8 months out today..TOP 10 List of things of you have accomplished since surgery

It's unreal how much my life has changed in the last 8 months. People say that they don't recognize the person I used to be, not only in pictures..i.e. weight loss, but in personality as well. The tool, surgery has given me, has helped me lose the weight, but it has also given me a new lease on life in general, so I thought I would make a TOP TEN list of things I can and have done since surgery that I never thought I would do/or be able to do. Please add any things you can do now that you never thought you would in your replys, we have all had those amzing, wow, I did it times. 1. Cross my legs. 2. Fit into "normal" clothing, I am in a size 8..still can't believe it. 3. Run a mile, without needing EMS to be called. 4. Hearing the words beautiful, tiny, looking good, in the same sentence as my name. 5. I went rock climbing on Sunday, something I never thought I would be able to do. 6. Sit in a booth, chair, car seat, without worrying about fit. 7. Begin dating again...let's just say I have been terminally single for farrr tooo long...lol 8. Had someone actually worry I was getting TOO skinny, that was a new experience..hehehe. 9. Actually enjoy getting pictures taken, I was ALWAYS the one behind the camera, pre-op 10. Get a full night's sleep without waking up in the middle in pain, or without having trouble breathing. Now that's my top ten list, what are yours? -Traci 237(at 4'10..blah..)/127/117 (10 pds to my goal weight..yeah!!)

Traci You are so close to goal. You've done great. I understand the 4'10 thing. My sister is just under 4'10 & started her wls journey at 240lbs. You two were pretty close in weight. I have a little height on you (5'4).... Soooo for my top 10....hmmmmm 1. Being able to say that I've lost 86 lbs in 8 months (never in my life was I able to say that before) 2. Crossing my legs without hesitation 3. Wearing a size 16 swim suit to an indoor water park & not feeling like everyone is looking at how fat I am 4. The best relations with my husband in about 14 years ..... get's better all the time 5. No longer shopping in the plus size clothes YEAH 6. run up my stairs without feeling my heart pound in my head 7. ditto on the sleeping all night without having trouble breathing or waking my husband up (or myself) with VERY LOUD snoring 8. walking 4 miles without feeling tired & actually looking forward to exercising 9. putting on my socks without falling over 10. eating to live..........NO LONGER LIVING TO EAT.... (ditto On alot of your top 10 as well......life is goooood) Great Post Tammy

Tammy, Good for you. You are doing so well. Congrats on all your accomplishments Keep it up and you will be to goal before you know it, Take care, Traci

Hi Traci, This is a great idea for a post. A lot of your top ten I'll probably be duplicating. 1. Learning karate - something that didn't even interest me before. 2. Getting a tattoo 3. Wearing a size 6 (even had a pair of size 4 jeans fit!) when I was shooting for a size 10. 4. Having folks being surprised when I say I'm not at goal yet. 5. Actually starting to get tired of people (who see me all the time) acting so surprised at how much weight I've lost. 6. Shoveling snow for 2 hours and only feeling good about how it looked, not feeling like I was going to die. 7. Being disappointed that my walk only took a half hour. 8. Missing exercising. 9. Being content with just 1 bite of cheesecake. 10. Being happy enough with myself that I don't care if no one wants to date me. Dawn 258/140/135

Hey Dawn, Thanks for replying. I am in shock, a size 6 or 4, totally jealous..lol. Ditto on being content with just the one bite of dessert, never thought that would happen either. I am also terminally single, but I am also finally in such a great place emotionally that I don't care either. I am completely enjoying life and too busy to even notice that I don't have a significant other. I am meeting new people and getting more male attention, but I am think that also has a lot to do with how I feel about myself inside. I am so much more confident and self-assured. I don't give off the desperate vibes anymore. If I meet someone great, awesome, but if I don't, being single has never been more fun. Singles unite..lol. Take care and congrats on being so close to goal. Traci

tommorrow is my 8 month annie. My top ten list is 1. chaseing my kids 2.being able to sleep in a bed again, pain would be to great before on my hips. 3. crossing my legs 4. moving the seat up in my car. I have no idea how i even reached the petals before. 5. joining our local fire dept. 6. taking emt-b training. graduate next month 7. shopping, can buy on both side now. 16-18w and 16 18 misses 8. just the enegy level. its through the roof 9. ppl saying they dont reconize me 10. life..can live it again 389 april 29th 2005 first dr's appointment,,size 36-38w jeans 5x tops 349 day of surgery 8/18/2005 220 april 17th 2006 size 16w,18w jeans xl, 16w, 18/20w tops amazing I dont even remember being in those sizes.was atleast since like 10 grade which would be almost 20 years ago loss of 168 pounds since 4/29/2005 loss of 128 pounds since surgery