By now, you’ve probably read all about how I decided to pursue bariatric surgery, and WHY I chose it. Today, I’m going to talk about what I’m most looking forward to after my surgery!
I’m going to start by saying this: you can be fat and still have a good life. You can be fat and happy and successful. I’ve been and done all of these things, despite being fat. However, there are a lot of things that being fat tends to make more difficult. I’m happy with my life and consider myself to be successful and smart, but I just feel that my extra weight prevents me from living my best life possible. In other words, my life is good, but it could be even better by losing weight.
In no particular order, here are just some of the things I’m looking forward to once I start to lose weight again.
- Not getting out of breath and winded so easily, by simply doing normal activities like going up stairs and walking. Same goes for sweating.
- Not being judged by people just because of how I look.
- Having a larger selection of clothes to choose from and being able to dress more stylishly.
- Having more confidence! My self-esteem can sometimes get pretty low. I don’t even wear shorts! Shorts would be nice to wear in the future!
- Not being so tired and fatigued all the time. I get so sleepy basically every day and nap whenever I can (usually on the weekends). I mean… I’ll probably always love naps, but I’d like to be able to get through the day without feeling extremely tired.
- Having more energy to do things. My energy levels are just so low. My children run around like animals and I am always astounded as I sit and watch from the couch.
- The ability to be a more active and better mom. I want to be able to run around with the kids and get on the floor with them. I don’t want to be too tired after work to play with them.
- Feeling like a normal person. This one is hard to explain, but growing up fat, I missed out on a lot of normal things and just brushed them off because I was fat. I hardly ever considered if guys liked me in school… because I was fat. I don’t try a lot of trends or styles… because I’m fat. If I was shopping with friends and they were looking for clothes, I never bothered looking… because I was fat. I brush a lot of things off and don’t even consider them to be options for myself… because I’m fat.
- Having less pain and discomfort. Sometimes my joints hurt for no reason, especially when I first stand up from sitting.
- Being able to travel without being nervous about my size in an airplane seat, and being able to go on rides with my kids at Disney World in the future.
- Not feeling obsessed with food and sweets. I just want to eat like a normal person… this goes along with what I was saying above about simply not feeling normal.
- Better physical health: hopefully my migraines will decrease, along with my occasional heartburn. I’m also happy to reduce my risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.
- Ability to be more physically active. I look forward to becoming a runner again once my body can physically handle it. Right now, just walking tires me out because of all the excess weight and soreness that comes along with being fat. To start with though, I’ll be happy just to be able to walk any kind of distance without getting exhausted. I’ll move on to running and other activities when I can!
And I think that about covers it! What it all boils down to is that I just want to feel better and have more energy. I want to be able to do more than I can right now, and that’s what most of this list is about.
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