Fair-goers: Share your secrets here!

I'm headed to the Great MN Get-Together tomorrow afternoon.  It's been a few years since I've been there.  I'm looking forward to going and not being as food-obsessed as I was in years past.  I will also have the energy I need to wander around all day with the kiddos seeing the sights, then maybe embarrass my daughter by dancing as I escort her to a boy band concert at the GrandStand that night.  :) 

I plan on staying hydrated, sampling other people's yummies, and scouting out WLS-friendly options for food.  Oh- and I also plan on wearing a hat because my scalp will fry with all this hair I've been losing the last few weeks (boo!)

Any tips for me or all the others headed there the next week?  If I come across any good finds I'll post them here.

From my visit to the fair last year -

As for the State Fair?  I did well - tried gator, but never found the camel.  Had 1/3 of an order of cheese curds, tried fried pickles, 1/2 a cheddar beef stick, had a taste of 2 different "fudge puppies".   Honestly?  I didn't eat very much at all!  Never even had my beloved pork chop!  Nor did I do the giant slide - but I DID go on both sky rides with no fear or embarassement, and we DID cruise through many campers!  Yes, I fit through the doors better and don't rock them like I used to, but DAMN!  Being tall is still an issue when it comes to passing through the doors of some of the smaller ones...  YOWCH!  I actually have a small scab on my noggin!

It's best if you're with people you can share with - especially being as freshly post-op as you are!  I can eat a whole pork chop if I haven't had much else, but it'san awful lot for one of us!

There are plenty of proteins available, plenty of fresh options.  And I know some people who have bought snowcones MINUS the syrup, then added their own Crystal Light 'sauce' (personally, I think mixing up a 'stick' of Crystal Light with just enough water to fill one of those Mio bottles would be DA BOMB!)

Have Fun - and enjoy the fair without all those pounds you've already shed!!!

I haven't gone yet this year, but I remember having grilled shrimp from somewhere last year.  It was lovely.  I also had a slice of pizza--not too good, but that's about all I ate.

I do want some cheese curds this year, but otherwise I am pretty able to resist.  I am very happy that I will be able to walk comfortably for the entire day!  What a difference.

There was 8 of us from my family that went on Saturday.  (Don't ever go on a Saturday. Way too busy)  Anyway, I ate 1/2 a gyro, a few cheese curds, a few sweet potatoe fries, a few choc chips cookies, lots of milk and a few bites of cheesecake on a stick. (To die for)  All in all did a lot better than I normally do.  I gained only .6  Pretty happy with that.  Already lost a little of that.  Of course did a lot of walking.  Totally worth the gain.  Ya gotta live!

We had a great time at the fair- besides it being waaay overcrowded.  I walked around all day with ease and pretty much stuck to my plan.  I went for the afternoon/evening, so had lunch at home, then milk at the fair, as well as part of a roasted corn (my FAVE) and had some shish kabob meat for supper.  I had a bite or two of other people's stuff, but really, I guess I really didn't eat all that much.  On the way home I had a baby bell cheese I'd thrown in my bag.  Partly I wasn't with big eaters and partly everything costs so dang much, so I guess I came out of it all right.  :)

I saw plenty of good looking choices too- pulled pork, jerk chicken, fruit kabobs, and on and on.  Also, they had sugar free lemonade at the gator shack.