I am looking forward to...?

[julirama723]

Is there something you want to do once you reach goal weight (or close to it) that you've never been able to do before? Skydiving? Bungee Jumping? Wearing a Bikini? Running a Marathon?

What is your goal activity, and why do you want to do it?

I want to be close to goal by July--my goal activity is going hiking in the mountains...for my birthday, my boyfriend promised me a trip to Glacier National park--and a hike up to Sperry Chalet, a beautiful stone chalet in the wilderness that has spectacular views. It's an 8 mile hike one way, through the mountains, steadily inclining, to a breathtaking place. We're going to hike up, spend the night there, make our own meals, and hike back down. I've heard it's pretty strenuous, and I would not have been able to do it this past summer, and I'm certainly not ready now. But that birthday hike in the mountains is really one thing that keeps me motivated to exercise on days where I don't feel so energetic.

[Outback Jess]

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Juli, Adena and I were just talking about this today...I want to hike something too, just not sure what. I want to be more outdoors than in...The only downside is Atlanta is so incredibly humid in the summer...There is a hike we are going to do in the spring, "Panther Creek" it's nothing as extensive as your but should be a good bit of work for us!
There are mountains with in an hours drive, well maybe HILLS to you!
Great idea to think ahead, and move past "goal weight" I mean, what then...

[Desertthorn]

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I love the idea of hiking in the mountains. I have been hiking on Mt Rainier, well I was until the snow and flooding came and they closed my favorite hike due to storm damage.

When I get to goal, I am just going to strut my stuff cause I am to old to put off doing anything I want to do. If I want to do it, its gonna be done. LOL

Great post

[abstractillusions]

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Hey juli great thread.

i have never been an outdoor person so walking or hiking was never one of my motivations, but i am a water girl, i have always never learned to scubadive because i have asthma, but i want to conquer that fear of having something over my mouth to breathe so i can learn to scuba dive so when i go to Jamaica in May i can dive to really enjoy a place i feel is really my world the ocean.

grins, i also have a fear of falling lol but i want to go skydiving ONCE in my life because i want to know what its like to fly.

but more importantly, i want to share these experiences with someone special in my life.

i know neither of these really are affected by weight but it does take a lot of confidence in myself, which i am regaining while losing weight. The both are going to a lot of confidence because they both involve my overcoming my fears of not being able to breathe and fear of falling lol. Yeah when i think big i go all out lol.

My short can't wait to do is to spend hours at the malls looking at, trying on, and buying cute clothes without getting tired, or disgusted with myself!

[spellcat]

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This is a great thread. What I really want to do when I reach my goal weight (and cardio level!!) Is run Hood to Coast. If you don't know what that is, in Portland teams of 10 or so run a relay race from Mt. Hood to Seaside, OR. My aunt and uncle who work for Adidas run it every year, and so does my friends mom. I have a long way to go to get there (the legs are 5-10 miles and you run through the night) but I think it is a good thing to work towards.

[Curveegrrl]

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There are all sorts of dance classes I'd like to take, but I feel to embarrassed to because of my size. Yes, I can do belly dancing at home with video tapes. But I'd like to learn flamenco, and tap, and hip hop and pole dancing!

[sweetgirl2]

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I want to go swimming with the dolphins when I get to goal. Yes, it involves a swimsuit and I have wanted to do it for years. Whale jokes spring to mind lol, but it is not going to be like that! It is at a marine park.

[imgonnagethin]

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Great thread!

There are so many, I think the main one is that I have been planning for a couple of years of moving to Thailand with my BF and opening a bar/restaurant there (I run restaurant companies for a living!), this is something I can't do right now as I don't have the physical capabilities to do it all myslef (I intend to do a lot of the heavy lifting!) - plus living on the beach I want to be able to enjoy it!

Kay

[AllieCat0817]

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Wearing a halter top / tube top! Now I have too many of em.

[julirama723]

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Ooh I might have to add an activity...like Curveegrrl said...I want to take up pole dancing! Meow!!!

[Curveegrrl]

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^ Pole dancing looks like so much FUN, doesn't it!

I'd need to get a good pair of boots too. Whee!

[Quitstretchin']

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Whne I was younger, I liked the idea of being a bodybuilder...I used to cut up my father's Muscle and Fitness magazines and tape pictures of Linda Murray and Cory Everson to my wall! Since then I've become realistic and would like to simply be fit. With that said...I would like to run a marathon (or 1/2) and have the funds I raise go towards a charity or towards research once I get my fitness level to an acceptable peak!

[Alexa]

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Hey great thread!

I've spent a lot of time planning things. I have a few...

I want to - get my belly button peirced as a symbolic act of reclaiming my body as my own and as my belly as fit to be viewed. I'm going to go and buy lots of gorgeous clothes (including matching underwear sets) and also brave high heels again.

I'd love to run a 10k or possibly even enter a small triathalon. I'm going to play football for a team (am already working towards this one - it was forced on me earlier than expected!)

Good thoughts to have when on a treadmill and doing situps.

[grizzly]

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Ol' Griz would like to go to Yosemite, hike up the back side of El Capitan, sit on a ledge and ask myself??

"When was the last time, I did something for the first time!!!!"

[Lady_Hawke]

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You guys already know I am going to Paris when I reach goal.

I'd love to go horseback riding on the beach

and to someplace that has lots of beautiful butterflies so I can walk among them. I wonder if there is any place like that in Norway or maybe the UK. Any one know?