An Egg-cellent Weekend
Yeah, the title. I know. But it’s Monday morning. Cut me a little slack.
How was your weekend? If you celebrate it, how was your Easter? My parents were in town from Michigan, and we packed quite a bit in during their short stay. We walked a lot, shopped a little, took in a show at Second City (so hilarious!), went to Easter mass, and headed to Grand Luxe for Easter brunch. It was a busy weekend, but honestly? I didn’t have a hard time sticking to my exercise and food plan at all. I’ve been getting more serious about the figure competition this fall, and staying on track just took a few tweaks. I’ve been seeing everyone’s Facebook statuses and Twitter updates about how they overindulged this weekend and need to get back on the wagon today, and…I guess I just don’t really feel like that.
I’m certainly not trying to sound self-righteous here, because there are holidays where I just go ahead and go all out, but Easter isn’t necessarily one of them for me. I’ve certainly had some nasty run-ins with the goodies the big bunny has left me, but that’s not always the case. Besides jelly beans and Cadbury eggs, there aren’t any certain foods I associate with the holiday. And even those aren’t must-haves for me on Easter Sunday, like sweet potatoes are on Thanksgiving or peppermint bark is on Christmas (can you tell I’m a sweets girl?). So this past Sunday, how did I handle myself? I told my mom not to get me any candy for an Easter basket (she got me a Starbucks card and Body Shop goodies instead), I stocked up on healthy groceries, and my big indulgence was a veggie-filled egg white omelet at brunch (more of an indulgence because I didn’t have to make it myself!). Plus, Grand Luxe was super accommodating, and when I asked for a side of veggies instead of hash browns, they practically gave me a whole head of broccoli!
Anyway, I may not be an Easter food person, but maybe you are? Was Easter your day to indulge? What was your must-eat food? Or was it just another day of eating for you? If Easter isn’t your food holiday, which one is? Spill!
Posted on April 25, 2011, in Uncategorized and tagged Chicago, figure competition, goals, holidays, weekends. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
I’m halfway through prep for a show, so Easter was just another day. I haven’t “celebrated” Easter with food since I started competing 6 years ago. And that brings me to this question: When did we start equating holidays with the need to indulge?
Great job sticking to your plan! It’ll pay off in the Fall!
Agreed! I do think we put too much emphasis on food during the holidays, instead of the actual reasons for them or the people we spend time with. I will admit though, I’m really happy Christmas is after the show I’m planning on doing
The other thing though, is that I find it way easier to just stay on track when I don’t intentionally ‘splurge.’ Even though yesterday wasn’t exactly my planned second meal, it was really close, and that made it much easier to just go completely back to normal today.
Anyway, thank you!!
Yes it was egg-cellent, you weren’t yolking around(get it egg white). Ok, so it was a great weekend, walking by Lake Michigan, a little color on the face, healthy eating (somewhat for me, at least I skipped the waffles at my hotel this time), good comedy, great company, let’s do it again soon (not Easter, the visit). Oh, my point, I even came home a couple pounds lighter. Yeah, egg-cellent weekend.
I am not really an Easter person either! I don’t eat meat anymore but even when I did, I thought ham was gross, so that was out, and while I am a chocolate person, well, I can have that anytime so what’s the big deal? And jelly beans are GROSS. I don’t know what it is about them! They freak me out.