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 shit 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 asshole 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!
