WOW Moments!

that's awesome. I'm 8 wks. out and ahve so much to live for. Thanks for the inspiration to keep going.

I am far from my goal but 56 ponds down. My wow moment was walking 2 miles with my son in his opening day parede and then bicycle riding to his baseball game......The smile on his face when he said "Mommy, I am so happy you did this for me".................It doesn't get better than that!

 I just joined this site, but I had to reply to this..
I've been out for a year..and a month... and I've had tons of moments..

The first time I could make my bed without help.. I could never do it all on my own before.. it was impossible to lift the mattress AND put the sheet on at the same time.. practically killed me!

Being able to go into a normal clothing store and not even wearing the largest size they had, when I was lucky if I could find clothes that fit me anywhere..

Being able to actually walk up stairs, and then run up the stairs without dying...

ahh.. there's soooo many.. oh.. the latest one, being able to actually fit in a booth instead of practically dying trying to squeeze myself in.. and fitting clothes that my mom gives me when I never thought I would be close to her size...


Yay for weightloss surgery!
 

I used to  look at people I know and wish I  was as small as them.  Now I'm smaller than them. 

Wearing heels all day.
Realizing I am now the smallest person in the room...not the largest.
Running up 6 flights of stairs and I was't winded.

I think one of my most favorite moments is when I was in a store trying on belts and a complete stranger looked at me and said "easy for you to pick something out....you're so tiny you could wear anything".
She made my day.

I went to Costco yesterday to buy candy for our work Easter egg hunt. Of course they send the person who can't eat sugar...well I actually volunteered. As I am walking out with two huge bags of candy, I realized ppl aren't thinking, "wow, that fat girl doesn't need that candy." Now they were probably wondering what I was getting all that candy for.
For me that was a WOW moment.

THAT is what I'm excited for after surgery and losing. I am so self concious eating in public and buying food...because I know everyone who sees me is thinking 'why is she even eating?'

I want to be able to be comfortable enough that I don't feel like everyone's staring at me when I go out with my boyfriend to a restaurant.

Realizing I now weigh less than my husband once again, and he can throw me over his shoulder when it pleases him. LOL. However the best was realizing yesterday evening that I can jump on the trampoline with my 12 yr old...so I DID. I giggled and laughed like a little girl and loved every second of it.

You just made my cry!

I hope to have my lap band by the end of July and the 1 thing (with the exception of improved health) I look forward to the most is having my husband pick me up and carry me.  He is the picture of health and lifts weights 3 days a week, I can't wait for him to just snag me up!

We have had a trampoline for 5 + years.   I have only been on it once because there is a net around it and it is way too difficult for me to fit through the zippered entrance.  Looking forward to bouncing with my daughters and getting great cardio too!

Thank you for sharing your WOW moments....you really touched a nerve (in a good way)

Donna

My biggest WOW moment is EVERYTIME I stand up and can walk. I experienced that WOW moment 3 weeks out of surgery and a total of 33#s. It made me want to cry. I have a foot condition (in both my feet) that is extremely painful. I suffered for about a year and half with pain so bad that I could barely walk. I would have to stand, wait till my feet adjusted to the pain and than hold onto things for about the first 20-25 steps. I wouldn't sleep well at night because I would turn one of me feet the wrong way or a foot would get tangled in the covers and the pain would wake me up. Day to day activities were sometimes impossible and if I pushed myself to finish my housework I would literally suffer for 3 days and by that time I would have to clean again. It was a vicious cycle. I'm out 1 month yesterday and there have been many WOW moments. I'm wearing rings that I hadn't worn in 1 1/2 yrs, I can tie my shoes with out practically strangling myself, I can cut my toenails and paint them, I have been able to walk 4-5 days a week now, I can sit better in my chair at work, so many things. I see these changes with just 33# I can't wait to experience the WOW moments that are awaiting me.