It's the weekend!!! Day 6 and our first weekend on the Challenge is here. Since I knew we'd be going to celebrate our newly engaged friends at Downtown Disney for dinner at the House of Blues, I made it a point to make sure I got a run in this morning. I took Binki (our Beagle) with us this time, but we had a little leash malfunction so I dropped her off around halfway through. This run seemed a little easier than the first one, and I was very sore from Crossfit on Friday, so it really helped relax my sore muscles. Nothing helps stiff muscles more than moving them.
We're down to the bottom of the barrel for left overs, which is really exciting for me and you because that means Day 7 brings NEW RECIPES!!!!
The menu Day 5:
I also wasn't really sure how my willpower would stand up at the restaurant so I skipped my AM & PM snacks to save a little room for extra calories. Thinking back on this now, I probably should have HAD those snack because it would have helped keep me filled so that I wouldn't binge. Luckily, I'd researched the menu ahead of time, and we both found great choices to keep us on track.
Alice had blackened Salmon and I had Citrus Grilled Mahi Mahi. We both had sautéed sugar snap peas & asparagus with sweet potatoes on the side. Now, while your mouth is watering, I unfortunately don't have a picture, but it was beautiful. Probably the best Mahi Mahi I've ever had. The only noticeable problem when the dish was served was the portion size of the sweet potato fries. There were SOOOO many!! I mean, I could have built a railroad with all those ties! As everyone around us was clinking their drinks and eating their jalapeño cheddar cornbread with maple whipped butter, I was having a small panic attack about if I were going to be able to resist eating every single one of those little deep friend, bright orange railroad ties. Well, I am here to proudly tell you that I resisted!! And here's how I did.
We had to immediately tell our friends about the Challenge, because the first step of celebrating at a restaurant is.....ordering drinks. Alice spent about 15 mins smelling everyone's drinks as they passed them around for her olfactory pleasure. There were lots of "oh you can have just one" and "tonight doesn't count" going around, but we stayed strong. I mean, if you're only going to have one, what's the freakin point right? I was so proud of us both for resisting. Even Alice was like "no way man, we're like 25% through this thing and I'm not giving up now!" But I did have to promise that we'd recreate some of the drinks for our Day 25 celebration. Alice has already decided for Day 25 she wants my homemade Chicken Tikka Masala w/ Naan & Raspberry Margaritas!
Telling our friends about the challenge helped keep us accountable to ourselves when they were tempting us with those sweet and spicy concoctions. If we hadn't told them about it, I may have just given in, but I didn't want them to see us as quitters. And I also didn't want to throw away our progress. I realize this could get harder, but right now, I'm on top of the world, and I KNOW we can do this.
Come back for Day 7 recipes. They are going to be delicious!!
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