From the "June" Board....
K Teagan from the June board has posted this questionnaire. I've seen how y'all like this kind of thing so I wanted it to come to Virginia. She suggests putting your answers on your profile to preserve them to look back on which is a great idea. You can answer this whatever stage you're at but it will be really exciting to the people who are newly post op or about to have their surgery. She asks this:
What do you have to look forward to each month and of course hers starts with July being one month post op. You might be in a different place. All you have to do is reply to the post and after each month for the next year, write your expectations for that month. I'll start the ball rolling 
July...I'll be able to get back in the pool!
August...I'll be walking and beginning to lap swim and do water aerobics. I should be able to buy a new bathing suit because the ones I have now are already too big!!
September...I'll be walking and maybe starting something with a personal trainer at the gym. I sing and I'll be trying on my WAY too small as in lacks 6 inches from zipping black taffeta concert gown that I have not been able to wear in years. I'll need it in December and it's gonna need altering to make it much smaller!!!
October...By then I should be a whole lot more comfortable in jeans, and a lot more comfortable sitting on bleachers for long swim meets.
November...looking forward to cooking a healthy and delicious Thanksgiving dinner but working only half as hard...to cook half as much....and being satisfied with just a tiny taste of the things I'll be able to eat without dumping.
December....I'll be able to wear a dark forest green velvet suit I've been saving for 24 years. That's the last time I was small enough to wear it. It has a long skirt with a slit way up the side.....and I'll feel just fine about showing some leg! And I'll be wearing that black gown and feeling great!!! Christmas won't be such a chore this year with all my new found energy!!!
January...Gonna get new clothes for my birthday! My house will be so clean and stuff will get done on time....with time to spare!!!
February...look out Valentine.....here I come! We have a birthday in the family that day too! I'm going to wear RED....haven't dared to do that in years lest I might attract every bull in the rodeo!!!
March....Hoping to be shopping for some new spring stuff in the "misses" department instead of the "womens plus size" department searching for stuff made by Omar the Tentmaker. I have a short green sequin ****tail dress....might be able to get into that.....me thinks St. Patrick's Day will be a blast this year!!!
April...By this time I'll be able to swim all four strokes and the bathing suit with all the big floppy material that we only THINK hides everything will be a dim memory. Hoping to be in a nice, trim, basic one piece that really lets me move in the water.
May....Life is GREAT. All my summertime friends that I don't see all winter long are coming out of hibernation.....and some of them squeal when they see me. A couple are a little bit jealous but....it all comes with the territory.
June.....well hello....look out my hometown. I am going back and stir up some stuff! Some people will not recognize me. I'm going to sit in the smallest booth in the little restaurant there.....and scoot all the way over to the wall. I can do that now!!! I wanna run through the halls of my high school! I will be free!!!
July...I'll be able to get back in the pool!
August...I'll be walking and beginning to lap swim and do water aerobics. I should be able to buy a new bathing suit because the ones I have now are already too big!!
September...I'll be walking and maybe starting something with a personal trainer at the gym. I sing and I'll be trying on my WAY too small as in lacks 6 inches from zipping black taffeta concert gown that I have not been able to wear in years. I'll need it in December and it's gonna need altering to make it much smaller!!!
October...By then I should be a whole lot more comfortable in jeans, and a lot more comfortable sitting on bleachers for long swim meets.
November...looking forward to cooking a healthy and delicious Thanksgiving dinner but working only half as hard...to cook half as much....and being satisfied with just a tiny taste of the things I'll be able to eat without dumping.
December....I'll be able to wear a dark forest green velvet suit I've been saving for 24 years. That's the last time I was small enough to wear it. It has a long skirt with a slit way up the side.....and I'll feel just fine about showing some leg! And I'll be wearing that black gown and feeling great!!! Christmas won't be such a chore this year with all my new found energy!!!
January...Gonna get new clothes for my birthday! My house will be so clean and stuff will get done on time....with time to spare!!!
February...look out Valentine.....here I come! We have a birthday in the family that day too! I'm going to wear RED....haven't dared to do that in years lest I might attract every bull in the rodeo!!!
