Some of you know that I was on a trip home from July 7-July 23rd. I wanted to keep posting for accountability over the trip, but yea, that didn't happen, lol. And then I was so busy that I haven't been able to get on 3FC much since I've been back. But anyways, it was a majorly exciting trip because my wonderful boyfriend was back in the States for leave after 9 months in Iraq. Naturally, there were a ton of parties and dinners out and such. Smoked ribs, burgers, carnival and rodeo food, constant beer, airport food, on-the-road fast food stops, awesome dinners out, awesome dinners at home, all kinds of snack foods laying around everywhere. Needless to say, it was challenging.
I give myself a B+ for the trip. The morning I left, on July 7th, I weighed 128.4lbs. The morning after I got back, on July 24th, I weighed 131.0lbs. But the next day, I started my TOM and immediately dropped down to 130.0lbs. And I've been hovering between 128.0-129.6lbs for the whole week. So yes, I think there was a slight fat gain, but the gain I initially saw was mostly water weight from eating junk at the airport and TOM-ness. For two weeks of constant bbq's, celebrations, etc, I think I did pretty well.
I definitely could have done some things better though. I let myself fall into the thinking of "oh screw it, I'm on a trip, I can ease up a bit." And to an extent, I agree with that. But my "easing up" got a little bit worse as the days went by. At first it was a blob of potato salad on my plate. By the last bbq, I had blobs of potato salad, beans, and one or two (or three, hehe) extra ribs. So yes, I'm not happy with that. I'm not a diet purist, by any means, I think that to maintain this lifestyle there will have to be little splurges along the way that I can't beat myself up over. However, I CAN NOT allow myself to slip into the mentality of thinking it's okay frequently. So I had a good eye opener of how easy it is to revert back to the eat-whatever-I-want mode, and I will know to be on top of it.
I did do some things well though. I had maybe 3 or 4 beers over the whole trip. I love beer, lol. But I was able to say no because the calories just weren't worth it to me. Same with several other things like funnel cake and such, but ice cold glorious beer was a constant temptation, lol. So while I did slip more than I am happy with, it could have been a lot worse.
Travelling is hard, lesson learned. Being out of my routine, my kitchen, away from the foods that I'm comfortable eating everyday, not weighing everyday, and being around constant temptation is hard. It was a good challenge for a new maintainer, and I'm decently happy with how I handled it. I learned a few lessons, and I'm even more positive that being thin and healthy and saying no to junk is SO much better than fat and eating whatever I want. Even if it is tough sometimes.
Aaaaaaaaand, as many of you know since I wrote a thread about it in 20-somethings but some of you may not.....I'M ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This photo pretty much sums up the gloriousness of my trip, haha.
My post-travelling report :)
And congrats!
