roll and do at least some whitewater. hopefully roll class in the spring.

Oh that stuff is wonderful to watch! I've seen that stuff before in performance and it's lovely.

All that acrobatic stuff is great.

And to all of you who said rock-climbing: I'm going to add that to my list, too. That's a good one.

I'm getting great ideas here so I'm stealing some :p

- Jogging / Running
- Dancing (pole dancing would be awesome!)
- Walk in high heels
- Swim in a sexy bikini
- Serial dating... ha ha!

1. Shopping! I detest shopping at my current size. I want to be able to walk into ANY store, find something I like in a size that fits, AND have it look good on me!

2. Amusement parks! I remember reading an article about how plus sized people were turned away from roller coasters at the new Harry Potter these park in Orlando, Florida because the safety restraints wouldn't close over larger frames. I want to be able to go there and not be afraid of the safety restraints not fitting. I avoid roller coasters at my current size because I don't want to be "that person" who holds up the ride and then gets asked to leave. I've witnessed that before and NEVER want to be "that person."

3. Walk into a room and not feel like everyone's staring and whispering about my size. (Yes, I am paranoid.)

Boxing
belly dancing, gonna get a video!
master some of the more difficult yoga poses.

Keeping up with my boyfriend on the bike trails
Dance without worrying about being "that girl" on the dance floor
Go to the beach and not worry about being looked at and judged

Ditto to the rides at amusement parks.

I don't really have time for this now anyway cause of grad school, but I hope that when I get settled somewhere I can find a community softball team to play on. I played in high school (which is probably why I didn't really start gaining until college) and I miss it. Now that I'm losing weight and getting back into shape, I want to keep that up so that I will be able to play with my head held high, knowing that I am playing my best (which I couldn't even now, much less at my highest weight).

Finally, I can't wait to be able to cross my legs comfortably for a decent amount of time. I can cross them pretty well now (which is more than I can say for 50lbs ago :o), but only for a bit.

I'm not sure if this is really considered an activity, but I lust for feeling "pretty" and feminine. I want to walk like a feminine woman and be able to cross my legs in a feminine way. I can cross my legs right now, but because my inner thighs are so thick/fat, whenever I cross my legs, my upper leg sticks out more than it should to look nice. I don't know if that makes sense to you guys or if it's lost in translation. :)

Other activities would be running. I would LOVE to run and not stop due to feeling pain. I've love to take a dance class that allows me to feel comfortable to move my body in a sensual manner and build up confidence. I also want to dance without worring about being "that girl" on the dance floor.

I've never treated my body as well as I should have treated it.

I just want to feel GOOD about myself for once in my life. I'm really hoping that this year I will lose the weight. I've wasted 32 years (i.e. all my life) envying women that I consider the "ideal" in terms of physical beauty. I just want to stop wasting mental energy thinking about how I wish I had the life of so-and-so and start being happy with what I see in the mirror.

Running again. I miss it so much.

Many years ago (I want to say 12 years ago), I witnessed a woman being told she couldn't go on a roller coaster because she was too heavy. I don't know who she was...all I remember is that she and her friend were a few seats ahead of me. Yes, it went as far as she already being seated and the bars coming down. I felt so bad for her when the teenage kid walked up to her and told her that she would have to get out of the seat because the handle bar wouldn't go all the way down. She got up and started to cry. Her friend was hugging her and trying to make her feeling better. It broke my heart and to this day I still remember it. Whoever she is, where ever she is, I really hope she is doing well.

1. Being able to run without feeling self-conscious and feeling like I'm dying.
2. Being able to feel comfortable enough to go swimming on Spring Break in FL.

I used to be that teenage kid, and other then getting screamed at by entitled parents, telling someone that they couldn't ride due to obesity was the hardest part of the job :( I always felt so guilty, like it was my fault. So now that you mentioned it, I can't help but think of the people I turned away and hope that they are doing okay too :(

1. Surf
2. Kayak
3. Water/jet ski
4. Parasailing
5. Skydiving
6. looking HOT while salsa/swing dancing

*Run a 5K in less than 21 minutes !
*I also want to rock climb. The last time I did it, I remember making it up to the top but I had a bit of trouble doing so. Next time, I want to make it to the top with ease. Can't wait!
*I want to surf so bad
*I want to start taking ballroom dancing lessons

Whoa! Ambitious! I want to run a 5K in 30! :rofl: No joke.

One of my biggest goals was to enjoy myself at an amusement park without fear of fitting, and boy did I live it up this past summer at the park! I was between 170 and 185 through the summer and I fit comfortably on every single ride. It was such fun and I marveled at all the pictures.

Next up on my list is living up all the activities I never did: horseback riding, roller blading, long distance cycling, long distance running, basketball with my boys, etc.

Have you been recently? Once I hit around 260, I didn't have any issues including the older (30+ years old) Disneyland rides.

I loved reading through everyones answers. I really hadn't thought past the clothes that I wanted to wear and being comfortable in an airplane seat (which I flew in a little plane this Christmas and I finally fit, with room to spare and didn't need an extra belt extension!)

I also went sledding with my kids over Christmas. It was their first snow experience and I was really proud that I did sled. A year ago I wouldn't have even tried because of my awkwardness and just the inability to fit on the sled.

I also went roller skating and I wouldn't do this a year ago. You know...the bigger they are the harder they fall. Now I want to make roller skating a regular activity for me and my kids.

I am also signing up for a Rookie triathlon. 2 mile run, 12 mile bike and 300m swim. I really want to do this. It is in April. I'll still probably be the biggest person in it but I just want to finish!

Fun!

A lot of mine used to involve being able to run, hike, etc. and not slow down the people I was with. Well, as of recently I can outdo even my skinny friends! Like, we were going to a mall, parked waaaay out, and it was freezing and we had no coats. We ran for it. I got there and wasn't even breathing hard, and so had no ice-in-lungs feeling. Everyone else did. I was shocked and felt awesome. :D

Anyway. Wow, sorry, I have a lot...

Rock climbing without fearing the person spotting you will be yanked off the ground (or have to fight to stay on the ground, like what happened to me).

Be able to pull my feet and legs up onto my chair with me when I sit, and be comfortable like that.

Able to be lifted easily by other people (or significant other people, wink wink).

<3 <3 Be able to do the see saw with someone at the park. Last time I went, I was at my high weight and was over 20 lbs heavier than anyone else (including guys). I'd LOVE to do this... But most of my friends are all 120 or less, so I still have a ways to go.

I want to learn to swim well. But part of this is I'm afraid of water...

The boat thing! I want to be able to hop on a boat without it rolling around like crazy.

To be able to ride on a jetski with someone else (the last time I tried, it tipped - that was at about 170).

And when I do water activities like tubing and fall off, I want people to be able to haul me back on the boat without killing themselves.

Be able to pick out clothes based on what I like and not what fits.

Pole dancing classes sound fun! Maybe I'd try that! Not now, oh no, but later!

Edit: Also, a dream of mine is to walk down the streets in my city in adorable high heels, a trendy black dress that shows off some curves, cute jewelry, and be undeniably thin while doing it.