Share your thoughts....

- Fitting into my teenage son's clothes!
- Putting your jeans into the dryer so that they fit tighter!
- Going 8 miles on bike at the gym without even tryng!

Lets hear some of your happy moments...

is being with my wife and kids!!!!!
But seeing my feet would be great too............

Happiness to me (re: this WOL) is:

- being able to shop for clothes in regular stores
- being told "you look too young to have teenage daughters!"
- not feeling hungry all the time
- cooking my steak and eating it too (with no guilt)
- cheese, cheese...wonderful cheese!
- having my DH tell me that I look sexier now than when he married me!

Trying on the jeans I had been saving until they weren't too small for me....and finding out that they were now too Big!!

-Putting on my husbands pant and them falling to the floor where as they used to be too small to get into.

-Getting to wear cute clothes and clothes that I enjoy.

-Not fearing that nothing will fit after DH washes and dries something

-Not huffing and puffing up stairs anymore.

Reaching an old goal and setting a new one.
T.

-Turning heads and causing traffic accidents!

Ok I exagerated a little

But it's nice be turning heads again. I went to the grocery store at lunch time and was wearing a black mini (Not too short!! just above the knee) & heels and this guy saw me and almost walked into the wall!!!

Happiness is:

Walking by a mirror in the store and not cringing at the site of your big butt tagging along behind...

A mouthful of Macademia nuts

Wearing the jeans I broke the belt loops off trying to get over my hips a few months ago.

Having an envious friend tell you "you're too skinny"

Knowing your ex wishes he wasn't ;-)

"Forgetting" to weigh yourself because you feel good in your clothes, and that's good enough

Pepperoni and melted cheese!

Wearing a bikini again--and looking good in it

A life without bloating after every single meal

Being asked if your brand new grandchild is your first baby

Feeling good, looking good, and being good (to get there)

* Knowing I am in control of my life for a change

* People who thought i couldn't do this... congradulating me

* Co-Workers telling me the pants i just bought no longer fit me

* My dad finally asking me for info so he can start this WOL with me

* Seeing my BF staring at me like the first month we were together..
( he still doesn't compliment me.. never really did... but actions speak louder than words ever will )

...shopping in "normal" sized stores.

...having my 11 yo son say "Wow mom, you're really losing weight!

...hearing "hey skinny" from co-workers.

...opportunity to inspire others to get healthy.

...an early walk on a beautiful day.

...yummy cheesecake that fits my diet.

...eating steak in front of lowfat dieters.

Great thread!

Happiness is...

*losing weight and never feeling hungry
*putting on clothes that were too tight last winter that are huge now
*my BF telling me I need smaller clothes
*my BF telling me how sexy I look
*going to the gym and not feeling self-conscious
*co-workers telling me how much will power I have and how good I look

Going into the store expecting to buy a large shirt and a size 14 skirt and coming out with a medium shirt and size 12 skirt!!!!!! (this down from a 22/24 this past March)

* Having people I haven't seen for several months not recognize me until I say hello

* Discovering that my boss, who used to call Atkins WOL "disgusting," is now very quietly LCing...

* Feeling normal again when I sit down in airplanes, at concerts, and at the movies

* Graduating from the Women's section of Lord & Taylor to Ladies - I get to shop upstairs rather than in the corner of the basement!

* Being smaller than I have been for 12 years

* Realizing that the dream I had when I started (hoping to drop 5 sizes - done already!) is just the beginning what is possible

.....wearing one size larger the my 15 year old daughter.

.....eating and never being hungry.

.....able to run upstairs, instead on slowing walking upstairs and needing to stop half way to catch my breath

.....having my DH tell me we need to do some cloths shopping.

.....co-workers calling me slim.

.....friends and co-workers asking me how this diet works.

.....knowing I am eating the right way for life.

* going down one size finally (see my other thread re: shopping)

* not having to suck my stomach in and pull on the straps as hard as I can to get the seatbelt buckled on the airplane

* going to friends' house for dinner that we haven't seen in years, making plans along the way on how to avoid drawing attention to what we are eating or not eating, only to find out that they too are LC

great thread!