Pay the Piper...

... that's what my momma always said. If you are going to play... you have to pay the piper... and play we did!

Bekah and I had a weekend away to St. Louis to meet my grandbabies (and their parents!) and what started out as great intentions... well, let's just say, I didn't stay on my lifestyle journey track... ha!

I think, this is the first time... in my 224 days of lifestyle change that I absolutely threw caution to the wind... Well, okay, I didn't throw all caution to the wind... I've worked to hard to do that...but I didn't stay on track all the time, and furthermore.. I didn't really worry to much about NOT being on track.

That's a bit strange for me... as this journey has been utmost in my mind during these weeks of change... but alas, I was on vacation. I had my grandbabies... the girls (me, Bekah and my daughter in law, Sarah) went out for "grown up beverages" one night... and ended up having.. well, a couple and some REAL chocolate desserts thrown in for good measure...

So... as momma always said... NOW I am paying the piper. I got on the scale this morning... Up 1.7 lbs.

And as I type that, I have to laugh... it was the best 1.7 lbs. I've ever gained! Lunch at The Hill, shopping, swimming, breakfast with the kids, The Magic House, lunch, nap, dinner at Fitz's, swimming, girls night out, breakfast, Grant's Farm... it was an amazing weekend and the very best 6.8 sticks of butter I've ever gained!

And though I now have to "pay the piper" and get these sticks off of this body... I have no regrets.

Would I do it again? Oh, yeah... in a heartbeat... and probably will over Labor Day when I go to Nashville to see my other son and his wife...

I'm saving my change now... to "pay the piper".