Question...What are some of the experiences you are wishing for?? Bueller?...anyone?

By popular demand...(thanx rosielocks) I am wondering if anyone else has a secret list of things they want to do ...maybe for the first time...since WLS.  Even if it is something outrageous...share your heart's desire.  ~Lisa~ (ilovemylife)

Oh yes, I have many

One was to wear a swim suit without covering it up!  This summer I was able to do so, I did however wear shorts due to the ugly thighs that will get fixed in a few years after all the WL is over with.

To get on a roller coaster and FIT! Due to the hardware in my back I dont know if I will be able to do the roller coaster but there is always the ferriswheel!!!

Ride a horse without breaking the poor things back.

Although I have a huge fear of flying, I would love to do it again and this time not run out of breath trying to get buckeled into the dern thing.  Before surgery the seat belt barely fit I almost had to get the extender! But all the huffinf, puffing and sucking in I was able to get it to clasp barely!

Wear a formal gown in a "normal" size. And feel sexy and confident in it!

See all who thought I was too big in high school and let them see what they missed out on. I want to see their eyes pop out and mouth fall to the ground! 

Go on a cruise with husband and even attend the formal night all decked out!

Go snorkeling and not look like shamu in the wet suit!

Sit in a swing

Play baseball/catch wiith my kids!

There are many many more but thats some of the important ones to me

There are still many things I want to do.  I have done some of them lately but not all of them.  One thing that I was able to do about 3 weeks ago was when we attended the opening night ballgame with the Thunder not only did I fit in a chair at the arena without flowing over into the next seat but we rode on one of those bicycle things that the guys ride and pull a buggy behind them.  The young man actually approached us after we parked in the parking garage and ask if we wanted to ride.  I would have never done that before for fear of breaking the cart down or him not being able to ride the bike with that much weight in the cart.  It was so much fun and the evening was just perfect for it.  I would also like to try to snow ski sometime before long and maybe even try to get up on water skis again.  I use to water ski as a young girl but it's been years and years ago and I loved skiing. 

I have posted a whole list of goals on my profile.  There are so many, and most of them is doing things most people do without thinking, like sitting at a booth in a restaurant.  Would also like to get up on roller skates with out the wheels going flat! 

 This will probably sound weird but I would like to actually go to the bathroom on an airplane.  I am petrified that if I go to the bathroom in the rear end of the plane, it will crash.  I've flown 3 times from CA to Hawaii and back and never used the plane's restroom.

I would like to get on and off the weird adductor/abductor machine at the gym without looking like a shlep.  It's the machine that you sit on and flap your knees back and forth and it's supposed to tone your legs or muscles.  It's so bad that the nice young med students come over and help me off (of course, that's a good thing).

I want to go to a buffet and stop eating before I got my $$'s worth.

I want to go into a crowded store and not worry about accidentally bumping into people.

I never worried about this before seeing CSI a couple of years ago but now, I worry about smothering people if I'm asleep and accidentally roll over in bed.

I want to wear some cute yoga clothes that don't make me look like I've stuffed too much sausage in them.

And, last but not least, I would like to be someone's arm candy rather than always having to be witty and smart.

donna

Donna,
I read your list and laughed out loud...my dog is staring at me with that quizzical look. Erma Bombeck  (may she rest in peace)would be impressed  with your droll reply. Arm candy...now that's what I'm talkin' about!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!
I started this whole process by getting real (thanks Dr.Phil) and making a list sorta like Martin Luther and the 95 gripes he had (Protestant Reformation) . I "nailed " it to my fridge. It's still there...
and I am marking them off as I make progress. One of mine is to be unrecognizable at my next family reunion!!! ~Lisa~

My boyfriend asked me to go snow skiing with him in January.  I would love to.  The thought scares me, because I have a bad knee, but I'm willing to try anyway.  I told him to just check me into the ski lessons and go hit the slopes, but he said, no, he wanted to teach me !!!  AWWWWWW!  I guess now I need to find some ski clothes to borrow.  Anybody have size 16/18?I've already gone sea dooing, to an OU basketball game and, yes, the seats fit with room to spare, we went on a 13 mile bike ride, bowling, and walked for miles and miles around Tulsa and Bricktown.  None of this would have been possible even a year ago!  All I can say is ----- do it.   NOW !

You asked you shall recieve...
To wear jeans again..done it
ride a bike...done it
quit using a seat belt extension..done it
drive with the seat closer than ever before...doing it
walk on the beach..Myrtle Beach, Sc and walk for miles and notget tired...done it
go shopping with my friends and they have to take breaks...done it
throw away or give away my big clothes...done it
tell my snippity Aunt who is a glamour puss that she aint all that and a bag of chips while sending her hubby a glossy 8x10 of me now...done it
send my ex hubby whos last words to me were if you were thinner i could love you...a picture of me that said my bite me baby cause you dont have me...done it
walk into a resturant where my family is waiting for me and they not recognize me...done it
drive across country and drive into my sister's yard.wave at her and she ask who I am..done it
now for naughty side..hehe beable to hold my legs over my head while doing the wild thing and not get choked....done it
last longer then my partner and ask,,gee whats wrong...done it
realize that deeper does not mean just a little..done it
shop at stores where I dont have to look for the 4 to 6 x sizes...done it
buy bras that dont have their own zip codes...done it
and lastly buy panties that do take a yard of material to make...done it
my future goals...
be where I am today..content with me
going back to riding horses
pay it forward to the newbies that want to know the truth of WLS and having a tummy tuck
find new experiences everyday that without WLS I would not have
go out to different resturants that in the past I would never go to
go hiking in the mountains Of NC and New mexico
go camping and find the most remote camping spot
but most importantly to me is thanking GOD for the gift of this new life and to make sure I thank him for it...

I'm taking horseback riding lessons and I'd really like to ride a seadoo (I've never ridden one) when it's warmer.

Of course, swim with the Great White Shark is still my fondest wish. 

Mine involves about 26 women, (with nice fun curves and excellent hygeine), and umm some Nutella (hazelnut-chocolate cream) and ummm....orange marmalade...and stuff....

Yep.... that's the ticket...   oh crud, i almost forgot....a camera...  maybe a monkey, but remember I said MAYBE.....

hehe...

T.