What are you looking forward to when you reach goal?

[ZerasPride]

It's snowing like crazy here in Cleveland this morning and I was just daydreaming. As I start the third week of this new way of eating and realize I'm in it for the long haul, I started thinking about some of the things I'm looking forward to when I reach my goal even though it is a long way off. So I'll start and then I'm interested in knowing what my fellow WISHers are looking forward to!

*Fitting comfortably in an airplane seat
*Shopping in a "regular" clothing store
*Being able to buy a two piece swimsuit
*Not feeling like others are looking at me judgmentally
*Wearing a pair of shorts (not skorts or clam diggers) to Disney
*Crossing my legs (silly I know)
*Coloring my hair blond (yes, I know I could do that now but I want to wait and have a whole sassy new look)

Those are just some of the things I can think of off the top of my head. Feel free to add yours. Everyone have a great day!

 

[Miss Park Avenue]

I want to be able to walk into a store and KNOW that my size will be there (as opposed to thinking that the store clerks are wondering, "What is SHE doing here??")

speaking of stores...I'd like to be able to shop at Victoria's Secret again! Get something pretty for me and dh

I'd like to sleep on my stomach again. Too much weight in my stomach pulls on my back. I wake up in agony.

I want my knees to stop hurting because they are supporting so much weight.

I want to wow my inlaws when we all meet in Disney World in May.

I want to get stronger so I can go out and ski again. My kids are finally old enough for lessons. I don't want to sit in the lodge anymore!

Most importantly...I want to feel better about what I can accomplish if I put my mind to it.

 

[bubie2.5]

You just said it: Not feeling like others are looking at me judgmentally.

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

Oh yes, cute underwear. I will never wear grannie panties again!

Shopping wherever I want is the biggest thing. I'm so tired of the plus sizes stores and the miniscule plus size sections, which brings me to a rant...

I love Target. I'm there almost every week. That said, when I cross the realm into regular sizes I swear I will never, ever buy an article of clothing for myself at Target. Their plus section is a joke. In my Target the very large maternity section is in front of the small plus size section which is in the very farthest corner of the store. I always get the impression that they are trying to hide fat people away and I get very disgusted.

Oh, and I'm looking forward to more sex!

 

[Miss Park Avenue]

Originally posted by addicted_to_WDW
Oh yes, cute underwear. I will never wear grannie panties again!

So true! I get my "Hanes Her Way" packages at Walmart. I hate them but I die at the thought of idea of panty lines across my butt!

Here's to a future of no more undies from a plastic bag or bra's from a box!

 

[bubie2.5]

I forgot to put... getting exited about buying clothes.

The idea of to buying clothes y less appealing to me than having root canal done without anesthesia.

 

[kasar]

Great question!

The one thing I'm going to do is take my kids to a water park. I don't really like them (this has been my excuse) but I would take them in a minute if I was comfortable with myself because I know how much they love them! I feel so bad that I've allowed my own insecurities stop us from enjoying some parts of life, especially something that makes the kids so happy.

I want to have a massage but I've never felt comfortable enough.

I'd like to tuck my shirt in - especially with jeans!

I'd like to show my family (especially my father who is slowly losing all his toes to amputation because of untreated diabetes - long story, not pretty) that it's not just "a family thing" - we CAN change ourselves and our health!

I've been avoiding the doctor's office. I know, I know! I just never wanted to hear what I knew she was going to say. This is so stupid! I wanted to be well on my way before making an appointment - guess I'll do that now.

Jeesh, this is like therapy! I'm counting on you all to keep me in line so I can do these things and many more! LOL

 

[ZerasPride]

Great replies everyone! You've given me a couple more to add to my list. I walk (as quickly as my chubby legs will carry me) past the Victoria Secret store all the time not even allowing myself a peak in there because I know nothing would ever fit me at this size. But watch out when I reach goal! I'll be a panty buying fool!

 

[hammertime]

All the things that everyone has said is great!

