Better late than never as I start this post at 11:22pm. The holiday that used to revolve around food, revolved around family instead this year. Gone was the cake, greasy meat and high carb side dishes. This year the new lifestyle was easy to spot.
Rain took out the option of grilling. This kinda worried me as mom brought up frying burgers or getting fried chicken as options for today. After I made it clear we would not eat bad today, mom was back on board...though we could tell she missed the old foods. As we arrived at moms we were presented with much healthier food. Boiled chicken tenders that were browned after cooking with no oil, homemade cole slaw with miracle whip not mayo, corn on the cob, watermelon and sugar free chocolate mousse. Total calories for the whole day for me was 1100!
So proud of my family for ditching the sweets and fatty food tradition. We didn't even miss the old stuff as we spent the afternoon playing games and focusing on stuff at home. It finally feels like we are focusing more on living and less on eating.
There is a phrase I heard years back "eat to live, don't live to eat". Not sure who said it, but for the first time, maybe ever, we are doing this. Counting this day as a non-scale victory as food was not our focus on this great holiday.
Mike
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