For the past month or so, I’ve been trying to get back into eating healthier – focusing on lean meats, whole grains, lots of vegetables and fruit and less processed foods. Everything had been going great, until this weekend when I went into sugar overload.
It started with my mom’s banana cake on Friday evening, rolled into Chocolate Covered Brownie Ball making on Saturday (you always have to test them, right?), which led into cookie making/testing for the baby shower on Sunday. Despite all that sugar and baked goods, I still had to try one two of all the awesome nut free treats at the shower. And then yesterday came along…Valentine’s Day…Official Too Many Treats Day. By the end of the work day I’d already had a few too many small boxes of Smarties and a big brownie….so I was more than alittle worried when my lovely boyfriend showed up with these:
Awesome, amazingly delicious nut free cupcakes from the Cupcake Shoppe here in Toronto. We split two of them before dinner and I loved every bite.
Thankfully I had made dinner a little more nutritious for us. I made the boyfriend’s favorite roasted cornish hens, along with Parsnip Fries and all the salad fixin’s that he loves. Of course we shared a couple of glasses of white wine as well 🙂
Starting today, I’m going to get back on track and focus on healthy eating again. Sometimes you have to accept a sugar overload weekend as a little bump on the road to good health and just get back on track. After eating all this sugary junk over the weekend, I’ve actually found that I feel worse that I normally do. Almost like a sugar hangover. Which made me realize that all this healthy eating has been paying off and I actually feel better when I eat better.
I’ve hunted down some new recipe healthy recipe ideas to motivate me to keep going and I’ll be sure to post the winners on here. But don’t worry, I’m not going completely overboard…there will still be deliciously sinful recipes on here too. And you know that I’ll be having another one of those cupcakes when I get home tonight. Everything in moderation!
