The FAIR? You went to the FAIR? What could a moderately health conscious nut job like me find to eat at the fair? Surprisingly at the Illinois State Fair it was possible to make some reasonably good food choices. (that's how we say it at my house, "food choices" we're fancy) The 1st time we went to the fair, yes we went twice, we ate before we went to the fair. Eating brfore is both economical, and calorically(is that a word?) wise. Didn't spend $6 on a corndog, etc. Also, it's easier to pass up the funnel cake, taffy, mini doughnuts if you're tummy is full. So, anyhoooooo, we ate first, that was the good part, we went to the Twilight Ballroom, not as good. The Twilight Ballroom is where the Illinois wineries set up a tasting. I probably drank about 500 calories of wine. But I did not have a corndog!
The 2nd time we went to the fair we decided to eat supper at the fair. So, what do you eat at the fair? I went for the grilled pork chop on a stick. A little bigger than the pork chops I normally grill, but still, about 300 calories. Not bad. The other options were a dinner, pork chop, baked potato, applesauce and a roll. I also would have been happy with the ribeye sandwich, sans bun. In this case the side dishes could have been the downfall. Later in the evening we had some river fries (fried thin potatoes) not a great choice calorically (my new fav word) but 3 of us shared them. Overall not a bad fair, food wise.
Now on to other more exciting (?) topics. I just finished the 1st few days as an Intermediate PE teacher. If only we could find that energy when we get a little older. They are very energetic, and it's nice to see how excited they are to be in school.
So, to recap, eat grilled stuff when you go to the fair, don't drink too much wine, try to act more like a 4th grader every now and then.
That's all for now.
I'll see you at the gym.
