2 Buffets and a wedding cake

Ahhhhh a computer. Please forgive me, as I have been away with no access to a computer! But I am back and ready to tell about my weekend!

My daughter, Abby, and I drove up to Edmonton for a wedding. We had to rush out of Calgary to make a 2:00pm wedding ceremony. I packed snacks, good ones too! I was so ready for the day, the day of no schedule and no place to eat prepared meals. Ugh, Tim Hortons breakfast - no donut - and then mall food! Oh the choices, seriously, I could have Mary Browns Chicken, A&W, or Chinese Buffet. Yuck!! And I was just so confused and hungry, I chose the Teen Burger combo with a Root Beer, what was I thinking!!!!! Oh I inhaled it like it was the last Teen Burger on the face of the earth. The second I finished; I let out the worst smelling belch EVER, and it tasted no better either. I looked down at the carnage of the wrapper, ketchup droppings and runaway onions. There was no going back. I sat there and contemplated what I was going to do, like I could erase time or something. I think my only option was to go bulimic in the bathroom. But I couldn't do that cuz A. I just spent money on that burger and B. I would be hungry again soon anyway! sigh.... I promised myself, I will watch what I eat at the reception.

Okay, who am I fooling now. Have you ever heard of a portion/calorie wise wedding dinner?! I haven't either. Let me tell you about the buffet, or should I say BUFFETS. There were 2 buffets, yes 2 buffets with perogies, sour cream (full fat by the way), cabbage rolls, chicken in mushroom sauce, prime rib with gravy and endless salads - all with heavy cream sauces of sorts. I was doomed. Done, I think I gained 10 lbs at that moment. I wouldn't of moved forward if there was not some crazy Aunt behind me grumbling at how slow I was. I tried to fill my plate with salad, but it was Caesar Salad with WHITE croutons. 2 lbs there for sure. Then there was more salads with sauces all white and creamy, 3 lbs there. I piled on some olives and pickles to take some space on my GIANT dinner plate. It took everything in my to walk by the cabbage rolls but I came to a dead stop at the perogies. Yup, it was all over once I put the first perogie on my plate. But hey, I passed on the gravy.

Now I know you know the drill, eat a huge buffet dinner and then promptly undo the top button on your pants. Relief, you can breathe. I think the bride was trying to torture me because she sat me so close to the head table under the bright lights, where all 250 guests could see me. I was probably in every shot the photographer took of the happy couple! There was no way I could undo my pants, I couldn't even slouch. I had to sit up straight with my SPANKS cutting off the circulation from my ribs down. I think that SPANKS are only good for keeping food from digesting cuz your stomach is so tightly wrapped as to slim down 2 sizes!

You know what was worse than stuffing myself with potato heaven and sour cream, is wedding cake. Not that awful fruit stuff that has a shelf life of 80 years, the fluffy white kind with the most amazing, sweet to perfection icing,melt in your mouth kind of wedding cake. Guess what every table got after the meal? A plate of wedding cake to share. Seems like that might not be so bad, well let me tell you. My table of 8 had 4 kids - who were already off playing, and 4 adults - where 1 was was off supervising those children. Leaves 3 adults with a plate of enough cake to feed Jayla's soccer team. I played the game, you know, don't want to be the first person to take a piece. The lady next to me was playing the same game, we would smile politely at one another, just waiting. I really did not want cake or need it. I was extremely full. I just have no will power with sweets. I was so ashamed of myself to sitting there contemplating how I was going to get cake with no one watching. Like they would judge me, I will probably never see these people again. In the end, I ate a piece or so, let's leave it at that.

You know, all that thinking is so tiring. I want so bad to just not have to think about it. I want to be able to have the option to eat the cake without guilt or just not even be interested in the cake at all. I want to walk into a buffet and not even think about it and I sit down with my well balanced meal to enjoy with my company. I don't want to wear SPANKS!! I think I will burn them when I achieve my goal. Yes, burn them!

I hit the gym with a vengeance, I didn't even have to convince myself that a workout was what I needed. I worked out hard, did all my reps and sets without convincing myself. I just did it and I ENJOYED it! I drove home today and felt yucky sitting in a car all day. I am hitting the gym tomorrow.

By the way, I only gained 1 lb and I will have that off by Thursday for sure!