going to disneyland -- skinny style.

on wednesday [i think] i had the wonderful opportunity to go to the happiest place on earth.  no, it wasn't an all you an eat buffet -- it was disneyland!  my roommate, sarah from north carolina ya'll, is in town for spring break and she's never been to disneyland, so kim & i were dragged along to disneyland.  what a bummer.

i, being the gluten & dairy intolerant lady i am, researched "gluten free food at disneyland" on my iphone before my trip.  i was more than happy to find that disneyland has great gluten free accommodations for us celiactards [celiac + lactard].  i was informed, by the wonderful bloggers on the world wide web, to go to city hall and ask for a gluten free menu.  that was literally the first thing i did when i got there.  best day ever.  it was a restaurant guide that clearly mapped out what you could and couldn't eat, depending on where you were in the park.  so when i was by the winnie the pooh ride, i went to the hungry bear restaurant and ordered a hamburger with a gluten free bun.  and it was the most marvelous thing that had happened to me all year.

the old ali would have been planning out what to engorge next.  chimichanga after chimichanga after ice cream after double bacon cheeseburger.  not the new ali.  the new ali still obsessed over food, but only because certain places had great gluten free options.

my mom wanted me to try one of those epic turkey legs.  because [1] it was gluten free and [2] if you've ever seen one of those massive things, you've wanted to watch someone eat it.  now i didn't get a turkey leg, but kim did.  kim got that turkey leg and owned it.  she owned it in under 20 minutes.  and i wish i could post a picture of her eating it but my phone is currently mentally unstable.

going to disneyland 55 pounds lighter was an extraordinary thing!  i looked normal!  i would say i fitted right in at disneyland, but there are some pretty weird people who bring the tard factor up by 100 points.  i was running all over the place [literally] and some people couldn't keep up with me.  that combined with the fact that i didn't take my ADHD medication that morning made for a pretty interesting day.  [my apologies to kim, sarah, bri, cait & kimberly]  

I LOVE BEING A SKINNY GIRL!