March....Hoping to be shopping for some new spring stuff in the "misses" department instead of the "womens plus size" department searching for stuff made by Omar the Tentmaker. I have a short green sequin ****tail dress....might be able to get into that.....me thinks St. Patrick's Day will be a blast this year!!!
April...By this time I'll be able to swim all four strokes and the bathing suit with all the big floppy material that we only THINK hides everything will be a dim memory. Hoping to be in a nice, trim, basic one piece that really lets me move in the water.
May....Life is GREAT. All my summertime friends that I don't see all winter long are coming out of hibernation.....and some of them squeal when they see me. A couple are a little bit jealous but....it all comes with the territory.
June.....well hello....look out my hometown. I am going back and stir up some stuff! Some people will not recognize me. I'm going to sit in the smallest booth in the little restaurant there.....and scoot all the way over to the wall. I can do that now!!! I wanna run through the halls of my high school! I will be free!!! 
Ohhh I like this game! 
July...1 month post op and by then I should be able to actually button my shorts from last year as I was about 20 pounds lighter last summer than on my surgery day. Oh, and I will be able to begin lifting weights so I can get me some Tink arms!
August...I am definitely NOT looking forward to turning 35!! By the end of the month I am going back to my hometown in New York and I'm sure that the difference will be at least a bit noticeable and I should be able to wear some of those smaller jeans that have collected dust in my closet for a couple of years.
September...Walk from Obesity and feel comfortable walking the distance.
October...Onederland would be AWESOME by this time!
November...Back to New York for Turkey Day looking HOT! LOL
December...Christmas Presents...maybe some new clothes from my mama.
January...Happy New Year!!! Losing weight will NOT be one of my resolutions!
February...Not only will I not be hiding out for Valentine's Day waiting for it to be over, I will be declining invitations...LOL!!!
March...Century Club? Could it be??
April...Spring/Summer clothes shopping!
May...Night Fever Tink & My Surgiversary celebration! Also, being the first one in the pool when it opens because wearing a bathing suit will be no biggie!
June...My first summer not feeling completely self consious about EVERYTHING!
July...1 month post op and by then I should be able to actually button my shorts from last year as I was about 20 pounds lighter last summer than on my surgery day. Oh, and I will be able to begin lifting weights so I can get me some Tink arms!
August...I am definitely NOT looking forward to turning 35!! By the end of the month I am going back to my hometown in New York and I'm sure that the difference will be at least a bit noticeable and I should be able to wear some of those smaller jeans that have collected dust in my closet for a couple of years.
September...Walk from Obesity and feel comfortable walking the distance.
October...Onederland would be AWESOME by this time!
November...Back to New York for Turkey Day looking HOT! LOL
December...Christmas Presents...maybe some new clothes from my mama.
January...Happy New Year!!! Losing weight will NOT be one of my resolutions!
February...Not only will I not be hiding out for Valentine's Day waiting for it to be over, I will be declining invitations...LOL!!!
March...Century Club? Could it be??
April...Spring/Summer clothes shopping!
May...Night Fever Tink & My Surgiversary celebration! Also, being the first one in the pool when it opens because wearing a bathing suit will be no biggie!
June...My first summer not feeling completely self consious about EVERYTHING! 
July- Hiting onederland and having a fun summer !!! Being in the ocean in our boat while the July 4th fireworks are going off !!! Doing something extra exciting for my husband's birthday and actually wanting to do it because I have the energy.
August- Spending the entire month in high gear, waterparks..running up the steps with my kids, Busch Gardens, parasailing, wave runners,white water rafting, tubing,biking, jogging on the beach WITHOUT breaking my foot, ( that was my turning point last year when I decided I needed WLS) Maybe learn to kayak ..but that still makes me nervous.
September- Reach goal weight of 175lbs...Maybe even get to 168lbs. I wanna be in the century club too !!!! My high school reunion is this month so I wanna be able to knock the socks off of some of those people. You know how some of those ill feelings from high school go...lol !!!
