It is the small things (come play).....

Let's see how many more we can add to this list......

• The feeling of being slightly lighter when you walk
• The feeling of accomplishment when a 1/2 pound is gone
• The compliments that you receive from others
• The general overall feeling of knowing that you are feeding your body a healthy diet
• The gentle touch of a partner in a place where they usually don't touch you and you "feel" smaller (and you smile to yourself)
• The gratification of doing something good for YOU
• Seeing in the mirror the results of your hardwork
• Losing weight in the oddest of places like your feet and you have to buy a smaller shoe size
• Seeing a healthy overall glow because of your diet

Great idea, here is my main one,

-Knowing that with everyday I am getting farther away from diabetes and closer to a long healthy life

having more energy

the ability to walk around all day and not be winded

- being able to wear my old ring ... and later having to move it to my middle finger so it won't fall off

--being able to look in a mirror and think "wow, i look GOOD!"

--being able to do 15 REAL push-ups, knowing that i started out not being able to do even one

--being able to walk up multiple flights of stairs at a time w/o feeling like I'm going to pass out

--being able to enjoy activity adn exercise

--being able to sleep on my side w/o that icky spot on my side where the fat folds over!

--being able to feel good in my own skin

--being happy to choose a healthy meal instead of a convenient one

MORE PIGGYBACK RIDES!

(yeah, I'm a dork, but I love getting piggyback rides)

-being able to see my waist

-losing the double chin

- having smaller ankles

swimsuits

losing the jiggle when I walk!

seeing muscles on myself I didn't know existed!

Running into people I know and they do not recognise me!

I love my new disguise. ::heh heh::

cmillington, I love that feeling too!  It happened to me just yesterday, and I had seen the person just a month earlier!

I also love being able to fit into clothes at stores now.  I used to never be able to find big enough sizes in the clothes I wanted to wear.

shopping in the misses instead of the women's sizes  :) sweet

being able to enter a lesser weight on the elliptical before I start a workout ..

This is a great thread!

being able to trade clothes with my friends!

getting to buy new clothes because yours dont fit anymore.

yes I am a guy, and yes I like shopping for new clothes, and no I am not gay :)

Putting on a pair of pants that were tight in the thighs a week ago and finding that they aren't so tight anymore!  :)

That feeling of surprise when your pants start to slip down . . . even though you've seen the change on the scale!

- hearing my b/f tell me that I look good and have a nice booty (we aren't big on compliments, very happy together, but we don't really comment on how we each look)

- learning how to cook healthy stuff

- getting a stomach ache from eating fast food ( I know it sounds wierd, but I like that my body is telling me that it can't handle that crap anymore :) )

- feeling good about myself!

- being able to easily remove my right hand ring. a year ago I would seriously scrape off skin trying to get the thing off!!

- buying shorts for the first time since high school... and I'm actually looking forward to wearing them!!!!

- finding less and less pinchable places

plus all the previously mentioned things are wonderful feelings as well!!!

being able to shave my legs in the shower without feeling like it's an olympic event!