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So in order to really motivate myself I booked a carribean cruise with my sister for next March! My sis is having a baby in July so it is also a motivator for her as well to get the baby weight off. I get a little anxiety when I think of buying a swimsuit, which is something I haven't done in a looooong time.

We will be doing many excursions including parasailing, ziplining, swimming with dolphins/stingrays, snorkeling, kayaking, etc. I want to be in shape so I can enjoy all of it and the ziplining has a weight limit so I definitely need to work my tail off in the next 10 months!

I keep thinking.. I can NOT fail this time! I just have to make it happen!

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I just got back from a cruise. It was a blast. Best of luck to you.

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What a great way to stay motivated! We are going to Disney in October so that is motivation for me but it would be fun to do something like that a year out from surgery. I think I might look into that for my husband and myself! I can hardly wait to go on trips and buy cute outfits and enjoy myself instead of always being concerned about how I look or how much I will sweat!

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Wow, the Caribbean! That's going to be SO nice! I bet you already see yourself lying on a white sand beach...

I am going to go to the beach too in August and feel the same... I need a tankini (I hate my scars)! I love the idea of not being the biggest person on the beach!!!

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Oh yeah- definitely a tankini or one piece to hide the scars. Hopefully one day I will have the confidence and the body for a bikini but for now- no way! I just hope to feel strong and have lots of energy to enjoy all that we will do. I already feel much better than before surgery and I have sooooo long to go. I can't imagine what I will feel like then!

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You can do it!!!!! I wish there was a smiley that had two thumbs up and danced! :)

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SunnyD--I'm with you! My DH, son, and I are actually going on an Alaskan Disney cruise next month. It's been planned since December--long before I got sleeved. (Sleeved 4/25/11) We haven't even been on this Disney cruise yet and my husband has booked us on a Disney cruise to Hawaii next year--almost a year to the date after my sleeve and the day after our 6 year anniversary! I am excited about getting a bathing suit next year and not have dimply thighs hanging out everywhere!

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Dixies Mom you HAVE to let me know how that goes! Me, hubby and son were supposed to do that in August (to Alaska) but other things intervened :( But we are planning for next year for sure! Have a great time.

Sunny D I see a tankini in your future!!

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Great motivator!! What cruise line and what port? Hubby and I are also going in March, leaving out of Galveston, TX. Me and my 5 best girlfriends are taking a "girls only cruise" in Oct.............I'm waiting for one of our hubby's to stowaway in a suitcase!!!

So in order to really motivate myself I booked a carribean cruise with my sister for next March! My sis is having a baby in July so it is also a motivator for her as well to get the baby weight off. I get a little anxiety when I think of buying a swimsuit, which is something I haven't done in a looooong time.

We will be doing many excursions including parasailing, ziplining, swimming with dolphins/stingrays, snorkeling, kayaking, etc. I want to be in shape so I can enjoy all of it and the ziplining has a weight limit so I definitely need to work my tail off in the next 10 months!

I keep thinking.. I can NOT fail this time! I just have to make it happen!

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