4th of July Weekend, and Beer as my Enemy

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Fourth of July weekend. I know I did. Friday went to a friend's BBQ and had a great time with great food. I definitely ate well at the BBQ, but drank tons of beer. It's hard to stay cool when it's 100 degrees outside, and beer is definitely a nice way to keep cool. But adds up the calories very quickly! I didn't hit the gym at all this weekend, which makes the drinking/eating even worse.

For the 4th my cousin invited me to dinner at his place. Again, drank more beer than I should have, but ate within my means. I offered to bring beer without knowing how many people would be at his place, so I bought a 18 pack of Bud Light, and when I showed up it was just me, my cousin and his girlfriend. Needless to say, I have a lot of extra beer. I left him with 6, and I think I drank 4 there, so that means I have 8 in my fridge staring at me tempting me with their icy cool bubbliness! This could be bad. It will definitely be a struggle not to grab one with dinner or lunch. But I have will power and I will use it! But we ended up going to watch fireworks in the city of Carmichael. It was definitely a good evening.

Today I babysat for another cousin and definitely feel like I got my workout chasing after a 4 year old and lifting a 25 pound one year old for 5 hours. How my cousin has any energy to go on a run on any given day baffles me! I ate well today though. Egg white scramble for breakfast, a light lunch, and fish and artichokes for dinner. I need to keep eating well this week because this weekend holds more festivities. I have a birthday dinner to go to at Dave and Busters on Friday, but already looked at the menu and they do have a 600 calories and under portion. It will just be will power to pick something off there while I see burgers and pasta, and fries tempting me. I also have a ladies night planned for Saturday night. I think we are doing a pot luck type thing so I can make good choices there but then we might go out on the town...which means beer... My new nemesis.

I'm not sure if it's just a summer thing, but I feel like I have a lot of weekends booked with friends and parties and whatnot. And at almost all beer or liquor temptations are there. And with it being so stinking hot in Sacramento this summer, it is hard to look at a frosty pint glass and golden liquid goodness and say "No thanks..." Everything in moderation, right? And if not... spend an extra hour at the gym!