Do you have a theme song for your journey?

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

LOL, love it, Martha!

[relief57 53]

>http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Ce3o-laUiwU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Comfy_Blue 285]

"The Fighter" by Gym Class Heroes.

The first part which goes, "Just waking up in the B-Well, to be honest with you I didn't really sleep well" I see myself wide awake the morning of my surgery staring at the ceiling, tears streaming down my face and my thoughts racing as I think about "what if I survived an abusive relationship, two car accidents, pneumonia in both lungs, etc, only to die on the operating table? What if I suffocate during the surgery because they can't get to my apnea machine on time? Why did I let myself get this fat that I need surgery? Is it too late to cancel? If I cancel, will I be able to reschedule or will they forever ban me and think I am mentally unstable? What if it doesn't even work?"

The chorus, when it goes, "Until the referee rings the bell, until both your eyes start to swell, until the crowd goes home, what we gonna do ya'll? Give 'em Hell. Turn their heads. Gonna live life till we're dead. Give me scars, give me pain, then they'll say to me, then they'll say to me, there goes the Fighter!" I see myself recovering after the surgery.

My husband helping me walk to the bathroom and letting me grasp his arms to lower myself to the seat, then again to pull me back up to my feet. I see laying in bed in pain, my tight sleeve causing severe chest pains every 2 -3 minutes, forcing myself to sip out of 1oz medicine cups when all I want is to sleep, etc.

Finally I see me looking in the mirror at my paper stitches, then tears in my eyes as the scale goes from 222, to 210, to 205, to 198lbs and eventually 173 lbs.

The next part of the song which goes, "And if I can last thirty rounds, there's no reason you should ever have your head down" I see myself in my new body providing encouragement to my students, family members and friends about various aspects of their lives they feel as down and out about as I did about my weight

Edited April 26, 2014 by Comfy_Blue

[SandyM 1,956]

Lol, Guess if I did one for my fridge it would have to be "just walk on by" or "You're the devil in disguise"

[tndfamily 17]

Pretty sure I'd have a different song every day. Today it's Happy but most days it's One Day at a Time! Lol

[BladeFox 235]

She's A Bad Mama-jamma!

[Madam Reverie 2,958]

For the surgery and follow-up: Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

For this website? Harry Nilsson - Everybody's talkin' at me.

[music1618 879]

Right now one of my favorites is Love the life you Live - Rod Stewart!

The lyric is

Love the life you live and live the life you love.

[mi75 1,235]

ROAR by katy perry.

seriously, people are gonna see me in a completely new light. i'm gonna shed this weight and my self confidence will bounce back from where it's hidden right now, and i'm gonna be a POWERFUL, STRONG, CONFIDENT WOMAN!!!!!!!!!

[cushy 117]

Jay Z, Encore, but it's not set in stone. Lol

[Idairene 37]

I know this sounds corny but for me it would have to be "Jesus, Take the Wheel." I first heard this song when I was at my highest weight, travelling back from a vacation in Tennessee and had just decided to make major lifestyle changes to improve my health. It was a pivotal time. For me, this has been a very spiritual journey and I could have done this on my own. It took Divine intervention.

[Martha Howland-Shafiei 118]

i want to lose enuf to run so "and we're runnin just as fast as we can holdin onto one another's hand..." also JUMP by van halen

"might as well jump"

jump

"

"

and we're

[bsellis 105]

I realized reading this topic that I do have a song that I sing in my head a lot especially since surgery. 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger..' Kelly Clarkson's Stronger

[tndfamily 17]

Not sure if it's because my girls have been watching Frozen so much lately but I've been humming/singing that "Let it Go" song from the movie. Moving forward........

[ButterflySlim 8]

Do my thing..by Estelle and Janelle Monae

......and.......

Closer by Goapele

Edited April 30, 2014 by ButterflySlim