Saddle up !

Oh I was soooo excited last night. I had my friends Rich & Wayne coming over and we were going to go to the County Fair together. I asked them if they could watch me ride my horse T-bone for the first time. Tbone is a great horse but I have not ridden him in over a year because he tends to be a bit feisty and when I am too fat it is very hard for me to maintain my balance on him, so if he acts up I am gonna be on the ground and well I hate it when that happens. Anyways, Wayne being the gentlemen that he is offered to get on him first, he rode around the yard and tbone did very well, then it was my turn.. I immediately said that I needed my mounting block, I have never been able to get on my horses without one as hauling my large fat a$$ up has always been a challenge. Well Wayne said to me why don;t you just give it a try first without it. Of course, I had my doubts but I agreed anyways. I lifted my leg and was actually able to put my foot in the stirrup, this was a feat in itself as I was not able to do that before, I then attempted to get on and failed... This of course did not surprise me much. Wayne then said come on give it one more try and holy crap it was like god had his hands on my butt and lifted me up!!! My leg swung over and my butt was planted in the seat of my saddle!!! I was speechless and then the biggest smile came over my face... I know for some of you it might not seem like much but for me it was a huge accomplishment. My friend Rich asked me how long it had been since I was able to do that, my response was NEVER... I had never been able to do that while owning my own horses. I now no longer have to fear going out on my horses and worrying about what happens if I need to get off because I know that I can get back on. This is just so exciting to me and now I can't wait to keep saddling up and getting stronger. I am so looking forward now to my Horse riding trip to KY in September, I am anticipating that this will be a great one. One that I will actually enjoy to my fullest and I will not have any stresses in my mind about whether or not I will be able to keep up with all the other riders.

Afterwards we went to the county fair and that was sure a food tempting place. all those greasy, nasty, fatty foods!!.. and no matter how bad they are for you I sure still want to eat them!! and well I did eat some. Basically I would buy something or Rich and Wayne would buy something and I would take a bite so I could get the flavor and then I would give the rest to the guys to eat. SO I did not feel bad at all about what I ate and the funny thing is after I went home I still had kinda a sweet tooth. So I got me a couple of chunks of watermelon and that ended up being the best tasting thing I ate all night!! Amazing isn't it.. I would not have said that months ago.

Gee, I guess I had a pretty good evening last night and I hope that you all did too. Tomorrow morning I will not be able to post but be sure to check on Friday ( weigh Day) to see if I have made any other further progress. although I am not anticipating too much as I lost quite a bit last week.

Talk to you soon ..