Motivational Perks

There are some wonderful motivational perks to losing weight....list your favorite perk and remind someone how fantabulous this process is!!!

 - easier to paint your toenails w/ polish (courtesy of a friend)

 - much easier to cross your legs

 - can go up a flight of stairs w.out getting winded

 - you can zip up your jeans w/.out laying down on the bed (courtesy of a friend)

You get the picture....now what is YOUR favorite perk?

  oh baby!   isn't that the truth? 

perks for me.....

• feeling HOT in my skin and in clothes, well, errr, without too. 
• wanting to eat healthy, enjoying the better for me food and knowing it is good for me too......
• WANTING to go jog or ride the bik or walk or lift weights.   feeling strong and powerful because I can.....
  

For me so far...

• Fitting in clothes again that I'd grown out of.
  
• The best part is feeling more spry.

amen to things fitting again .....  my wardrobe spans from size 8 to size 26.....  

I wore the last month pants I haven;t seen since 3 years ago ---  size 9's...

YAY!!!!

-sweating less

-not being obsessed with what others are thinking about me

-not having to waste an hour getting dressed in the morning because everything I put on makes me feel gross.

-saving big bucks by hardly ever eating out and just eating less generally

-fitting through small spaces

-small=use less sunscreen and it's easier to put on everywhere

-being able to wear smaller shoes (ones that normal shoe stores carry).

-knowing that I can count on my body and that it will not let me down

My favorite -

It is amazing to sit down and immediately start talking to someone/doing what I'm there to do WITHOUT rearranging my clothes (waistband, shirt bottom, cardigan, etc) to make sure they're covering/corralling my rolls in the best possible way. And like pumpkin said, getting dressed in 1 try each morning.

It is so great to be able to forget about my body when it is not the focus of what I'm doing.

And when it *IS* the focus of what I'm doing (ahem...), that's better too.

BRAVO, pumpkin!!      ( :  

I especially like the fitting in smaller places.....    I am a teacher, and now i just squeeze through people and behind them and I do not worry about accidentally bumping someone's laptop off the desk with my big butt.    : P 

I like this thread. 

EDIT to comment on new post.   YAY FOR NOT REARRANGING>   me too.... 

Here's a few:

• Watching the notches in your belt get smaller until you need a new, SMALLER belt
• Realizing the pants you just put on were ones that didn't fit two weeks ago

And one that's more for when you're being especially good with your diet:

• Being able to have that extra piece of cake/cookie/other indulgent treat and not feel bad about it