finally a wow moment i wanted to share with my OH NY family....

FINALLY a WOW moment worth mentioning.... Well yesterday we went as a family to the Mattituck Strawberry festival here on Long Island... I had a nice wow moment there...I was able to ride on the KIDDIE rides next to my 3 year old son. SOMETHING i was "TO BIG" to do with my older kids when they were small. I had a great time even did adult rides with my daughter and wasnt worried i would crush her!!! It was really nice to be normal sized and have a great time. I did have a problem with the food choice i made, i mean most foods and such an even are the fried, greasy and HIGH fat foods...so i figured I would try a chicken gyro knowing no way would i eat the entire thing. Well i ate my portions worth... and paid for it later....and got sick...guess the lettuce got me...i dont do good with salad post up but figreing this was shredded like on a taco I thought i would be fine but wasnt. AND you know at the fairs those PORTA POTTIES! gross...but had no choice or i would have felt ill all night. We stayed late, watched the firewords and then returned home. I did learn that i cant go on the high rides i did back in my 20's...i have fears of those but thats okay i still did some fast ones with my daughter and we had a BLAST! ITS so nice to be able to do these things with the kids.....especially now that my oldest are 11 and 9! Well hope everyone is great and spending time with the fathers in their life hugzzzzzzzzzzzz lisa

Yay Lisa! I'm so happy to hear your wonderful news! I imagine it's hard to think of onesself as 'normal sized' but it sure gets hammered in when we can fit places we couldn't at a heavier weight. Wowy! I'm so happy for you! Sorry to hear about the portapotty/lettuce experience! Maybe we should all carry around barf bags in our purses in the event....! Hugs and congrats! xox Amy

Hi Lisa S., So happy for you! That's great! It was good seeing you last Tuesday at Dr. Ahmad's session. Amanda told me that I will find out this week if I will be approved or not. I'll fill you in. Maryellen

HEY MARYELLEN thats so exciting....do let me know as soon as you get your insurance approval thats so exciteing!!! KEEP me posted hugs

Strawberry festival...Yummy !!!! Thats great that you were able to ride the kiddie rides, soon it will be six flags with me!!! You should be proud of yourself you have come such a long way and you are truely an inspiration to everyone. Cant wait to see you again. Love Ya LisaMarie

Lisa, Sounds like you had a great time!(except the gyro thing)I bet your kids had such a good time having fun with you on the rides.the little things that thinner people take for granted ,that mean alot for us.I can't wait to fit on all the rides,airplane seats and booths at a restauraunt (without my boobs laying on the table It's so embaressing.Darlene

Lisa, Don't you just love those WOW moments... ~hugs~ Thanks for sharing it with us and I know they will keep coming for us all.. These are some big changes and we sometimes forget just how big of a difference losing this weight makes... Hey i went one year there and they had some line dancing, did they do that this year? Gawd i miss dancing! Well take care hun and have a great day! Debra P

That's great Lisa! That is one thing I'm looking forward to this year fitting in rides, not looking like I should be on display in the exhibits like I used to and not being too tired to walk around. Kristine

THANKS guys i knew you would understand how great this felt. HUBBY didnt get how great all this made me feel! DEB... I love your new pic on your posts! YOU look fabulous...and they did have a bank playing great southern rock music...but my kids werent interested in watching that i bet there was tons of dancing going on near were the band was playing! IT was a nice time. AND made me realize I am a normal sized gal now! As much as i still dont always feel like one. lisa