Good morning feathers! I've got today off for a 3 day weekend, and so far I've spent it planning meals, grocery shopping, and hitting the gym. My workout was not great (since I got back from Chicago I just haven't had my intensity up where it should be) but it was better than not doing anything!
I have a nice chest cold going on, and last night I took some Nyquil and went to bed early...yeah, at like 7 pm! I slept for about 11 hours and I feel a bit better today. Hopefully in a couple of days my workouts will be back to kicking *** and my cold will be history.
While I was asleep in bed here in North Carolina, my fiance was out on the town in Colorado for a buddy's going-away celebration. As I was getting ready for the gym at 7am my time, I got this message from him; "Holy party. It's 5am. I'll try to recall last night's events for you later but it's almost beyond comprehension if you have never had a real Brian rally. We did a scuba exfil and stole a boat... well, two boats. Lolz." - The funniest part of this being that he actually wrote "Lolz" which isn't something he does. He's 33. hahaha.
This is why he's my best friend... too much fun. We are going to have a blast next month in Las Vegas.
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Dorian - I've never actually had a fried Oreo, cheescake, Twinkie or anything like that so I want to! It's kind of a culinary bucket list item for me. It's a short list, but I've also got black truffle, fois gras and some other things on there. I can knock off a few this summer.
As for the party, just do your best and don't worry about being judged for eating light. I promise nobody is that concerned about how much you eat! Just be social and drink a lot of low cal beverages. You'll be fine!
Krampus - I have a theory; your weight was lower than you thought it would be yesterday, after having a beer the night before... and now it's up... I think the beer mildly dehydrated you, but now the excess calories from that, dessert and such has processed through you. Remember, it takes up to 72 hours to fully digest a meal. (Just a thought) - Either way, you just have to tighten it back up and you'll be good to go in a week. Don't hit 130 again!
Oh, you had me at 'bacon'. That sounds great! I'm sure there will be no shortage of bacon at the fair. Now I just have to convince my fiance to go!
Toni - Like Crazygurl suggested, maybe some sort of incentive/challenge would help? For me, a deadline always does the trick (Photo shoot, big event, holiday out of town, WEDDING!) and keeps me on track. I also find that my success builds on itself; each day I stick to my planned meals and workouts it makes me proud and makes it easier to do the next day.
Would something like that help you? Let's all brainstorm some ideas for short and long(er) range goals!
Turbo - Heck yeah girl, they can fry anything up at the fair! LOL I've seen shows about fair foods on Food Network and Travel Channel sooo many times (haha don't judge me... I like food porn!) and basically you take whatever you want to fry, dip it in batter, and toss it in the frier.
Other "popular" things to deep fry are Twinkies, candy bars, and cheesecake.
LOL as I was looking for images I got grossed out. None of them look particularly appetizing, and I saw deep fried bacon, s'mores, beer, cheesecurds, butter (Yes... butter), ice cream... the list went on and on.
I think I'll have to choose one item and call it a day, lest I spend it running to the toilet.