My Easter Feast

Happy Easter Everyone!

Adam and I went to his parents for easter lunch, and I had every intention of being "good." I started off with a bowl of Fiber one for breakfast, so that I would be less likely to stuff myself. Well that logic, went right out the window.

His Mom made my favorite salad "winter salad" which has apples, cashews, spinach, romaine mix, dried cranberries, parmesan cheese, and a nice sweet dressing with poppy seeds. I had two medium sized bowls of this.

His Dad grilled fillet mignon's, which are realtively healthy, given the portion size they were. I had one, with around 1/2 c of mashed potatoes, and a good helping of broccoli and cauliflower. Only if I had stopped there, I guess I wouldn't feel so stuffed....

I made scotcharoo's last night, as I LOVE everything and anything peanut butter. I'm not sure how I restrained myself from not digging into the whole pan! At lunch, I had a nice size scotcharoo, along with a chocolate buttercream iced cupcake (and yes I savored and ate all the icing too).

I have every intention of going to they gym tonight as planned, and working off a portion of my Easter lunch with a nice 45 minute run on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the elliptical.

Every now and then, there are going to be days where I won't eat as healthy as planned. As long as I pick up my healthy habits the next day and continue with my work-outs, there isn't a big reason to sweat it. Now, if I didn't this every week or several times a month, that would not be good.

Life is about balance, and you can't deprive yourself of the things you enjoy, as that's not realistic to live the rest of your life. I'm trying to be good 80% of the time, and the other 20% I'll induldge.

In 2009 I weighed my heaviest at 190 lbs. Today I'm at 125 lbs, sure I'd like to get to 120 lbs, but I'm comfortable with maintaining the weight I'm currently at. If I gain 2 pounds so be it, there are a lot of factors to gaining 1-5 pounds at any given time. As long as I can reasonably keep that figure below 130, I'm cool....

My point is, don't sweat it if you messed up your "diet" during the holidays. Pick up the next day and continue with your healthy habits. Don't give up because you had a "bad day", we're all human, and with enough determination and effort, you will get there :)