The Food Reunion, I mean Family Reunion

There is just no way of getting around having too much food at a family reunion. Keeping 10 adults and 12 children happy is no easy task. This year The QueenVee with her trusty new oven decided that a bake-a-thon would be the easiest way to keep the swarming beehive of activity to a controllable hummmm. She made more cookies than I want to even think about and topped that off with SEVERAL loaves of delectable banana bread only to be accompanied by the yummiest 12+ cartons of ice cream.

Now don't you Healthy Wives in training fret there were plenty of vegetables and fruit to be had....more than plenty, but you had to makes smart decisions. You see, even with the virtual smorgasbord board of food you could control your own portions and decide exactly what you were going to eat.

Friday and Saturday I have to say I'm pretty dang proud of myself. Good breakfast, good lunch, which meant that even if I had a yummy dinner I was not taking back all my weeks of good eating. Today was a little harder with the BEST BREAKFAST ever and Yummy Enchiladas for dinner. But I didn't feel completely out of control.

So how you may be wondering did 5 of your HWHL participants fair....well here is a photo montage just for you.
I'm just not sure what to do...which to choose....what will I do? I decided for fun we should Rochambeau to see what people choose and here is the result.

Ro, Cham, Beau......

Samantha (Dragonfly), carrot, she said she has to counter balance that she isn't exercising regularly yet due to baby still waking up on the middle of the night.

Victoria (Queen V), cookie, my biggest surprise. I guess when you make that many cookies you do have to try them.

Mindy, cookie. Well when you look that good and run that fast you can eat those every once in a while.

Melissa (Apis Melliflora), her last minute decision was the carrot but I don't think that cookie was too far behind.

Audrey, well. I like the best of both worlds and maybe eating a cookie and carrot together they cancel each other out....right, somebody throw me a line here? Just kidding. It was actually the first cookie I had all weekend.

But seriously ladies. Sometimes its time to have the cookies. Enjoy life in moderation, enjoy your hard work, your successes. That's part of being happy. Remember that this is something you need to be able to do for the rest of your life and part of that is allowing yourself to enjoy it a little. Moderation in all things. When you hit that bump, jump right up and keep going.

Now get your hand out of the cookie jar!