October- For once throw an adult Halloween party and wear a sexy skimpy costume instead of a long cape to cover my fat ass !!! 
November- Get new and improved boobs and entirely new winter apparel to include that sexy leather coat that I have turned my husband down from getting me for the last few chunky years. 
December- Train all month to be a ski bunny on the slopes. Last year I was so relieved that my daughter was sick and I didn't have to get out there. If I fell there would have been an avalanche !!!
January- I am with Christine here..No More DAMN weight loss resolutions !!! THANK YOU GOD !! 
February- Enticing Valentine's day ??????..Heck ya !!! 
March- Maybe some nips and tucks for my birthday. Better yet, maybe I will go to work for a plastic surgeon and get some free procedures !!! Have my WLS doctor be pleased with my results on my one year check up !!! 
April- Have fun and feel healthy instead of tired and cranky.
May- Feel healthy and happy and being okay with my appearance.
June- Feel confident and attractive when I have my girls' birthday partys this month and actually not mind if the parents want to stay and mingle.
I can't think of anything else.. I am gonna have to read everyone else's and steal some answers !!! 
Everything I am writing sounds so vain and superfical for some reason...lol I am starting to question myself here. 
Dana
November- Get new and improved boobs and entirely new winter apparel to include that sexy leather coat that I have turned my husband down from getting me for the last few chunky years.
December- Train all month to be a ski bunny on the slopes. Last year I was so relieved that my daughter was sick and I didn't have to get out there. If I fell there would have been an avalanche !!!
January- I am with Christine here..No More DAMN weight loss resolutions !!! THANK YOU GOD !!
February- Enticing Valentine's day ??????..Heck ya !!!
March- Maybe some nips and tucks for my birthday. Better yet, maybe I will go to work for a plastic surgeon and get some free procedures !!! Have my WLS doctor be pleased with my results on my one year check up !!!
April- Have fun and feel healthy instead of tired and cranky.
May- Feel healthy and happy and being okay with my appearance.
June- Feel confident and attractive when I have my girls' birthday partys this month and actually not mind if the parents want to stay and mingle.
I can't think of anything else.. I am gonna have to read everyone else's and steal some answers !!! Everything I am writing sounds so vain and superfical for some reason...lol I am starting to question myself here.
Dana Yeeeeah I'd like to go skiing too. Of course...I don't think my idea of skiing is quite like everybody else's...and I don't think it's going to change. My idea of a ski holiday is enjoying a hot toddy in the lodge by the fire or in the hot tub! BUT....a nice Irish knit sweater might be nice and by then I should be able to get a small enough one that 30 sheep don't have to sacrifice their winter coats for it AND I'll be able to afford it!
Oh....that vanity thing.....I say splurge and be vain. I've spent my life on other people....not that that's wrong but sometimes I think overweight people do that to overcompensate or in some way make up or apologize for being obese....or to prove they can "do." You should do things for others purely for the joy of it. I am done with that "other kind of life." We gotta be sorta vain in this to stay focused! Loved your answers!
Amy
Woo Hoo is right! That's too funny....just too funny. I thought about that Halloween thing too! And how I might actually be able to rent some kind of regular size costume this year!!! That is if I need one. Oh yeah...I've been all the big, free flowing, characters; witch, nun, old farm wife w/4x flannel shirt, straw hat big white apron, big a$$ jeans....and a blacked out tooth! But my favorite was "Mother Nature." It only required a white sheet and a ring of flowers for my hair. Oh lord this brings back memories.....shouldn't have gotten me started....I went to my proms in the mid 70's. One year....I swear...my gown looked like my mother made it from a shower curtain. I am certain I was mistaken for a "moving garden wall" couples stood next to me as a backdrop for their pictures! Then came the "toga parties" of the 80s. To make sure everything was covered in all the right places, I became famous for my "blue satin evening toga." It was made from a king size light blue satin sheet...and just so I could make it all work...as we would say now.....I put some bling on! I wore the only toga with a train off the back. Well.....all I can say is at least back then I was brave and I went.
Amy
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