(burner for this particular post)
I was reading through this thread today about what y'all are looking forward to when you reach your goal weight and noticed that a lot of people referred to "getting back" to their old weight, recapturing the feeling they had when they weighed less and felt more like themselves, or wearing clothes they had from when they were smaller, more in shape, younger.
It occurred to me while reading these that I can't think like that, because I don't have an previous, thinner self to return to. As long as I can remember (and pictures confirm this) I've been overweight. From the time I was a toddler, always a round face, always a double chin, always at least a little gut. Clothes have always gotten progressively bigger. I've been overweight as a high school athlete, as a fairly active college student, and even when I was training for and successfully completing a 10 mile run a few years ago.
To be completely honest, the fear of trying to lose weight and failing kept me from even trying for a long time. Now, though, for the first time in my adult life, I'm actually trying to lose weight and it's actually working (down ~16 lbs since the beginning of August). So, after reading through all the great responses to that other post, I started thinking about what new experiences I'm looking forward to when I reach my goal. I think the top thing right now is continuing to enjoy the hikes I manage to do now, but without needing to haul an extra 100 lbs of human with me every step of the way.
So I want to know, for those of you who have never lived the life of a non-overweight person, what new experience are you looking forward to the most?
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