This weekend has been a challenge for me. It is FAIR weekend! Anyone who knows me knows I am a fair addict. I love the food, 4-H projects, animals, vendor booths, I LOVE it ALL!!! When I started this challenge I knew it was going to overlap with this event, and I was already commited to going to be a judge. I was worried about staying on track. I have been following the 21 day fix program and didn't want to ruin the gains I had made with it in the past week. I didn't want to start over. I decided I needed to pack my food. I packed a container of chicken/green beans, cucumber salad, and one of watermelon. I also put a ziplock baggie of mixed nuts in my bag.
When I got to the fair I didn't bring my cooler of food into the fair because I didn't want to carry it around. I ended up buying lunch because I didn't want to go back out to the car. That was hard. I wanted the curly fries, pronto pup, and ice cream. I ended up getting an overpriced (everything is always overpriced) taco salad. I figured if I didn't wat the shell I would be staying pretty close to the eating plan. Later in the day I did end up taking a piece of my sisters cookie, but I didn't feel guilty. I was actually very proud of myself about the choices I made even though I didn't end up bringing my food in with me. I was able to eat what I had packed for dinner that night.
The hardest part for me was being the person who wasn't going to have ice cream or curley fries. The person who says "no, I am on a diet". That person always annoyed me. I always felt like if you are going to somewhere like the fair you should just enjoy yourself and not worry about it for the day. I felt like while I was activly concentrating on my goal and this challenge, I need to be that person. Once I hit my goal I will splurge, I am just going to try and keep to every once in a while instead of every night. :)