State Fair and Biggest Loser: Not Fair Fare

Houston, we have a problem.

How in the world am I supposed to weigh in on Sunday when just the day before we will be attending the Oklahoma State Fair?!?!?

No problem you say? PFFFFTTTTT.  Going to a state fair is sort of like....the best thing ever.  Seems like no matter what fair you attend you've got a few things going for you.  Let me list a few of the amazements:

1. People watching.  Definitely #1 on the list.  It's a good time to play State Fair Bingo.  Double fanny pack? CHECK.  50+ year old in super short cutoffs? CHECK.  An entire family with mullets? DOUBLE CHECK.
2. The smell of horses.  Go ahead, say they stink.  But that's part of what you love about the fair isn't it?  Personally, I like the smell.  It just reminds me of the country.
3. Heart attack inducing food.  If you don't indulge at the fair, when do you indulge??? And if you never indulge...well, you shouldn't be reading this page.  We can't be friends anyway.

Soooo, as much as I could go off on 50+ year old leathery skin women in super duper cut off shorts that show WAAAAY too much (if you know what I mean), this is a diet blog, so I really need to be talking about the insane foods.  MMmmmm....insane foods.

But first, let me update you on how my Biggest Loser Challenge is going.  It's going.  Going all the way to the gym.  You heard me right.  Starting yesterday, I've been going to the gym.  So technically I haven't missed a day at the gym since I started working out.  The gym here is pretty nice, they have quite a bit of equipment, and everything is new and clean and working.  Since it's been a while since I did an actual cardio routine, I decided to stick with the stationary bike for now.  I've been trying to keep my heart rate up (not so easy in my old age) and trying to keep myself distracted so I'm not staring at the clock.  So far so good.  I think the best thing for me to do would be make it as much of my daily routine as possible.  Let's hope I can do it.  

I also found that mowing the lawn with our reel mower gave me quite a workout (again, give me credit, I haven't done ANY SORT OF workout recently).  Nothing that I couldn't handle or I found particularly difficult, but after going over the lawn a couple of times (we have stubborn weeds we need to weedwhack) I broke a decent sweat and felt pretty good afterwards.  I think I like that workout.

So I think I've been doing good.  Maybe not the best, but getting on track at least.  But... back to this fair.  While I have been watching my quantity of consumption, I haven't restricted myself to anything.  BUT....I am trying to be more conscious.  Eat baked instead of fried. No more extra slice of cheese.  Do NOT add mayo. Etc..  And while I've been doing that, I can tell you right now that I am planning on eating tons of slutty things tomorrow.  

Let me list some food items that will be at the fair, as mentioned in The Oklahoman newspaper:

Batter fried creole sausage on a stick, beer battered deep fried bacon, bacon brownies, cheese curds in plain jalapeno and taco, chicken caesar salad, chocolate covered corn dogs, bacon cinnamon rolls, bacon chocolate milkshake, bacon ice cream sundae, chocolate quesadilla, cupcakes including one shaped like a hot dog, deep fried bacon wrapped chicken on a stick, deep fried okra, deep fried peaches and cream, jumbo iced cake calls on a stick, funnel cakes on a stick, frogs lets, Syracuse sausage with hush puppy breading on a stick, italian nacho and italian fire sticks, italian lemonade, the Jubilee Sampler which is a crabcake fish filet crawfish tails hush puppies okra and slaw, Really Mad Turkey Nads which are deep fried turkey testicles served with hot sauce, Rocky Mountain Oysters, Sloppy Tecates which are beers poured onto juicy lime pulp in cup rimmed with pulp and salt, an d Spaghetti sundaes which are made with gelato.

Wow.  My belly hurts already.  I can't wait!

I'll check in with you on Monday and let you know what happened.

So tell me...What would you do if you went to the fair on a diet? Would you make an exception? What would you NEED to have at the fair?