Water Park WOW - w/pics!

I had an awesome time yesterday at Noah's Ark in Wisocnsin Dells.  Yesterday was the first time that I can remember spending the day at a water park and not feelng completely awful about myself.  I had a cute suit that I felt good in (enough to let my husband take pictures even!), could (and did) go on every water slide, could walk all day with no problems and just enjoy doing what normal people do - it was amazing.  This is what post-op life is about, doing the things we want to do without having to give a second thought to weight.  My husband took a ton of pictures, none of me in my whole suit (I wore a tankini w/ boy shorts, though when the pics were taken I am wearing jeans, but you get the idea), but trust me it looked good all put together too.  Before going in the water park, in the gift shop trying on sun glasses...   After swimming was over, waiting for my friends to get out of the wave pool. Me and my hat-wearing DH, isn't he handsome :-) After 7 hours at the water park we went shopping in the Downtown area, where there was a fudge shop...yeah.  I got a 1/4 pound block of fudge with peanut butter mixed in it, but I have divided it into 10 Amy-friendly pieces that will keep me from dumping / going way over my carb limit for the day, but will still let me enjoy my favorite fudge.  It is all about balance.   In all I was running around, going on water slides, swimming in the wave pool, playing mini golf, swimming some more, walking more than 3 miles in downtown Wisconsin Dells and just being down right active for more than 9 hours with my husband and our friends.  Pre-op that wouldn't even have been an option.  I would have pooped out after the first slide (there were over 100 stairs to climb to get to the top of the first slide, and that was after walking half way across the park).  Today, the day after, I'm a little red (I put sun screen on several times, but I still got a little burnt on my cheeks and chest), but this post-op body of mine was more than up to yesterday's activity. It is a wonderful life. It is a wonderful life.

That is awesome.  Congrats!  I can't wait until I can post a similar post for myself. =)

Thanks.  You'll get there too, I'm sure, and when you do I want to see pictures of all the fun you had.

I LOVE your hair!  Its beautiful :) Congrats on a day at the water park... one day I'll have the same experience... hopefully :)

Thanks Jaci.  I had long hair until after it got thin after the RNY ( estimate that I lost 1/4 - 1/3 of my very thick hair, but it has more than started to grow back) so this is how I've worn it since about a year out.  It was a hard change, so it is nice to know that people think it looks good. You totalyl need to get to the water park, there have got to be some in CA.  I can think of no better way to spend the hot summer days. 

Yes, there are water parks... but the confidence to strut my stuff hours upon hours is hard to find :) Maybe next month when we're at the state fair.... they have a huge water park attached.

I have seen your pics and you look good.  I know swim suits aren't the same as jeans and regular clothes when it comes to covering up trouble areas (hence my shorts to hide my jiggly thighs, and the tankini to cover my droopy belly) but the right suit can do wonders. I hope you can work up the confidence to try it.  You deserve to feel good about yourself and not have to hold back from doing what you want to do.  Go for it Jaci!

I suppose I'll put it on the list of things to do while we're in Sacramento next month! :)

Amy ~ You look absolutely adorable at the waterpark!  So glad you had a fabulous time!  You are a beautiful post-op and an inspiration to all, girlie!

Awwwe, thanks.  And you can totally get here too.  Now that you're back on the wagon and working that pouch, hopefully you'll be to your ideal size in no time.