Chocolate covered strawberries ;)

So my  kids were up to something Saturday night.... traces of chocolate dripped onto the counter, and trying to keep me out of the kitchen.

I woke up to this :)

Then..... we ALL enjoyed one... or two...  :)


and my husband rearranged the leftover letters to say....

HOT MOTHER!!!! lolololol

My husband is 6'8" and has a metabolism that would allow him to drink Hershey's syrup all day long and lose weight.

My 12 and 14 year old both take after him!  LOL  Long and lean with metabolisms that burn like rocket fuel!

So... it is very nice (albeit slightly biased hehe)  when they tell me i don't need to lose weight and then try to fill me with chocolate ;)

and when my hubby says i'm a hot momma ;)

For someone that tends to be very hard on myself, it's nice to hear those things!

So yep.... I did eat some of those strawberries - though I did have help!  :)  But again... isn't it nice to enjoy things like that???  Can you imagine if I had been so caught up in my weight loss mindset that I couldn't stop to enjoy the hard work of my sweet kids??

Stop and eat a little chocolate. It won't kill you.  Just balance it out by keeping up your workouts :)

Today - we went down to the bay and walked for 3 miles in the gorgeous weather!

i know, i know. i'm getting bolder with my pictures... lol  full body picture today!

then we went to one of my favorite casual restaurants and got farm-to-table meals  (I got a nicoise salad and it was the best they've ever made!!!! soooooooo yum!)

then my daughter and I even split a gluten free chocolate flourless cupcake.

sounds gross, right?  it was so yum!

so!  i guess i'm a crash test dummy for you all.  I keep telling you all about balance and keeping the joy in eating and in exercise....

Let's see if it pays off this week at my weigh-in.  I'm kinda curious to see myself! LOLOL

but here's the cool thing.  I'm still working out everyday - it's not like i'm eating what i want and then sitting on the couch. LOLOL   If I get on the scale this week, and it's going in the opposite direction... then I'll know I need to adjust and be more serious with what i'm eating.

NOT A BIG DEAL. 

I only have to lose one pound per week.  That's the beauty of taking your time.  You can always adjust and there is no reason to freak out and start doing stupid things.

(I'm telling myself this....)

but guess what?  I enjoyed every bit of those chocolate-covered strawberries and licked every ounce of melty chocolate off my fingers :)

Life is good.  Happy Mother's Day to all you mommas!