Yes it is true, I have been off the grid and off the wagon for nearly two weeks now, and to be honest although I have had some great times, I am not feeling as bright eyed and bushy tailed, as I was previously before the fine dinning and partaking of alcoholic beverages. Most people fall off the wagon for a day maybe two but I jumped off and went partying, for well over a week, but in my defense, it was my youngest daughter's 21st we were celebrating and no body likes a party pooper, I did however have some sensible raw food options before I hit Sydney, and manged to squeeze in a Boost juice (Eden being my favourite) but when it came to the fine dinning on the Captain Cook cruise I just went with the flow, no one twisted my arm, and I was keen to try the different cocktails on offer especially when they were half priced at happy hour, that made me happy for sure. I am not condoning throwing all caution to the wind and lose total control of your eating regime, but it is a testament to my own control I have now on my health and well being, as I have said before in other blogs I have written, I have found the key to my health, and having that key is gold, so I believe that the once in a blue moon you can let your hair down (pretty sure the moon was blue or was that the bottom of the cocktail glass ha ha?) next week I will be putting my key to the test, I will be doing a reboot (juice fast) and getting my juice on! I am pretty sure that I did more partying than my daughter did, but I have way more experience at the "eat, drink and be merry" and I thought that some of the foods I ate would make me merry, but I found that I didn't really miss eating the carbs, that old feeling of "carbohydrate overload" and wanting to after eating, returned a couple of times, happy to say that the fine dinning on the Captain Cook Cruise did not have that effect, but I did enjoy one of the richest desserts I have ever had, it was called a chocolate Roche, we all ordered a different dessert, Terri had the vanilla slice which she enjoyed, I ordered the flour less orange cake with hazelnut syrup, I thought I was being concerning when ordering a flour less dessert but was worried about the hazelnut syrup, but I had no need to worry, when the dessert came to the table, the syrup was like 3 dots on the side of the plate, I had to laugh but it was nice enough, not the most extravagant dessert, no that was Andrew's dessert! he ordered the Chocolate Roche, we all had a taste of it and all agreed that it was very rich and Terri couldn't possibly, Andrew not being a dessert type of person passed, so it was down to me to be the Goldilocks and eat the whole thing, mind you we are talking fine dinning and it was no bigger than a chook egg but the richness was devine. We visited the zoo and arrived right on lunch time, so without giving it too much thought we grabbed a burger each and some chips and water to drink and when I paid for it, I thought the girl had made a mistake, but no not mistaken it was the dearest burger and chips meal EVER! but at least it was edible not the greatest burger I have had but definitely the dearest. The rest of the week the food was not even worth mentioning, although a little nostalgic having lunch in the Town Hall Coles cafeteria, which is not Coles anymore it is Woolworths, and it looks nothing like it use to, and the food is just average, but it was in the right spot at the right time, we had been to Dymocks another nostalgic destination for me, growing up in Sydney meant that I frequented these places most weekends, and a must see for my daughter who is a genuine book worm, I envy the amount of reading she does, I can't remember the last time I read a book from cover to cover. I did in fact buy a book which I will be reviewing soon, that is my new thing that I have wanted to do for some time now, review books, but as my daughter states to me that in order to do this you must read the books first. Terri has a lot to say about books go on over to her blog http://www.lebookchronicles.com/index.html if you are into Young Romance, although she does review other books as well, i will have a go at reviewing .... sugar free and juicing books (no surprise there ha ha) Well that is about all I have to say for today on my big week of eating and drinking, can't wait to get back to the juicing though my body seems to craving the nutrients, I have a different mind set to what it once was, now I just eat what I want when I want, but holding on very tightly to the key!
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cathy
24/6/2016 12:47:15
you silly bugger but it was only for a short time and it was Terri=Lyn's birthday
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Wendy MeersI am a mother of two grown daughters, 3 beautiful grand-babies. Retired freelance Web Designer and a Sugar Free - Juicing Crusader& Keto supporter Archives
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