Fair Fail

Oh, Florida State Fair. I haven’t visited you since I was a kid and now I remember why. Your delicious, savory and deep fried treats have ruined my entire week! I’ve decided that I must confess my food sins and let you all see exactly what I ate that fateful day. Don’t get me wrong…this was no accident. My every intention was to eat whatever I wanted, regardless of the consequences. And the consequences were ABUNDANT.

Fair food day:
Carrots and hummus (1 tbl) – 150
I started out by eating a light breakfast because I knew that I was going to eat terribly.

Donut burger (bacon, cheese, lettuce, pickles, bbq sauce) – 1,500
Delicious, but SO NOT WORTH an entire days worth of calories.

Slushie – blue raspberry / pina colada – 600
I only got these because they were cheaper than water. I also snuck in 2 bottles of water (I’m a terrible person, I know.)

Tea- sweet – 20 oz. – 40
Same reason as above – a 20 oz. cup was only $.75 and the calorie count wasn’t too bad on it either!

Fried Oreos – 5 pieces – 400
These were not as good as I expected them to be, and for that, I am glad. Next year I can skip this and not feel like I’m missing out.

Cheese pizza – 1 slice – 300
Pretty good pizza…not bad for fair food.

Red velvet funnel cake with cream cheese icing – ½ - 350
ZOMGTHISWASSOGOODITHOUGHTIDIEDANDWENTTOHEAVEN!!!!!!!!

The above statement pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject.

Gyro – 560
Had this when I got home…could have skipped it altogether as I wasn’t hungry but of course I didn’t.

Lemon pudding – 100
They gave out free ‘samples’ of these 100 calorie puddings as I was leaving. They asked if they could put some in my back pack to take home, as it was the last day of the fair and they couldn’t leave until all the packs were given out. I said sure. I ended up with forty…FORTY(!) free lemon meringue puddings. Guess who’s been having lemon meringue pudding every day since the fair. That’s right. Me.

Total calories consumed during this gutbuster of a day: 4,000. And that, ladies and gentledudes is how I wrecked my field trip to the fair.


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