A hard won half pound :)
 

I spent the past 4 days with my sixth graders at science camp. I made the best food choices I could out of very limited options and did a fair bit of walking/hiking. Food was served buffet style (i.e. all you can eat), for breakfast and dinner, and make your own sandwiches for lunch (I don't usually eat sandwiches any more - too much bread, and it wasn't even whole wheat). I avoided all snacking, drank a lot of tea, never went back for seconds, kept portion sizes small, loaded up on veggies and salads whenever offered, made a taco salad on "burrito night" using shredded lettuce/cabbage mix as my base and salsa as dressing, and took the smallest slices offered on pizza night (one veggie with pesto, one ham and pineapple) and had a salad, etc., etc.

I've grown used to eating a lot of veggies, fruit, lean protein, and whole grains, so my stomach feels a bit off - hopefully that will fix itself soon :) Even though I felt like I made the most "on plan" choices possible at camp, I still expected the scale to go up this morning, especially since I still feel a bit sore, but it was down a half pound :carrot::carrot:

This is starting to get just a bit easier :dizzy:

Congratulations on making such good choices in a challenging situation! It definitely does get easier.

Congrats as well on the half pound; they do add up.

Congrats!!

On a side note, I'm SOOOO jealous! As a homeschooling mom of some very science crazy kids I envy you for being there ;)

Yay! Good for you! Doing the best with what we have is sometimes how it goes. Great choices....great result!

Well done on all those good choices!

so proud of you!

You did awesome! Buffets are evil. Lol

Good Job!