Tonight was mexican food night at the Shirkey/Porterfield house. I enjoy eating mexican food mostly because of all the melted cheese but I also enjoy it because it's usually being consumed alongside a refreshing margarita. But tonight, I challenged myself to have my usual cheese and tomato quesadilla with a side of chips and salsa and instead of sipping on the always easy to drink lime margarita, I forced myself to be content with water. Yes, boring ol' lukewarm water. The reason it was lukewarm is that we've been without a fridge since last friday when we came home from work to find ours leaking all over the kitchen floor. We did get a replacement delivered tonight, but the ice is not usable until it runs through a days worth of cycles. So, it was mexican food with a glass of lukewarm water to wash it down with. Yummo!
I gave myself this challenge because I am trying to get myself back in shape this month and we all know that one tiny margarita is adding a lot of excess calories to your meal. I don't know if this is true, because I've never really wanted to know the truth, but someone once told me that one margarita had about 600 calories...amazing! Isn't that about the same as a big slice of chocolate cake? Why would I ever pick the margarita when I could have chocolate cake?
So, I'm trying to be really good and limit myself to just a few indulgences of the tequilla kind from time to time. And, just because I'm having mexican food doesn't mean that I have to pair it with my favorite relaxation beverage. Even had I allowed myself to have the margarita tonight, it would have been sans ice anyway and how refreshing is that? Challenge accomplished!
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Good job Karen, I was always told not to drink your calories although sometimes I'm sure it is a necessity. You are almost done with your month and you have done amazing.
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