Today I took the kids to Busch Gardens (here in Tampa) as they are kicking off their summer vacation. I have not been here in about a year. The last time I was here, I no longer could fit in a rollercoaster and was mortified, appalled, and embarrassed. So were my children. This was my rock bottom! TODAY...I not only fit in the coasters....I had plenty of room to spare! We spent all day walking the park with very little effort or exhaustion. I hardly thought about food all day. I never had any anxiety about my knees hurting, my back aching, or my feet swelling up. I was having the time of my life! Last year, all I wanted to do was lose enough weight to fit in a rollercoaster...that's it...a simple request. If I go by this measure of success...I am there! I am a success story!! I still want to lose more weight....and I will set small goals along the way. But today...I am here....I am successful...and my kids think I am a rock star!!

For those ladies who just found out what an NSV is.......for me, it's a much better measure of my efforts than the dreaded scale. I get so excited with the small realizations. Like when a normal size towel fit around me, when I could tie my shoes without being breathless, when I could fit in small chairs I otherwise would have avoided, etc. Make sure you are paying attention to the small stuff. The small stuff really gets you through the hurdles! Yay us!

This is one of my goals as well.... My god daughter loves roller coasters and I do too! I just had my surgery in April but if not the end of this year next year for sure! Congrats on your victory!!! Keep going girl!

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This has been one of the big one's for me. I have wanted to go to take my husband to Six Flags for years. He has never been and I used to love to go when I was younger. I remember when I was younger a young boy and his dad getting in the seat behind me and the dad fought with the bar trying to get it to latch but he was too big. The guys who check to see if your bar is latched helped by pushing on it and everything and they ended up having to get off the ride. I felt so bad for the both of them. When I started hitting my higher weight that memory came back to me so I avoided it all together. I can't wait to do fun things that I have totally avoided for 15 years due to my weight. Look out world here I come!!!

Roller Coasters are sort of like WLS. Kinda scary at first but worth the ride.

That is such an awesome victory! I'm still not comfortable with the roller coasters but I can remember when they couldn't put the safety bar down on Thubder Mountain Railroad at Disney. I was mortified but I now fit comfortably on that ride. That's about the tamest I go on a coaster lol. I live in FL and visit my surgeon in St Petersburg often. One if these days I'm going to get to Busch Gardens!