Mardi Gras made me do it.

Ok MFP family. My city (New Orleans) just wrapped up a two week celebration of Mardi Gras. While I did not attend a single parade this year I still fell victim to this never ending party. I will take this time to point the fingers at the out-of-town vistors that "forced" me to stray from my healthy way of eating. I blame my friend Donna who drove in from Dallas, TX and made me buy and eat the world famous "Hubigs" pies along with the locally distributed "Big Shot" sodas, and I also blame my dear friends Shelly and Mike who traveled in from Atlanta, GA and "forced" me to eat several pounds of "Boiled Crawfish" (which had way too much sodium) and then they had the nerve to "make me" drink to or three BudLights. Then there was the "Family Breakfast". My neice Aeisha is to blame for that one. She made the menu which consisted of eggs, bacon, breakfast chops, smoked sausage, pancakes, biscuits, hash browns, smothered potatoes, fried fish and last but not least, those darn grits that Auntie Janice had been stirring over a low fire since 5:30am. I guess you know by now that I was also "forced" to eat a little bit of everything that was offered. Finally Fat Tuesday arrived and my family felt compelled to pull the grill out. Need I say more. The only thing that kept me sane through it all was the fact that Mardi Gras ends and "Lenten" (the season of repentance) starts. So now I am back on track and I plan to stay focused and continue on my weight loss journey without anymore distractions. I don't care that the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is just a few weeks away. I will not give in and I will not entertain vistors from out of town.