Easter Weight Gain! April 19, 2006
So, how did everyone go with their diets over Easter?
I put on nearly 2 kg (4.4 lbs)! Although my weighted average is only showing about 0.1 kg (0.22 lbs) gain. I hate seeing that red on the graph, and will be working extra hard to try to get the weight back down before the end of the week.
Easter turned out to be a perfect storm of calories this year. Last weekend was my daughter’s first birthday party, and that involved a lot of junk food and leftovers for the following week. We were also going away for 5 days over Easter, so we had to eat down the food in the fridge and cupboards.
We stayed with friends for 5 days over Easter. They own a restaurant out in the country, and are fantastic chefs, so we ate a lot of cooked breakfasts, roast lunches and dinners, huge BBQ steaks, delicious desserts, etc. We also visited an open day at a local winery, attended the town’s annual festival, drank a lot, ate tons of chocolate, and enjoyed their daughter’s seventh birthday party.
I took my running gear with me, thinking it’d be really nice to jog on the flat country roads (my coastal town is very hilly). Between looking after the kids, the late nights, the alcohol consumption, and the chilly autumn mornings, I didn’t get out for a run even once!
I decided early on to just ditch the diet for this past week. I knew I’d probably gain a couple of kilos, but it would be worth it to spend quality time with friends we see only a couple of times a year, and to enjoy Easter, the parties and the festivals with our kids. It’ll take me a couple of weeks to burn those kilos back down, but that’s OK. Sometimes you just have to enjoy life!
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