Stuff I wanna do, I'm sure you all can relate

Here are a few things that I think about that make me laugh to myself. Feel free to add to the list. I think we can all use a good laugh from time to time. Tie my shoes without having to use my pants leg to lift my foot on my lap. Get out of the bathtub without having to roll to my side, then push myself up. Fit in a chair that has arm rests without having it stab into my outer thighs. See my lady part (you know what I mean). Have my trouser socks actually stay up. Polish my toes and breathe at the same time. Waive hello without starting a wind storm. Have two thighs. Tuck in my blouse. Have someone say "you're pretty" as opposed to "you have such a pretty face". Hello I'm not a smiley! Go to a buffet and no one even looks at me or notices that I'm there. Ride a bike without the extended seat. Fit on a toliet seat (even when my hubby leaves the seat up, I can't fall in! He has gotten away with this forever it's time to pay his husband dues ) Dance like no one is watching. What would you like to do?

I'm 7 months out so I can do most of those things already! HOWEVER, I start a worse wind storm now that I did before...bat wings. ugh. And "lady parts" aren't all that pretty...I think I could have gone the rest of my life without looking at mine! I still haven't been in my bathtub and I still haven't been to a buffet, but I have been out to eat. The one thing I wish I could do about that is to QUIT ORDERING SO MUCH FOOD! I still order like I never had surgery, then I have leftovers - which I always end up tossing OR I eat more than I should and I end up feeling awful. That stuff is going to come so easy after your surgery. It will surprise you. I hadn't even realized that I could do half that stuff until I read your list! Kathy

Oh my gosh....to paint my own toenails again would be wonderful!!!! Lady parts???? I have those???? Really???? I do????? Are you sure???? More than anything I want to be able to climb up a flight of steps without being out of breath. In addition to that, I want to stop sweating. I sweat if you look at me wrong. It's disgusting! Cynthia

UGH... Let's talk about my "lady parts" for a minute... I have a rather LARGE bustline.. I'm just sitting here thinking... after I drop the 148 pounds my Dr wants me to.. it's going to deflate the girls BIG TIME... I'll just have to fold/roll them up and tuck them into a bra.. how attractive is that going to be!!! The one thing I can't WAIT to do is.......... cross my legs...

That was some good stuff ladies, what else can we come up with? Oh, I got one. I want to be able to go to wal-mart and stop being secretly angry at the people who are using the motorized chair knowing that I want to use it too. I also want to go to Victoria Secret and buy something other than the lotion and body splash. I want to look as sexy as I feel. I want to stop sounding like a fog horn when sleeping. I want my queen size bed to stop feeling like a twin size. Someone stop me, this is getting too easy

I can run/walk without fat and boob****ting me in the face now I can bend over now without my belly rubbing my knees and without almost fainting from blocking my airway I can lay on the floor without my fat crushing my airway I can now touch my toes I can sit in an airplane seat and have lots left over in the seatbelt and also sit crosslegged I can take dance lessons now and fit in, where I don't look out of place or embarassed I can wear shirts tucked in I can get in and out of a bathtub now I can go to a buffet and not get stared at anymore, and worry if the chair will break I can sleep on my stomach now I get looks from men now I can go to the grocery store now and not be tempted anymore I can actually go to a store now, clothes and otherwise and actually get "asked if I need help" I am able to make love now without things like fat getting in the way Sit in the chair crosslegged Go to Victoria Secret and buy bras and panties now!!! WOOHOO!! Buy boots now because my calves aren't too fat! Not get stared at in stores anymore 8-l Wear my wedding rings again...and they are too big!! FINALLY GET PLASTIC SURGERY!!! Told I am pretty and hot by my hubby as well as cute doctors!! Start back to nursing school!!!!!!!! I must be crazy!!! anymore ideas?? Share yours.....I won't tell!! PS, here is the biggest reason.....no more diabetes or threats of dying from obesity related reasons!!!!!

Hi Robin! What a great list. I think we all have our own lists, even if we don't ever write them out, they are in our minds. I typed mine out a couple of months before my surgery on my profile page. Most of the things on my list, I've had least felt faint glimmers that they might become reality ... some are already my reality! Some of my favorties are: I can get on the scale at the Dr's office and not feel mortified. I can cross my legs and feel feminine. I don't ever get overheated anymore, and have a red, sweaty face when all others around me are cool and calm. I can sit "indian-style" in my favorite chair here at home. I can walk faster and keep up with "skinny people". I can feel BONES ... everywhere! I don't avoid the camera anymore. I can wear higher heels without pain. I can climb stairs without huffing and puffing. I still have a long way to go, but all the little changes add up, and really help keep me motivated! Dawn

Wow, you ladies made a pretty complete list! I'm excited to be able to get down on the floor in front of other people without wondering how the heck I'll get back up! Also, going out to eat, and not getting anxious about where we'll be seated...I can sit in any booth!!! One thing I'm looking forward to, next time the chance comes up...fitting through a turnstyle!! When I reach Onederland, the first thing I'm going to do is ride a roller coaster!!! Yeehaw!! ~Elizabeth

Sister, you said it all! I know I am but it seems like I never was able to get out of the without having a hoist. I couldn't look in the mirror without a and was a standard bed just for myself and now the queen size bed is more like a cot (especially now that I share it with another person). So to your list, I add: Walk through a door face first instead of sideways Laugh without someone saying to themselves or others, "Fat people are always soooo happy!" Be sexy - heck, just have the feelings again! Have pity parties for a character on tv instead of me. Buy clothes from ANYWHERE!!!! Besides Catherines, Lane Bryant's or Romans... Be worried about embarassing myself at public places because I can't fit into a chair or booth or car... and.... shock the u-know-what out of my brother and sister, my daughters, ex-husband, and anybody else I happen to run into from my past who only remembers me as BIG! Thank-you. Thank-you very much.

Ladies, this has been one of the most fun post I have been a part of. Thank you for all the laughs and for the inspiration. I know that one day I'll look back on our list and say was that really me? Let's keep it going, add more to the list and let's continue to laugh this tough time away. Love ya all!!! Robin