A year ago I would not have......................

You finish the sentence. I have many to post, but one that jumps onto this web page (only because I just did it last night) was.............;I took a belly dancing class last night, I have lessons for the next month. Wow!! What fun!! I loved it!!! Mechelle 283/155/140

A year ago I would not have.... said that I enjoy exercising and look forward to it.

A year ago I would not have.... went on a rollercoaster because of my size (let alone do it by myself because I live with a bynch of chickens! LOL) I did this last weekend and cannot wait to go back...with or without someone else! Hee hee! So...I think with this surgery I have lost not only weight but my self consciousness about what people are thinking about me...man! I must have been so vain to think that I was on others minds, huh??? Janice

Oh! Good thread! I hope lots of people post to it. It so easy to get to the year and think about missed goals instead of all of the successes. I too have so many new things happening in life. Lots of my successes center around my kids and what I can do with them now vs. a year ago, not to mention that my hubby and I are like newly weds again!!! But it all comes down to improved health. A year ago, I would not have... Been able to run 11 miles at a 12 minute mile pace! (actually, a year ago I was lucky to walk a mile at all...and newly post op I was doing 17 minute mile pace)

gotten into a size 10, added additional flower gardens in my yard, wear high heels, wear "normal" sized bracelets, and um, get on top.... RAE

The self esteem that i have now ...before i was soo woried what others thought of me and if they liked me and all ....And now i just do what i have to do and if i make them mad then so be it ( not intentinally you do know this ...Like at work and i know i am doing something right if it made someone mad or something i would do their work for them so they would not be mad at me and so on ) but i am not afraid to go out in public eaither ...... Laura

Simply put, tried to cross my legs in public, I knew if I could just pullllll my leg over the other one I could do it. But now it's so much easier!! and my leg doesn't fall asleep L 254/190/150 p.s 4-8-05

Ran two miles, worked out with Tae Bo, or Sweat to the Oldies I would have sat on my fat butt and jus****ched the video. Lori 258/149/148...140

:::thinking::: I don't know! Suppose that means it's time to do something drastic? I was thinking about getting a piercing. Oh, okay... I'd never cross my legs--- something I do incessantly now. Even here at the keyboard- sitting crosslegged! Man, I need more excitement. :-x There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now.  I might as well take a nap."  http://meltingmama.blogspot.com/

EVEN DREAMED that I could wear a size 8 in my pants. UN-TOTALLY-BELIEVABLE!!!!! Tina M R