50 Reasons

Why I had Weight Loss Surgery

1. I don't want to get Diabetes
2. I don't want to have high blood pressure anymore
3. I don't want to have sleep apnea anymore
4. I don't want to have high cholesterol anymore
5. I don't want to have stress incontinence anymore
6. I am tired of being discriminated against by employers and prospective employers
7. I want my knee pain to go away so I can walk again
8. I want to be able to sit in ANY chair
9. I want to look at myself in the mirror and not see rolls of chin
10. I want to be able to wear Jeans with a zipper
11. I don't want to have swollen ankles anymore
12. I'm tired of children making fun of me or telling me that I'm fat. Yeah, I know I am.
13. I want my sense of pride back
14. I want to run 5 miles
15. I want to work out with weights again
16. I want to stop snoring so my husband can sleep
17. I want to move a little faster
18. I want to go to the beach again
19. I want to go to shopping with my girlfriends again
20. I don't want a choice of 2 stores to buy clothes
21. I want to be able to tolerate New England humidity in the summer.
22. I want to walk up a flight of stairs without panting
23. I don't want to look like Shamu anymore
24. I want to love my bathroom scale or any scale!
25. I want to go to my High School reunion next year and look hot!
26. I want to have a love affair with my husband
27. I want to travel to Ireland
28. I want to travel to Italy
29. I want to travel to Greece
30. I want to travel to Vietnam
31. I want to be employed again
32. I want to be a trophy wife!
33. I want to get rid of my fat clothes
34. I want to sit down without rolls of belly fat getting in my way
35. I want to lose my ghetto booty
36. I want to be able to bend down and tie my sneakers without my face getting red
37. I want to look sexy again
38. I want to wear a bathing suit, not a bikini - a one piece
39. I want to stand in front of a mirror and like what I see
40. I want my thighs to stop rubbing together
41. I want to look at my old pictures and laugh
42. I want to stop yo-yo dieting
43. I want to wear my size 9 leather pants again
44. I want to learn to cook like a thin person
45. I don't want to have to say excuse me when I'm trying to go down a narrow aisle
46. I want to dance again
47. I want to love life again
48. I want to be healthy
49. I want to stay alive
50. I want to love me