Girlfriend, I soooooo feel you on this and it is not silly. I used to wear heels quite a lot, but after gaining so much weight and suffering a chronic foot injury, I just couldn't wear them anymore. I am 5 months post op from a DS and I've finally been able to start wearing lower heels again. I wear boots with heels to work (teaching) and it's liberating. Yeah, my feet ache after a long day and my chronic injury is still there, but it is no longer crippling pain--I can put my foot down and put weight on it after a day of work, even if I wear the heels.
I don't know if I have the "one thing" I want to accomplish with my weight loss because there are a lot of things. But, one thing that is coming up that I would like to accomplish is flying without needing a seatbelt extender. I was put through the humiliation of being publicly fat shamed by a rude mean flight attendant in January when I was returning home from a family visit for the holidays. It was, quite honestly, the worst degradation I had ever suffered in public and the fact that I PAID for the privilege of being treated like such **** really upset me. Plus, my daughter was with me and it crushed me that she had to see me treated that way.
Anyway, after the ******* flight attendant fat shamed me and made a huge public display of having to hand me a seatbelt extender, I wound up taking that extender with me. Yes, I made it a five finger keeper because I refused to have to ask for an extender again on my next flight. I've used it a few times since then. My upcoming "dream" is to be able to fly without needing it during the holidays this season. If I get to the return flight in my upcoming Thanksgiving flight without needing the extender, I plan to leave it on the plane, marking a full-circle moment and an emotional triumph.
I don't know if I am thin enough at this point. I've lost nearly 80lbs from my starting weight and that is the weight I was when the fat shaming incident occurred. I'm not sure whether 80lbs will do the trick, but I am hopeful!
