hungover and punch ups!

so my birthday weekend went well. Mostly
Friday I had a lovely meal with the Dutchie. Bruschetta to start and gorgeous roast lamb with jacket potato and spinach (note the healthy touch!) and NO dessert!
He also bought me a fish tank so we have spent all weekend becoming fish-ners. Saturday, girls day/night out with my friends. Cue 12 hours drinking followed by a greasy (but hell lekker) dirty capsalon. Its not actually called a dirty capsalon but its got salad (again the health touch), sliced lamb, chicken, cheese, chips (or frieds for the Americans or fritjes for the Dutch) and garlic sauce (kinda kills the healthy touch) so me and my friends have christened it a dirty capsalon
Sunday the in-laws were here so cue more eating (no drinking.....) and a hangover. More a tired hangover than a sore head queasy stomach hangover. And a chest that felt like a ten ton weight was on it (I need to give up smoking. Sometime. Maybe). And then the dutchie's brother stepped way outta line which resulted in a punch up between him and his wife which ended up in me dragging him outside and putting him on his ass. Note. I do not advocate violence but I will not stand by when two grown adults start punching and slapping each other in front of their children. One of the advantages of being both tall and fat. People calm down pretty quick when you need to get in their face.

On the plus side, I did gain this week. but only a kilo. Which, bearing in mind my massive calorie intake (almost 2000calories in alcohol alone) I'll take that gain. I think it helped that I didn't feel like I was cheating or going off plan or being naughty. I had given myself permission to relax and enjoy guilt-free. And I expected a gain so only gaining a kilo was a pretty good result in the scheme of things.

Tomorrow I'm back on my healthy eating and exercising routine strict. I have 2 weeks until Carnaval which will be another eating/drinking session so I need to put some work in now to offset it. And if i don't get back on track, then each day will slip away until its this time next year and I'm starting again.

be healthy, be good, treat yourself
angell
xx