The things you used to do that now being overweight you cant do..

The one thing I really miss doing is going to the amusement park, I am 310 right now and I am not sure what I need to lose to go back, I am thinking I need to be under 200.. The thought of riding a roller coaster again and feeling that happiness I felt will be a HUGE motivater.

I don't think I have ever let my weight stop me from doing most things but there are a few goals:

1.  Not have to worry about the seatbelt on an airplane

2.  I want to pose for erotic photos (not porn girls, just things that make you go hmmmm).  Right now I am the photographer and keep myself behind the camera.

But these are long term goals..right now, I would just like to fit into my size 18 jeans by November or December.

Just so you know, you do not have to be under 200 to ride a roller coster... i am 260.2 was 266 and went to the amusement park and rode roller coasters just fine.....  Hope this might make you feel better or happy.....

i have no problem riding the roller costers it is just walking around the park that is hard for me it hurts my body

oh god i know what you mean!

I dont really get into rides, but when I do I would like to be able to go on them withou wondering if that metal bar will click, or if that kid pushing them down will tell me he cant get it all the way down.  I am 36 and weigh 274 pounds.  I would also like to be able to get in and out of my car without getting winded trying not to hurt my back while doing it

I want to be in bed without worrying where all the fat is laying and looking down remembering when it didnt go out so far.  I used to lay in bed thinking that if I could be as thin as I was laying down I would be happy, now there is no thin even when I am laying down. 

I love swings, and the thought of getting on one hurts my hips

My boyfriends apartment is on the second floor and my knees hurt so bad wen I go over there.  He wants me to move in and my biggest fear is that i will really mess up my knees.

I also have this constant pain that goes from my back down the sides of my thighs Ugggh there is soo much!

I would like to take pictures with my family and not be ashamed

I am a program director for an after school program and we all got jackets recently.  Everyone was complaing that they need smaller sizes, so they get mediums, some large.  I am the only one out of ten people that needed to go up a size!

There are so many things i want to do -today my goal is to keep those things in mind when i am wanting to eat

christygustafson i feel you there I am not asking to be model skinny I just want to be able to go shopping in the isle that doesnt require  X's in it lol

I never let anyone take my picture, and I would love to have a family one taken. Every year at Christmas its always just the kids. ..maybe next year!

(just as a warning... TMI probably!)

Not sure if this is allowed... But decent sex is what I miss the most!(besides being able to buy clothes at any store).

Rides make me sick, but I do recall that at 220ish my boobs were so big that they ended up sticking threw the little 'cubby hole' the bars made(some random fair ride)... 

I miss the guys chaising me and complimenting me all the time( I know I know, not a great thing to miss... but heck, it's nice to hear good things about your self!)

Back to the not so great life in bed.. My knees hurt and pop, my hips sotra... freeze up as i say.. they hurt so bad from being in most positions that I just don't/can't do them for long...  :( I'm young.. I should be humping like a bunny... Instead i'm hardly getting any(and I have a live in boy of two plus years...).. :( BOO for being fat :(

I hear you girl i do miss being complimented and i miss being flirted with plus the sex situtatin it is nothing to be embrassed about at least talking about but you it is uncomfortable now that i am heavier plus my modesty level it high if i could wear a full out fit during private time i would lol

i have this double chin thing that makes me not even look like me so i never get my picture taken i hate it

hstevens,

Nice to meet you!  Six Flags Over Texas has benches, but there are a lot of us oldsters occupying them.

Ah, just think then, gravity from the roller coaster might get rid of a chin or two for a quick photo!

yeah not this chin it is solid wood lol and as for the benches i am way to young to show i am in pain i just dont go which sad

kdh,

I don't wear those jeans.  The material is so heavy that it pulls on the elastic!  LOL

Well,

You might as well, just suck it up and do the walking and rest when you need to.  It's good for you.  Just stay away from the vendors with ice cream!

i would do the walking but i have such pain in my legs and back that i can barely walk after awhile my legs go numb and i have fallen down alot do to my leg problem

Hstevens- Now, normally I'm not one for doctors(or telling people to go) But it sounds like you need to go get that checked! Have them evaluate your veins/arterys and see about that pain! (I mentioned the vein part because of your numbness, and the same thing runs in my family and the issue has been clogged veins).. Not saying that's what's wrong with you.. But it's something to eleminate! Also, do you have pinched nerves? That could also do it!  Yea it is sorta embarassing for me being that i'm young.... But I know it's my weight.. and Yea, I don't like to been seen at all! All lights out and please close your eyes! Well he never listens anyways... He IS one of those guys who likes big gals :(

yeah i see a doctor for it i have herdity nerapthy or something like that but they weight makes it harder to get around i know i will always have the pain i do take meds for it but with out the weight i can go a little longer i cant even make it around one block i am not whinning about just stating a fact so getting rid of this weight is a major thing that i have to do there is no more putting off maybe when i lose it i will go and ride every roller coaster there is lol

Everything hurts for me: knees, back, hips, feet, neck... I have horrible knots in my back and neck. You can just run your finger over the area and it feels like marbels in my skin :( It causes me alot of pain, but with making 600 a month, no health ins, and no kids(so I can't get gov ins).. I'm pretty much up a creek.. I did have a nurse check the knots to make sure it wasn't something horrid(like cancer or something like that) but I just can't afford to go get them worked out.  I hear you on the weight... Nothing hurt as bad as it does now when I was thinner(still fat, but just smaller)...  

I'm glad you joined the site, although i've only been here for a little over a week, this site has been my 'back up' strength! Good group of people here!

i agree it is nice to talk to people that have the some issues you do and i am sorry about all your problems do you mind if i pray for you

lol I thank you for the well wishes, While I am not religious, You are free to do as you see fit dear! I wasn't meaning to complain! I'm sorry if it came across like that! Just wanted to let you know your not alone!