Not so Lucky!!!

As I prepared to go to Las Vegas last week, I decided on a low carb diet so that I would drop a few pounds quickly and not have to worry about putting on “extra” weight while on vacation. For the entire week, I ate baked/grilled chicken and some type of greens (lettuce, raw spinach, etc.). I only drank water (as I mostly do anyways) and had a small amount of “lite” apple juice. The first day was HORRIBLE. I had no energy, and was sleepy the entire day. By the second day, I realized that I needed to replace those bad carbs that I had eliminated with good ones, and everything was much better the remaining days! Friday FINALLY arrived and it was time to leave for Vegas. After I weighed my luggage, I decided to weigh myself . . . Had this low carb diet really worked? Were the boring meals worth it? The moment of truth . . . lost 4.9 pounds!! I was excited because even IF I put on a few pounds while in Vegas, I would have to worry about weighing more than when I started. Needless to say, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” . . .EXCEPT . . .

In “Old Vegas” (downtown Las Vegas), there is a zip line that you can
ride from one end of the street to the side. If you know me, you know
that I’m a thrill seeker, so I was excited about the opportunity to do
so . . . UNTIL my bestie Candi and I got to entrance to read the
requirements for riding. In big, black, bold letters it
read : “Maximum weight requirement: 250 pounds”. BUMMER!! Honestly, I
wasn’t THAT upset because I had already predicted that there was some
weight requirement, but I was praying that it was more than what I ]
weighed. I told Candi that I would wait while she rode, but she
insisted that it would be boring without her BFF. . . Although I
didn’t acknowledge it, I could see her “checking” to see if I was
upset with the fact that I couldn’t ride, but I kept my poker face on
and we continued on our way . . .

The night before we left, I had insisted on riding the roller coaster
at New York, New York ( a hotel/casino) in Vegas. We walked a little
over two miles at night for me to get to the roller coaster, so I
prayed that I could actually ride when we got there. Not only would
it had been embarrassing to not be able to, but my friends would have
been upset for having to walk that far (I assume), for NOTHING! As I
approached the line, I saw the sign . . . “People of certain weights
and/or certain size bodies or body types may not be able to ride.” I
contemplated just getting out of line and pretending that I had
ridden, but that would just be cowardly, I thought. As I paid my $14
to ride, I was relieved to see someone bigger than me up ahead in the
line and even more relieved when I saw her exit AFTER the ride was
over. I WAS SAFE!! As I got in the seat, I pulled down the shoulder
restraints and pulled up the seat restraint. I was just certain that
I wasn’t locked in place, so I asked the attendants to check it about
six times. They assured me that I was locked in and I was. The ride
went well, and I left just as happy as the plus sized lady that I had
I had seen go before me.

I had planned to exercise while on vacation, but mistakenly left my tennis shoes home. Once I got home, I was excited about weighing myself. . . But, just as I had predicted, I had gained ZERO pounds while on vacation!! We walked SO MUCH while in Vegas and never did any binge eating so it was easy this time around. I do look forward to going back to Vegas, and when I do, I WILL meet the weight requirements for the zip line even though I was not so lucky this time!!