Motivation, Support and Accountability Thread, March 30th - April 5th

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So yesterday, my family went to an Easter celebration at a local living history museum (http://www.georgeranch.org). There were period Easter activities at each of the homes (1830's, 1860's, 1890's, and 1930's), including an egg hunt. There was also a catered lunch available for an additional charge. Since neither my mom nor I wanted to clean up our homes or yards for a visit from the Easter Bunny this year (no time! no time!), this sounded like a perfect event to go to.

There would be a tram so my father wouldn't have to walk from site to site, but my husband and I would have no problem getting in our steps if we wanted. Of course, this was before my knee decided it was going to start giving out on me, so I was glad of the tram, too. However, I still got in over 8000 steps, taking it slow and easy.

The food, though. So. Good. Split pea soup with ham hocks. Smoked ham and roasted beef. The best creamiest mashed potatoes I have ever had. Roasted root vegetables almost as good as mine. Green beans with enough bacon that my mother in law would approve (but not enough butter for her). Absolutely delicious brown gravy. Scotch eggs. Carrot cake with homemade buttercream. Treacle cake. Hot cross buns. All on a buffet line. Everything tasted like it was made from scratch, and like they got out the best cookbook for us.

O.M.G.

I ate until well beyond full, but not exactly stuffed. I tried really hard to take reasonable portions of the meat, loading up on the roasted veggies, and split portions of each dessert with my husband.

We did not eat dinner. And even the kids did not complain about that. And while the lunch may have been impossible to log accurately, the two plates I had were offset enough by all the walking around - enough that I lost 2 pounds.

Here's to similar goodness today. Happy Easter to all!