vacation weight
 

Last day of vacation and just hopped on the scale in the hotel bathroom... and I'm the same as at the beginning of vacation. Whew!! I track calories etc and saw that after a few big meals and calorie splurges my average calories were up to 1750 a day instead of the 1500 I aim for, so I was worried, but I guess it didn't actually add up to that much over time. Also, I think the smartest thing that I did was to do a lot of exercise over vacation - that may have helped with the excess calories and made me keep things a little in check. I never thought I would say this, but jogging around a new city early in the morning was kind of breathtaking - in a good way :)

Great job, Freefall. You've just reinforced my theory that we have to think, eat, and act like "thin people." Whether we're trying to lose or maintain, we have to be able to live, too. You just proved once again, that we can live and enjoy life while staying healthy.

It's so overwhelming when we start to lose that nothing else seems to matter. There's a line in a U2 song that reminds me of how I felt last January. The song is on "No Line On The Horizon" and it's called "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight." Everything seems SO HUGE as we start.

Every decision is a test, it seems, but sometimes we just have to let loose for a short while. As we go, we learn what choices are OK and which ones we should avoid the next time. Yyou just showed us all that a few extra calories are OK, especially when offset by exercise. Thin people do this all the time. Even gain a few pounds and take them back off IMMEDIATELY. That's the difference, and that's what I'm shooting for - now, and for the rest of my life. You just proved once again it's possible.

Here are the lyrics I mentioned. They sum it up pretty well, I think. We are ALL going to make it to the "light!" We just have to keep trying.

Lin

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I had a fairly similar strategy and didn't gain any weight over the break either. :carrot:

I don't calorie count but I really tried to pay attention to my hunger/full signals regardless of what I was eating AND I really made a point to exercise and/or move a lot (cleaning, cooking, playing with DD etc). I was really happy with the end result even though I know I was eating somewhat more than I'Ve been used to. Now back to a deficit...

Good work, chicks!

Great job maintaining. Good for you! Sounds like you had a wonderful vacation.

That's awsome! Good for you - figuring a way to not gain during a vacation. It pays to have a strategy.