Last night I went to my favorite event in Reno, the Reno Santa Pub Crawl. I and 12,000 of my closest Santa friends all converged on downtown Reno to eat, drink and be merry. It is always a fun event with so much to see and do and the best thing is that all of the money raised during the event goes to our local schools! Yes, a great excuse to drink alcohol in a Santa suit.
Anyway, while I know I drank way too much wine and had a jello shot or three I managed to dance until 1 am and log over 19,000 steps. It was fun. So much fun that even knowing I will spend this entire week making up for last night, it was worth it.
You may be wondering where the victory comes in, after all, I ate and drank too much and I definitely gained back some of what I lost but I am back on track - mostly - today and I thoroughly enjoyed my time last night. The victory for me is that I didn't worry about having too much wine, I just enjoyed it. I didn't worry about eating too much because since I started this healthy journey I've started to focus on the fun instead of the food and last night while I ate more than I normally do in an evening I didn't eat what I would have before I started focusing on my health and most of all I had fun. My victory was realizing that I could have fun, enjoy the food and drink of an event and get back on track with my healthy habits the next day. One night did not derail or define me.
One other cool thing - my Santa suit, which I made several years ago, is now too big. I've taken the pants in several times and shortened the elastic in the waist but I realized that this is the last year I'll be wearing that suit. I can't take it in any further! That is an awesome feeling.
The picture is of me and a stranger. I loved his suit, seriously, that is a suit! So I had to get my picture taken with him.
I am off to guzzle some more water to make up for all that wine and then hit the treadmill.
Cheers my friends, we CAN do this. One day at a time. Never give up.