LAUNCH TO VICTORY

Sometimes our most disappointing defeat will become the catalyst for significant VICTORY!
Four years ago my daughter and I got on a ride at Holiday World in Santa Claus Indiana, called The Liberty Launch. As I pulled the overhead lap bar down I realized that it would not latch. Even with two people pushing it against my girth and me doing all I could do to "fit", I had to get off the ride because I didn't "fit".
I promised myself that I would come back next year and ride it. Although I had lost a significant amount of weight in the next year and I was closer to fitting, I still could not ride. Getting off of the ride and walking away for the second time left me more determined than ever!
If you have been in a similar situation you know the emotions I felt of being on the losing side of this story. This weekend I experienced the emotion that comes with SUCCESS and reaching goals. Goals that had taunted me for a few years. On our first visit to Holiday World in two years my daughter asked me if I was going to ride the Liberty Launch with her? Of course after taking off ( I didn't lose it, I know exactly how hard I worked to get rid of it) 14 inches from my waist and 18 inches from my stomach I knew I would fit. That wasn't what surprised me. I was surprised at the emotions I felt when the overhead bar latched and I had several inches to spare.
In a journey of several years, not a fad, not a diet, not a program, but a change from LIVING FAT to LIVING FIT, this weekend I experienced the fruit born from the catalyst of defeat.