ACL = Fails & Wins
Kristine, Jenni, and I have been anticipating and dreading the Austin City Limits Music Festival since we started this competition. ACL is held here in Austin once a year and is a momentous occasion in each of our lives (I’m not kidding). For three days we get to see some of our favorite bands, lay around on our blankets in Zilker Park, people watch, and most importantly, we get to eat some of the best festival food out there.
Kettle Corn, Chicken Cones, and Ice Cream…oh my! ACL prides itself on not having just burgers and nachos with fake cheese. This festival steps it up a notch with pesto-mint pasta salad, chicken and veggie skewers, and Death By Chocolate, a dense frozen brownie that is worth every calorie. Yup, the three of us were subjected to these evil options all weekend long.
I don’t know how Kristine fared, but I know that Jenni and I handled ourselves with FatRoll pride. The only time we cheated was to indulge in the Chicken and Avocado Cone from Hudson’s. This is a pecan crusted strip of chicken breast and a chunk of avocado fried and served in a tortilla with cole slaw. SO AMAZING! Once again, worth e-v-e-r-y calorie.
Other than that, we managed to drink water and avoid all of the epic fails that could have overtaken us over the three day weekend. It took every ounce of willpower we had, but we did it.
Oh! My other fail was the Heineken I shared with Juan while waiting for the Girl Talk dance party to begin. It was really hot in that crowd and man, a beer really hit the spot. Thanks Juan!
Needless to say, we should have planned for our challenge to end last Thursday so as to spare us this tempting weekend before our last weigh-in. We passed the test though and we’re ready to face the scale.
Since we share everything with you guys, I wanted to share these pics so ya’ll could get a taste of the wickedness that is the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Enjoy!
