Things you can do since you lost weight?

I have found out i can do alot more things since i have lost weight.

Yesterday, i ran down a street in ease in cardiff because my bus was early! I didnt either get out of breath, like my 186 pound self would after a few metres.

I don't get that awful rash on my theighs from them rubbing anymore!

And i can walk up the hill to my house fast, without getting breathless. so in short, i am so much healthier!

What things have you discovered you can do?

~ Shop at stores for younger girls.  ("D.E.B." and that sort of thing)
~ Be military-pressed by my husband.  It makes me laugh.
~ Squeeze into little hiding spaces at work when annoying customers are around.  (between sumps and stuff like that)
~ Wear a bikini without embarrassment.

I can't wait to be able to wear a bikini without embarrassment!

I can fit my old "thin" jeans from 1990, which is hilarious, because they are really small at the bottom of the pant leg.  I feel like I should be in a Bell Biv DeVoe video.

I look better in a suit.  I always feel like I look ridiculous in a suit when fat.  Nothing more pathetic than a fat man in a suit.

I don't bite the inside of my cheeks like the way I did when they bulged inward from all the fat on my face... 

I can bend over to tie my shoe without my breath being cut off!!!

I can walk up the hill from the Riverfront to my apartment complex, carrying objects less than 25 lbs, with ease, and without loosing my breath.

I can make it to work in 10 minutes, without getting winded. .

 

Wear a favorite shirt that hasn't fit for several years.

Have energy at the end of the day.

Hang with folks that wouldn't have given me the time of day most likely 62 pounds ago.

Have a social life.

Get thru the day without pain in the joints.

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One thing I can't do anymore is a eat a lot of sodium. It used to not bother me given all the other issues but now it's an instant flash back to how I felt before losing 62 pounds.

I can no longer shoe-shop because my fat feet wore a size six in womens dress shoes perfectly, now they're too scrawny and my feet slip around.

I can no longer fit into my old jeans, and can't afford new ones, so I have to resort to wearing skirts or dress pants that I sew.

I can no longer threaten to sit on my fiance when I don't get my way.  He could piggy-back me before, now he can pick me up any darned way he chooses.

Aahh... It's good sometimes to be a little depressed.  Just makes you think of the happiness that caused it.  :)

I can workout in the front of the aerobics class!

 I can wear something tiny for my boyfriend and not feel embarrassed. 

 My dad mistook me for my younger sister, who's a model (he was on pain meds and half asleep but it still counts) 

 

Original Post by udokier:

I don't bite the inside of my cheeks like the way I did when they bulged inward from all the fat on my face... 

I thought I was the only one that noticed biting the inside of the cheek when  heavier.  Yeah, I don't do that nearly as often either.

I can cross my legs.  I can see muscles I couldn't before.  I can see bones I couldn't before.  I can do physical activities for longer periods of time before running out of breath, if I even run out of breath.  I can run up the stairs from my basement to my second floor without even thinking about being tired.  Let me rephrase that...I can RUN up my stairs!  I can lay flat on the floor and not be in pain.  I can recover from a squat without falling to the floor on one knee and using a piece of furniture to get back up.

i can wear zip up boots

run

wear a fitted tank top

tie my shoes without passing out from lack of oxygen

dont have to shop in the plus sizes anymore :)

do martial arts

take stairs easily

look in the mirror without gagging

Since hitting my first 100lb goal i can cross my legs, put on my shoes without sitting down, wear a womens size XL not plus 1X, run, skip, jump, play with my kids, fit all my prepregnancy clothes (which I kept for 6 years cuz I never gave up!), fit a shoe size smaller, fit 4 ring sizes smaller, have amazing sex (yes I said it), and generally love myself and my life!

• Go shopping without being depressed or ashamed.
• Run down the street without panting.
• Walk up many flights of stairs (not just barely one).
• Fit my rings on my fingers.
• Wear a sports bra and it actually fits and functions properly 

run 5+ miles without stoping

buy single digit sized pants and shop with my friends for clothes without being embarrased

feel my ribcage, hipbones and collarbones

wear heels on an almost daily basis

I/ve still got a long ways to go but I ....

... am more comfortable in my skin

... won't spill over onto the seat next to me on the bus

... fit into an airplane seat nicely with seatbelt closed

... need to wear a belt on the pants that only 3 months ago I couldn't even close around my waist

... am about to throw out/give away some of my clothes because they're too big

... feel my clothes getting looser

... can feel muscles under my skin

... can do Pilates/Tai Chi much better than before

... can do 10 military push ups in one go

 - go Alpine mountaineeing!

I've got a long long way to go... but I definitely have more energy... I can bring the groceries up from the car in as many trips as it takes without getting tired out, and I don't have to carefully ration my trips up and down stairs for the day. (though since my knee's messed up again I might have to have to start again. :( )

I can cross my legs and they stay without me having to lean against the table leg or hold my pant leg!

 sara-tink - we have very similar stats.  I was 186 when I began losing weight last spring also.  You've done great getting into the 150's, I just hit 157 this week.  I'm trying to maintain more than anything right now because all of these work Christmas parties are killing me.  That's great that you stay so motivated, I'd love some tips.  Good luck & keep it up!

Have anyone else noticed that they feel the cold more this winter, than before?

I will be sitting in a hoodied coat, gloves, scarf and hat, whilst my sister would just be wearing a jacket!

Scarter17 - sadly, i havent lost any weight since about october. Luckily though, i am maintaining and if i gained weight, it would come straight back off within a few days/a week. I think this is due to the horrible weather...!

YES!  This has definitely been the coldest I've ever felt.  I am constantly piling on jackets and sweaters and I'm still cold.  Even when I'm indoors right now it seems to take forever to get some body heat going.  I also think this is making me hungrier than usual, and I seem to be craving a lot of heavy carb type foods like mashed potatoes.

I also still have a long way to go but....

-I can go to the gym without feeling like people are staring at me.  Now people complement me on my strength and ask me how to use complicated machines.

-Wear clothing that I haven't been able to wear in almost a year.

-Take my puppy for the long walks that she needs without feeling like I need to lie down afterwards.

-Shop at almost any store I want to.

-Clean the whole house, including being on my feet for a few hours as well as crawling around on my hands and knees without being in pain.

-I am more comfortable both mentally and physically while being intimate with my fiance. 

-I don't wake up thinking negative things about myself anymore!