What do you do now??

I was just talking to my husband this evening and we were discussing what we would like to do this summer. I am actually looking forward to this summer and I haven't since felt like that since I was young. I plan on having surgery in mid-March and I think I will feel like going out and doing more with my DH and girls this summer.  Anyways, I was wondering how surgery has changed everyone's activities. What do you do now that you wouldn't have done before WLS? Thanks, Wendi

Hello Wendi, I had WLS six months ago and have lost a total of 103 pounds.  Shedding this weight has given me the freedom to actively participate in my seven year old son's life.   I can now get in the floor with my son and do some heavy-duty lego building with ease and not need to roll around like a walrus to get up from the floor :)   Recently I was on vacation, wore a swimsuit to the pool and was comfortable about it.  I no longer need a seat belt extension when flying coach.  I can sit comfortably in the seats at The Walton Arts Center or a movie theater.  Sliding into a booth at a restaurant is no longer a struggle.  I will be heading to Disney in March and look forward to riding rides that I was too large to ride before.  These are some of life's activities that I now ENJOY!

Hey Wendi, A ruptured Achilles tendon a few months after my WLS has kept me unable to do a lot of physical activities, but you can bet this spring and summer we'll be out and about much more. One thing that I noticed most of all this last summer was that the heat didn't bother me as much as it did before surgery. Even though I couldn't do a lot of walking and such, I didn't mind being outside, 'cause I wasn't sweating like a piglet! I still must be very careful on uneven ground but I'm looking forward to finding out what new and exciting things await me. I can tell you this:  I can fit in a movie theater seat with my purse next to me. Restaurant booths are too big, I can curl myself into the seat of just about any easy chair, the seat in my car has to be closer to the wheel and I still don't touch it, it only takes about a yard of thread to hem BOTH legs of a pair of pants, I have a lap, can sit on my husband's lap  and can cross my legs, my shoes are smaller, my bra straps don't dig into my shoulders.  Life is good in a size 2/4 By June you'll have your energy back from surgery and will have lost enough weight to really be able to tell a difference. Can't wait to hear how you're enjoying your summer when it gets here. Take care

Everything and anything, last summer I rented a cabin and fished a trout stream with my son, we had never done anything like that before!  I am not afraid of life anymore or hiding from it! AmyBeth

I want to go to a water park and be able to wear a bathing suit without wearing a huge t-shirt to cover it up. Don't know if any of you have seen Norbitz. But don't want to look like that and have people wonder if I am wearing any bottoms...