Savor the flavor

I had a fabulous weekend!

One of the good things about this lifestyle change is that now I appreciate food a whole lot more. I ate a lot of interesting and delicious food this past weekend. Even the food that I would normally never seek out (I will get to that in a minute) I found enjoyment in eating it. I have -somehow- learned how to savor the flavor. It was almost intoxicating how much I enjoyed my food.

So this entry is going to be about the food I ate, enjoyed and do not feel guilty about any of it.

As my previous entry stated we ate some Soul food. I have never had real soul food before and oh. my. god. it was a-mazing. The ribs, the chicken, the green beans, and the mac and cheese - holy crap the mac and cheese was to die for, really.
I also had my first Dim Sum experience. I can't say that I will ever seek out Dim Sum on my own, but [most of] what I ate was yummy. It was delicious even despite the fact that the chef insisted that I eat mini shrimp or pork in all of my dim sum items, I even ate duck.
I ate a grass fed burger. I don't eat a whole lot of beef anymore, but this was a fabulous burger. My brother in-law got some pork jowls... which he said was great, but I did not try those as I pig cheek is not appealing to me.
Then there was the Pizza. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a sucker for NY pizza. No pizza compares, and if I make a visit to NY without getting pizza...I come home slightly depressed.
The next two things were probably the best part of my entire long weekend.
We went to this Peruvian restaurant and (most of us) ordered half chickens. I don't think I have ever tasted chicken this good. It was moist and savory and juicy and I ate down to the bones. Not a single word was said throughout this dinner, that's how good this chicken was.
Then there were the cupcakes. I had discovered this cupcake place online that got stellar reviews AND it was only a few blocks away from my sisters apartment. They had three kinds of cupcakes that day: vanilla, chocolate and banana, but the best part is the icing. They have probably 30 different kinds of icing that you can put on the cupcakes, like vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter, coconut, caramel, french chocolate, maple walnut, blueberry, strawberry...just to name a few. They were melt in your mouth delicious. In fact they were so good, we went back again that day.

This past weekend pretty much revolved around food. A weekend like this would have totally destroyed my diets in the past and in a few weeks from now I would have gained back all 9 pounds that I lost. Not this time. Starting today I got myself back on track and back to my workout regimen. While I did not weigh myself this week, I refuse to beat myself up over my foodie weekend. It was delicious and so worth it. And it was only three days. I have got so many more days ahead of me to let three days hold me back.

My trainer kicked my ass tonight and told me that he was proud of me (this is HUGE).

I ate relatively well, although my fruit and veggie count was a little low, but that's easily fixable.

Another good thing about this past weekend is that it gave me blog fodder for the next few days, but I will save all that for tomorrow.

Quote of the moment: "As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you." - Elizabeth Gilbert

Love,
-K