This was on another forum I post on and I thought it was a great thread idea. It's kind of empowering to realize that there's a lot more I *don't* miss. Okay, what I miss: * Zaxby's chicken fingers and french fries * Fried pickles w/ ranch * Chicken wings...oh the chicken wings (I have to cheat and have them sometimes on game day) * Fried chicken and mashed potatoes * Not worrying about what kind of disgusting food I was putting in my body (okay, maybe not so much) What I don't miss: * Standing in a room of a couple hundred people and realizing I'm the fattest one there * Trying on jeans only to find that I couldn't find a size big enough to fit me * Having a headache by the end of the night b/c my uniform shirt was so tight I could barely move * My feet swelling to twice their normal size (or to the point that the bands on them would leave indentions) after a 12 hour shift * Being laid up in bed w/ back spasms after walking a mile or standing for more than an hour * Breathing heavily just from tying my shoes * Picking out a cute shirt "in my size" only to find that a 3X fits snug now * Going out w/ my friends and feeling like the guys that come up are just being nice by talking to the fat girl (I'm not kidding when I tell you that my bestfriend is BEAUTIFUL and is often compared to Jennifer Lopez) * Always wearing a cover-up when going swimming...only shedding it RIGHT BEFORE getting in the water and then being self-conscious about getting back out of the water w/o it * High blood pressure and a blood sugar that was awful close to getting me diagnosed as diabetic * Being too embarrassed to go to the gym b/c of my size * Hating going into dressing rooms and the inevitable "it doesn't fit" walk of shame coming out of there Oh I could go on and on. LOL