More Things I Want to Do

[tinhuvielartanis]

This is an addendum to a post I made a while back, having to do with activities I would dearly love to experience once I'm a "normal-sized" person.

• Get a pair of in-line skates and learn how to use them.


• Ride a horse


• Climb a tree


• Buy a corset...and wear it, even!


• Go to England


• Go SCUBA diving


• Take up Yoga


• Cross my legs at the knee


• Never get on an elevator again


• Have a reunion with Tim, just to show him that I finally made it after all these years


• Look in the mirror without a sense of overwhelming malice


• Learn to do a cartwheel

That is all for now.

Comments

[lithiumlady.livejournal.com]

You forgot dance in the front lawn in your underwear!!!

Don't worry you'll make it.
In the mean time don't make it any harder on yourself by putting on holiday pounds. I know it's hard, but I've resolved to lose weight the hard way this summer. Good ol' starvation and exercise.

Keep up the goot work!

[philrancid.livejournal.com]

whabout standing on your hands?

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

My arms on long enough for me to be able to get my hands under my feet.

[mercymanic.livejournal.com]

I'm prayin for ya in my weird pseudo-pagan kinda way.

[agent-q.livejournal.com]

I hope you manage to do all this and more. I'm sure it will be the most amazing feeling to have a better self-image.

[asim.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd say that you can do most of that now -- if not all -- if you so wish.
But take it from me, if you dare; the best way to lose is not to diet, but to get in as much exercise as you can. If you can get that kicked over, you'll find that your food pangs tend to take care of themselves, for a start.

Don't believe in the diet-of-the-week. Believe in a good walk every day. :)

Or, just tell me to go bugger off. *smile*

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

::jumps upon her imaginary soapbox::

the best way to lose is not to diet, but to get in as much exercise as you can. If you can get that kicked over, you'll find that your food pangs tend to take care of themselves, for a start.
Been there all my life, done that all my life, and it's gotten me nothing but bigger now than ever before. Since even my doctors have run out of options, knowing what I've been through with all this, my current avenue for regaining my health is essentially the only one left that I haven't attempted. Sucks, but there it is.

Don't believe in the diet-of-the-week. Believe in a good walk every day. :)
I do believe in a good walk every day; however, since my weight has now compromised my left knee, walking for any length of time is not an option anymore and there's only so many anti-inflammatories I can take to stave off the ungodly swelling and pain that comes from my efforts to walk. Essentially, I need to lose some weight before I can actually really exercise enough to help me lose more, thus my doctors' suggestion that I opt for the surgery.

It's not something I necessarily want to do, but it's definitely something I need to do before I end up like so many members of my family: disabled or dead. In the meantime, I'm trying to take the high road with focusing on the things I'll be able to do once I take the plunge and commit to this procedure.

As for being able to do the things on my list now, I'll just use the first item on my list as an example of why it's best I not try.
Right now I can't inline skate. I am sure I could learn right now, if I could find a pair of skates that would fit my feet. Then there's the issue of my knees being able to support me long enough to begin to learn. Odds are in the favour of my knee giving out on me and causing me to fall. The impact of my fall would more than likely break a bone. I would then be looking at a lengthy and painful recovery with difficult physical therapy, all due to my weight. So maybe it's best I reserve such activity for when I'm not a freak of nature?

And I would never tell you to bugger off. It always thrills me to drag out my soapbox. In fact, I intend to do so more often when people start coming out of the woodwork to tell me how good I look once the pounds begin to shed.

Hell hath no fury....

::hops off her imaginary soapbox and blows asim a kiss::

[lithiumlady.livejournal.com]

My grandmother's way for encourageing me to lose weight is to tell me how pretty I would be. I know it's true. I know under this layer of fat lies a slammin' bod that could even modle. I do not say this with an ego, I say it because I can feel it.

But then what does that leave me with? If I lost the weight the guys that see me as the nice gril upstairs or the sister they have back home would include me in their chick radar. I don't know if I can stand that; always questioning why he is talking to me. Would he have talked to me last semester when I wore a size 14?

You have the greatest thing in the world already. Llew, even with all his family baggage he seems like someone who truely cares about you no matter what you look like. This surgery is going to change your life dramaticly, and even if you weren't having it, he would still love you, support you and dream of touching you. What I have gotten to know about him through your writings tells me he is one of the few who sees through the exterior and only cares about the interior.

You're a lucky lady with a promising list of goals.
My prayers are with you.

<333

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I have a plan for the guys to whom you're referring and, if I get up the gumption to do write my latest weight rant today, I'll include it, so stay tuned.