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| I love seeing all the fluffy sheep and wiggly pigs :) |
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| What's up Pumpkin? |
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| My favorite part of the exhibits, the Dahlia exhibition! |
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| Shine on, shine on harvest moon - up in the sky! |
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| Enjoying the midway by moonlight :) |
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| Anyone for a petting zoo? |
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| I've got my munchies!! All set! Or so I think... |
So how can you go to the fair and not break the calorie bank? What's been my mantra for the last few posts? Prep! PREpare! Plan food in advance and bring some things in with you.
Tip of the Day
When going to the fair: eat beforehand, bring snacks, a sandwich and a water bottle with you, and if you have to eat something at the fair, look for a Subway!
I brought a WW AB&J (whole wheat almond butter and jam), string cheese, an apple, home made trail mix, a honey-pretzel luna bar, and a few baggies of assorted veggies - hey, it's not easy being green :)
Tip of the DayWhen going to the fair: eat beforehand, bring snacks, a sandwich and a water bottle with you, and if you have to eat something at the fair, look for a Subway!
I brought a WW AB&J (whole wheat almond butter and jam), string cheese, an apple, home made trail mix, a honey-pretzel luna bar, and a few baggies of assorted veggies - hey, it's not easy being green :)
Also, my secret weapon - sugar free bubblegum! Great to satiate my sweet tooth when everybody goes for fair scones!
So that was the plan. As for me and how I actually did... today was a rough day for food and exercise. I got invited to go to the fair last-minute by a friend that I went to tea with earlier in the day. We were only going to be at the fair for three to four hours tops, and it turned into an all evening thing. I planned and took along food, so that I would have healthy food to snack on while my friends enjoyed fair food, and I usually work out in the evening, so I figured if I got back before 9 that I could work out then. It was hot today, and I wouldn't have done my insanity workout in the heat of the day anyway. But we got back late (11:30 and I did give in to temptation when offered food by my friends, though I didn't have much.
So, not a great day.
Lessons learned when going to the fair:
1. Have a plan with food. Plan ahead that when your friends get fair food, pull out and eat your food. That way if they offer food, you can politely decline, and they won't pester you by re-offering to share what they got, and you won't be as tempted.
2. You can also have a conversation with your friends in advance, asking them not to offering to share their food with you. You can politely say "I have very specific goals for my diet today, and I brought food along with me, so please don't offer me any of your food today". You might even tell them that the kind of food that you have typically gotten at the fair in the past makes you sick, and so you can't eat it. Whatever working works for you best. Just be honest with them, and that helps. My downfall was that #1. I didn't stick to my guns, and politely decline the multiple offers of food #2. I didn't pull out and eat my food when I was hungry, or when the other food was offered, that really would have helped, and #3 part of me wanted the food, so I said yes instead of no.
In conclusion; I planned ahead, but didn't communicate with my friends very well, so now I feel sick and bloated and I didn't get my workout in. Bummer day. I'll definitely do better tomorrow!
Food
Breakfast: oatmeal, HBE's, a banana
Snack: an apple
Lunch: a cole-slaw and tomato sandwich, HBE's
Snack: green beans, cucumber and string cheese, and part of a Luna bar
Dinner: Supposed to be part of an AB&J, and apple --- Was: some curly fries and a fair scone with raspberry jam :(( --- OR I could have stopped at Subway and picked up a 6" sub to carry with me
Exercise
Circumstances, almost entirely out of my control did not allow me the time when I was planning to work out (do insanity). I did reach my activity points goal on my Nike fuel band, with all the walking at the fair, but it was supposed to be a high-intensity day.
Either way, it was a bad day in the end. Good for the most part, but ultimately things fell apart a little. I'm just being hard on myself, I know. I don't go to the fair more than once a year, but I just want to keep my mind in check, and in line with my goals. I messed up. I'm not going to let one bad day dictate the future, or derail me from my goals of being healthy. Tomorrow is another day!
Bon chance, and thanks for reading!!
So that was the plan. As for me and how I actually did... today was a rough day for food and exercise. I got invited to go to the fair last-minute by a friend that I went to tea with earlier in the day. We were only going to be at the fair for three to four hours tops, and it turned into an all evening thing. I planned and took along food, so that I would have healthy food to snack on while my friends enjoyed fair food, and I usually work out in the evening, so I figured if I got back before 9 that I could work out then. It was hot today, and I wouldn't have done my insanity workout in the heat of the day anyway. But we got back late (11:30 and I did give in to temptation when offered food by my friends, though I didn't have much.
So, not a great day.
Lessons learned when going to the fair:
1. Have a plan with food. Plan ahead that when your friends get fair food, pull out and eat your food. That way if they offer food, you can politely decline, and they won't pester you by re-offering to share what they got, and you won't be as tempted.
In conclusion; I planned ahead, but didn't communicate with my friends very well, so now I feel sick and bloated and I didn't get my workout in. Bummer day. I'll definitely do better tomorrow!
Food
Breakfast: oatmeal, HBE's, a banana
Snack: an apple
Lunch: a cole-slaw and tomato sandwich, HBE's
Snack: green beans, cucumber and string cheese, and part of a Luna bar
Dinner: Supposed to be part of an AB&J, and apple --- Was: some curly fries and a fair scone with raspberry jam :(( --- OR I could have stopped at Subway and picked up a 6" sub to carry with me
Exercise
Circumstances, almost entirely out of my control did not allow me the time when I was planning to work out (do insanity). I did reach my activity points goal on my Nike fuel band, with all the walking at the fair, but it was supposed to be a high-intensity day.
Either way, it was a bad day in the end. Good for the most part, but ultimately things fell apart a little. I'm just being hard on myself, I know. I don't go to the fair more than once a year, but I just want to keep my mind in check, and in line with my goals. I messed up. I'm not going to let one bad day dictate the future, or derail me from my goals of being healthy. Tomorrow is another day!
Bon chance, and thanks for reading!!
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