Spring day in October

The weather yesterday and today has been amazing! It makes me so happy when it's nice out. I hear we are back to our regularly scheduled October weather tomorrow. It was nice to have a little spring preview though. I think my moods are definitely affected by the weather.

Yesterday I had a near perfect healthy living day. I did "enjoy" a bit yesterday, but it was in my calorie range. I was making chocolate covered pretzels for little lady's Halloween party today and had a bit of extra melted chocolate after the pretzels were done. I didn't want to waste chocolate so I made a few chocolate covered strawberries. They were delicious and I truly enjoyed them! Plus, I didn't even feel guilty.


This morning little lady and I went to her Halloween party. I tried to get a cute picture of her in her costume but it wasn't cooperating well. I was bummed that the felt pieces of her peacock tail kept getting covered. I might try to brain storm a way to make it better for Halloween. She did get a lot of compliments though so I was happy.

I swear it was much cuter in person.

Little lady took a tractor ride and made a new friend. Her friend doesn't look as happy as she does.

I also managed to stay on track at the party. There are always so many tasty little treats at a party. It's tough because they were all little bite sizes which almost made you want to taste them all. I figured that would add up pretty quickly. I had a small piece of bread and half of a pig in a blanket. Both of which I had tried to offer little lady because I thought they were a better choice than cookies, but she didn't agree and wouldn't eat them. I felt bad just offering them to her and throwing them away since it would also be rude to put them back down after I touched them. So I guess I count it as enjoying the party as a regular person who is not food obsessed (or perhaps just obsessed with not being food obsessed). I counted the calories of what I ate and have already written down the rest of my meals for the day and it should be a success.

I am planning on enjoying the rest of this day's amazing weather. The hubby called this morning and asked if we could go hiking when he gets home if it's still this nice out. I was pretty stoked because he doesn't always want to be super active after a long day of work and there is a new trail near our house that I have been wanting to check out. My friend and I were actually supposed to hike it yesterday after out run but we ran out of time. I hope everything is enjoying this unusually nice fall weather!

Halloween fun

I am seriously stuck in some rut. I get so frustrated with myself and my own lack of self control. I did great all day yesterday. Then, the hubby and I had an opportunity to stop by a new local brewery. I figured I could enjoy one beer. I am still trying to focus on keeping my calories in check, but not let it get in the way of enjoying life. I ordered one beer and that was the plan. The hubby got a beer and a side of homemade chips. I wish I could say I was strong enough to refuse the chips, but I did mention they were homemade, right? I wish I could say I only had a taste of the chips, but who can eat just one chip? Gross, I totally shared the chips with the hubby. I guess that is better than wolfing down the whole plate of them.

I also wish I could say I stopped at the chips. We got home and I was feeling the buzz from my one beer. Then I felt the regret of eating chips. Somehow the only way for me to cope with eating more than I had planned was to continue to eat until I went to sleep. I am not planning a great weigh in for Friday this week, but I will weigh in. I need to be able to own up to the damages that I cause.

I am happy to say that today was a much better day health wise than yesterday. I ate reasonably AND went for a 2 mile run with a friend. My last run before my 10k! I also went for a 2 hour long walk with another friend. It was in the 70s here today, which is unheard of for Michigan in November so I really wanted to get the most out of it. I also stayed on track with my eating.

I have been a bit busy these past few days. I was planning on having little lady wear her Halloween costume from last year. It was a little big on her then and she is still a tiny little girl. I tried it on her about a month ago and it fit her for the most part. Since then though I have noticed some of her pants are awkwardly short on her. This weekend I was realizing that last year's costume may not work for her anymore and I was thinking about picking up a clearance costume for her.

On Sunday night I was looking at Pinterest before bed and saw the cutest peacock tutu ever. I thought it looked easy enough to make, but wasn't sure I would like it enough for her costume. I figured it would at least be cute for dress up if it didn't work as her costume. Monday morning we made a quick trip to the craft store and bought out supplies. I think I spent about $15 so not a bad price for a costume. I made her the tutu and it came out super cute! I also grabbed a pair of orange Halloween socks and made them into leg warmers to give her some nice bird legs. I bought a barrette and some peacock feathers as well for her to wear in her hair. She has a ruffly romper outfit that she wore for her one year photos and is perfect underneath. I just need to get her a long sleeve shirt to match under everything.

peacock tutu, hair clip and orange bird leg warmers