Tell us what you like about your life

It is all about the focus for 2010. For some reason I don't feel that I have to do that much more this year to surpass my success in 2009. I like the way that 2010 has started.

Here is what I like...

I like to get up early and start my day.

I like what Christine looks like after 1 1/2 years RNY postop...size 6 with over 100 pounds gone and only 10 left to go.

I like that I'm still considered successful and have lost and kept off 70% of my excess weight. I could even gain 24 more pounds and STILL be considered a success...at least in the bariatric world.

I like that I have daughters who don't give me any grief about getting good grades in school. I don't have to nag them to do homework...nor do I have to nag my boys. I even and blessed to have a son who got a 98% on a chemistry test...I think I would have had a hard time matching that.

I like the fact that my sons will play 3 varsity games this week...and that they are both in the starting line-up for every game. They have athletic abilty that I only dreamed of.

I'm so thankful for 2 good jobs (careers) in these more difficult economic times.

I'm thankful that I love to get up in the morning to go to work and face 32 5th graders each day - and love my career.

I love this old drafty house...over a 100 years old and still going strong.

I like that we are having temps in the upper 30's and even will hit the 40's this week.

I like that we have a great group of people on this board who are making the commitment to make life better in 2010 than it was in 2009.

I hope all of you have a great day

John

I have a wonderful family; husband and 9 year old daughter. My parents passed away a long time ago but am very close to my sister.
We have a great church that fits our needs exactly.
I love my new found interest in exercise.
I am grateful for many close and dear supportive friends.
I have a great career with decicated staff and supportive director and administrator.
I love our city it has everything we nned and everything else is just a few hours away thatI would want to see.
No snow yet this winter; lots of rain but we are used to that out here!
I also appreciate this forum and 2010 will be a great year!
Mary

I like that I am a "glass half full" kinda girl ...It allows me to see the sunny side of every situation and see grateful blessing within all the people and aspects of my life...

I read an article in Readers Digest recently about a guy who set out to tell one new person everyday  for 30 days how thankful he was for them, he also picked one person from his past that he wanted to thank for making a major contribution to his life ( John, he picked his math teacher from grade school, heartening isn't it )

Great post, it has been said attitude is everything

Where to start!

I like that I have a good job (not paywise but in regards to independence, creativity, authority, people, interesting projects, etc.)

I like that I can consider moving--anywhere--and see life as an adventure.  (Got a job interview for a job in Saudi Arabia tomorrow!)

I like that I am "normal" in size--don't feel ashamed that I take up too much space.

I like that I can actually do the exercise I don't like doing.

I like that I have good supportive friends, even if they don't live here.

I like that I can still see the beauty of all the snow that I hate having to deal with.

I like that I know there are things I can control and things I can't. 

I love my "boys"--a dog and cat.  There is nothing quite like a happy dog to lift the heart.

I like that I have been successful in my weight loss and am becoming more comfortable with that fact.  Even as I try to lose a bit more.

Many of the things I like about my life are the same as before I lost the weight, but now I am able to celebrate it more without the burden of guilt and limitations of my physical abilities or other people's perceptions.

Hello All,
First post since joining this group.  I'll post a little synopsis of my almost five year journey later.

But,  what I love about my new life is being invisible.  I love not being discriminated purely by my size.  My starting weight was 351, and I was morbidly obese my entire life.  I was used to being treated as weak-willed, stupid, or ugly by my appearance.  Once people knew me, they lost those opinions.  But at first glance, I could see a certain look in their eyes.  That is, if they would look me in the eye.

Now I am invisible as a middle-aged woman.  I don't expect second looks from men, but they aren't laughing at me either.  I love not being ridiculed by cruel people.  I love being able to hike in the mountains, ride the subways in NYC, live a good life.

I love the weight struggles of "normal" people.  Of having to watch my calories, of being able to exercise.  Because it now works for me.

Debra M.
351/131/162/153
starting/lowest/regain/current
2005/2007/2009/2010

wow, this one is really really hard for me, because I am so used to 'talking down' to myself, and first I was thinking, I can not come up with anything.. but, after some soul searching, I DID see some things I like/am thankful for:

I am thankful to have a husband, who loves me.

I am thankful for my 3 kids, and my daughters boyfriend Geoff.

I am thankful that I am a fostermother, who is able to make a difference in the lives of my boys. I am thankful that I was able to turn them from over- serious, non -trusting, scared and mouthy beings into laughing, hugging, joking and trusting boys. (it was so very hard to have them the first 6 month, and I had thoughts of giving up on them a lot!)

I like  that I am able to see the small things, and find joy in them, instead of walking through my live with my eyes closed.

I love the ocean.

I like the thought of selling our house in the next 2 years, and move to the place of our dreams.
(to the country, small village, lots of woods, nature, and a huge garden to digg in for me, and a yard for our St. Bernard to run around in!!)

I like that even after 2 1/2 year post WLS I am still fairly normal, and I did NOT give up to watch what I am putting into my mouth. Yes, I gained about 25 pounds over my normal weight, but I am still OK looking, and to get rid of 25 pounds sure sounds better then 100 :)

I am so grateful that I am healthy.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with me healthwise, I have energy, my bloodcount is great, my skin is good, my hair never fell out, and I am alive!!!! 

so, I guess, after a bit of REALLY thinking, I came up with a pretty good list for myself.

Karin

Karin,

What a nice and wonderful list. You certainly seem to have things in the right perspective to get it all back under control. Keep up the great perspective.

John

Thanks John. Believe it or not, this one was hard. :)  but it helps to put these things in writing sometimes, then read it, and go' WOW, I guess its not all that bad!'  lol  Karin