I want to:

Walk up stairs without pain and puffing
stand up after sitting and not worry if my knees will work
stand up after sitting without pain

I have to plan where I go in terms of whether I have to walk a long way, or go up stairs, or can park close by. Its so embarrassing to worry whether I can stand up gracefully after sitting for a while in a meeting at work, at a restaurant, or anywhere. Sometimes I have to slowly stand while holding on to something, then stand there a while to get the knees ready to walk....HELP!

I want to see a picture of myself without experiencing embarrassment because of the way I look -- I hate being the fat one in the picture.

I want to get off the medicine for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and aleve.

I want to look good again