Maple Syrup Festival

Today was the 47th annual Maple Syrup Festival in my area and I thought my son would enjoy it so we decided to go. The weather was nice so of course the place was jam packed- I was very glad that I'd brought my baby carrier because I could never have managed navigating through all the people with a stroller!



Everywhere I looked, stalls were selling unhealthy food. And I don't just mean a little bad- I mean food with astronomical calorie counts. If it could be deep fried, it was. And of course, most things were drowned in maple syrup too. I used to love the Mennonnite apple fritters served in maple syrup... deep fried sugared and battered apple slices. Yum? I was really proud of myself that I didn't order a single thing from the festival food stalls- not even the pancakes that the event is famous for. At lunchtime, when my family ordered burgers from a stall, I went into a Subway that was near the festival area and ordered a turkey sub on whole wheat. The place was deserted, which I guess wasn't too big a surprise.

I had told myself in advance that if I wanted one treat, I could have it (as long as I had a healthy breakfast and lunch first). This festival only comes once a year. While we were there, I decided not to. I just didn't want it badly enough that it would make up for the disappointment when I weigh myself tomorrow. I'm already disappointed enough that I fell off plan on Tuesday without making things worse.

So I consider today a victory- I went out and enjoyed myself and I didn't need to eat any of that junk food. It really is possible to go out to fun events like that without going nuts, and without even really missing it. I made myself apple crisp for dessert tonight (added a little sugarfree syrup in with the apples) and I think I enjoyed it as much if not more as I would have liked those apple fritters.