....over on the bright side...

Believing you can achieve your dreams- now that is a true NSV! I hope you are so immensely proud of all that you have accomplished thus far. I hope it takes you all the way to your goal. 

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 I can comfortably cross my legs, I can shop at a normal store AND I am no longer over 50% body fat.  For the first time in a long time, I am living life and not worrying about how much I weigh and that is amazing. My world does not revolve around food.  I eat what I am supposed to and just keep moving.  And best of all, I am setting a great example for my son who is 12.   I absolutely can not wait to see what I am doing this time next year!!!

Kat

Kat, you are totally setting a wonderful example for your son! Isn't shopping in a normal store a trip? I'm still not used to it! LOL!

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Things I can do now.

Fit comfortably behind the wheel of a car with an actual gap between my belly and the steering wheel.

Fasten a car seat belt without an extender. (I looking forward to flying without have to ask the flight attendant for an extender).

Run (a little).

Fly and airplane again. I am a private pilot who got to fat to pilot an aircraft. I just need a physical and a flight review and I can fly again.

Jump out of an airplane. I have never done this, but I am planning on doing it on my 60th birthday in a little over a year from now.

My wife's favorite; finish projects around the house. Before my surgery I didn't have the energy or mobility to do projects well. I would start OK, remember, most projects start with demolition (that part I was good at), but I would not finish. I am currently finishing the trim carpentry that I have not finished for two years after a living room and dinning room remodel.

My list could go on and on.

Great topic Danni.

Thanks Gary- that's an awesome list. I hope you get to pilot a plane again soon and I wanna hear all about you jumping out of one next year!!! A fellow WLS'r and I are going to do that this spring- I've had that one on the bucket list for quite some time.
Keep Running!

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oh, oh, oh, oh......I can fit in a airplane seat AND use the pull down table!!!! I almost fell out of my seat when it happened (and I could actually do that now!!!!)

 As of today I am 3mths post op and only 39 pounds less so my list of can do's is very short

What I can do now is:

Zumba
Can eat smaller portions, easily
Can envision the new smaller me that's coming (eventually)
Can stick to (most of the time) my new post op diet

Your list will quickly be growing!!

Hey, I'm with your ticker- you are 50lbs down, don't discount any weight lost- it all counts! You are doing great and Allison is right, you'll have a long list in no time. However, being able to envision the smaller you is huge! That's something that can take people years, so you're ahead of the curve!
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Uhmmm I haven't lost much yet so things aren't that much different for me...

So far, I can walk 2 miles without stopping and without huffing and puffing. Granted, my miles are 30 minute miles but they are MY miles dammit!! And when I walked 1.25 miles with my mom the other day I remember that I was talking during the walk and it didn't kill me to walk and talk at the same time.

OMG I JUSTTT realized this... and now I'm a little bit emotional... I don't gasp for air when I try to talk. I remember sitting still and trying to talk for too long of a period and it still being difficult to breathe. Not always, but pretty frequently. Definitely after a 10 foot walk there's no way I could talk without breathing heavily. :( It was very embarrassing.

I ASK to go walking, and actually look forward to it sometimes... wtf?!

I DON'T want bread or fast food or really crave the bad foods in the grocery store. I can even sit and have meals with people while they eat that food and it doesn't kill me like I thought it would. That's not really a "can do" but it's something that shocks me and I never thought it would happen especially since EVERY meal I was eating was fast food for YEARS.

The major thing I can and DO do now is, have HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.