How to stay within your calorie goal at a fair?

This is unfair, seeing as how our fair comes in November and I cannot have my treats until then and I have to read about it here. :-(

Eat ahead of time or suck it up and chow down.

FWIW.

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I've seen a handful of calorie listings....toping out at 175. Of the 4 I looked at, average 124.

Cool thanks. They don't seem really consistent and I can't help but wonder if they're just estimations, but it's better than nothing. Personally, when I eat like **** even for one day it kind of puts me in a bad mood and I'm more likely to eat like **** on other days. But then again, I'm into fitness because I'm an athlete and maintaining a good diet is probably more important to me than the average joe. I don't even go to bars or drink, and I had to quit smoking herb too =p

I recently went to a music festival in New York City with tons of nationally reknowned food trucks that were ridiculously tempting. I ate tons of things over three days (lobster rolls, porchetta, ice cream sandwiches, Ben & Jerry's, grilled cheese, beer - you name, it, I ate it) and I didn't regret it one bit. I went with someone who I knew I could split things with so I could have everything I wanted, at least a bite or so. We both are avid Fitbit users so while we ate what we wanted, we had great portion sizes, kept moving, and walked extra distances after trudging around in the mud all day - 7-10 miles a day.

You don't have many opportunities to enjoy the things you want, and if anything, it will be a fantastic lesson in control. Go in with a plan - split food, figure out a good portion size, only eat a few things or bring healthy snacks to offset your hunger. If you deprive yourself of awesome food that you should have once in awhile, you will grow very resentful of your lifestyle quickly.

Eat healthy food before you go so you aren't starving. Also, you don't need to eat everything. Pick one treat and enjoy. You will be walking a lot, so that helps.

I pretty much agree with all of that.

I bring my own food whenever I can because I cannot eat the fair type food (celiac) so whenever possible I bring my own food and fill up on that.

Pack snacks, and if you must, eat the roasted corn, without the butter, it is yummy!!!
and you can have a little bit of cotton candy since it is fat free, but not sugar free!!

Honestly? When I go to the fair, I don't care. It's the only once a year and only time I let myself have deep fried who knows what.

A couple things I DO to keep a little balance is carry water with me and drink lots of it. Only sit long enough to rest up, then get back to walking and moving around again.

Now, if you really want to stick to your calories, but want to enjoy fair food, most fairs have a local farm food booth/tent where you can get watermelon and other fresh fruits. There are several places that sell stir fried things. Grilled chicken is all over the place.

As a treat, deep fried veggies are fun.

The way I look at it, there's only two options.

1) Don't go to the fair.

2) Don't worry about calories that day.

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