One of my big things is that I want to buy a designer outfit. I really want an outfit by Betsy Johnson but the largest size is a 10!

Oh the other thing I really want to do is buy a pair of knee high boots that will actually zip up over my calves! Hopefully by next winter.

I'm currently a misses size 16(Feb 2003 I was a plus size 22). If feels so great to be able to shop in the misses department. I was actually able to buy a pair of pants and skirt at Ann Taylor Loft!

I just joines WISHES today so I'm hoping for some motivation. Telling you what I want to do once I've accomplished my goal is a big help.

 

[Miss Park Avenue]

OH I forgot about the boots...Yes, a good low-point for me was shoe shopping (I have a great shoe collection as that is the only fun thing for me to buy) and I wanted a pair of those high boots, so stylin...I never imagined that I gained weight in my calves. I thought at least they were normal sized. If you think it's hard realizing your fat in a dressing room, imagine being in the middle of a department store, struggleing to zip them up with people watching.

Another rock bottom moment..

One more thing I'd like to have is to be able to wear my engagement ring again. I must have gained weight so fast after getting engaged that my wedding ring fits but not my engagement ring. I just recently was able to wear my wedding ring again. Now if I could squeeze into the engagement ring I'd be really happy!

 

[sharoncity]

But watch out when I reach goal! I'll be a panty buying fool!

That is soooo funny! (But true!) My weight issues aren't as great as some of you, but issues just the same. I look forward to a better relationship with my dh. I lost the weight two years ago and it has just slowly crept back (not all of it, but enough of it). I want to lose these extra pounds because I feel better about myself when I am a size 10. I'm 5'5" and weigh 170 right now, size 14. When I weigh about 148, I'm a size 10. When I feel better about how I look, I am more intimate with my DH. Its not just the s-e-x, its just our whole relationship. I'm not sure how to explain it, but when I feel better about me, everything else seems better too!
I'm also looking forward to looking good in a bathing suit and at my kids end of year picnic in June. I don't want to be the "fat " mommy there!

Good Luck to everyone and keep those goals in mind through the holidays!

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

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[Samandmom]

I look forward to:
1. going to a regular store to buy my bras.
2. wearing a bathing suit without a t-shirt
3. looking and feeling good
4. till someone notices any of my weight loss

 

[NancyIL]

I'm looking forward to not cringing every time I see a photo of myself...especially those taken at DIS meets!

 

[Disfan1]

I am going to buy a BRAND NEW pair of designer jeans. These are going to be so expensive, there is NO WAY I will allow myself to gain weight & outgrow them. I am also looking forward to not being so shy about having my picture taken. (I hate it now)

 

[ibouncetoo]

Yes, all that and:

A WHITE bathing suit, horseback riding, dancing all night.

 

[Disfan1]

Oh, and walking past something without my hips brushing up against them!

 

[Strings]

Okay, I have to do the back story to this one. I was at Ann Taylor to buy my Mom's XMAS gift and the saleswomean came up to me and suggested that I try Lane Bryant for "appropriate" clothing. I want to walk into that store. I want her to wait on me. I want about $2000 of clothes after about 3 hours of her time. I then want to walk out without buying a thing, and remind her what a mean person she was.
Ok, so that is something I couldnt pull off, but a girl can fantasize.


Reading over this post, I caught a major Freudian slip. Womean instead of woman.

 

[nativetxn]

I want to be able to shop in those cute little boutiques without being sent away embarrassed.

I want to dress to be stylish not to look "slimmer"

I want to not be embarrassed to walk around the pool at the Dolphin in my swimsuit without immediately putting on my cover up as soon as I leave the water.

I never want to have trouble with a turnstile, again.

I want to eat to live, not live to eat. I'm getting there, already

 

[Miss Park Avenue]

Oh Strings...that is so horrible. I hope you told her that you were shopping for your mom and refused to buy anything from her!

Some people are so callous...