I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HI TO EVERYONE! HOPE YOU DIDN'T MISS ME TOO MUCH? LOL
Just back from a (too short) spring break holiday in very SUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! Next time I vow to take a two week holiday as one week is not enuf - just when you start to relax you have to start thinking about leaving and getting back to reality UGH!
The hotel we stayed at was great (Grand Marival)...room was very big, bright and super clean with a balcony that had a partial ocean view - I could hear the waves of the Pacific Ocean as I slept - what a luxury!
Lots of swimming pools (two with swim up bars
) and a great kiddie pool as well. There was also a kids club where we put our youngest (5 ds) for a few days and he had a blast!
Lots of sun and fun at the ocean, frolicking in the pools, horseback riding and beach walking (note to self and others: next time don't forget to put sunscreen on tops of feet! OUCH!).
Needless to say my low carb eating was fairly limited - altho there were many possibilities - breakfast was okay with the usualy atkins friendly food - but also to be found were crepes/pancakes, homemade mexican oatmeal and lost of lovely pastries/rolls. The coffee was fantastic and I now have to "decaffeinate" myself again I think.
There were two outdoor snack bars for lunch - one had two outdoor brick pizza ovens (need I say more?)...which I stayed away from until the last couple of days - and WOW those homemade pizzas were phenomenal. I also overindulged on the real nachos with homemade salsa and guacamole - what a treat - but after a few days I had enuf and was able to keep away!
Food was very good - four a la carte restaurants (Mexican, beachside steakhouse, Meditteranean and Italian) with lots of wine, drinks and yummy moka cappuccinos! Yes I overindulged and gained about 5 lbs which I what I expected. The goal is of course to get back on induction and get it off asap. I found the water drinking pretty lax while there - while it was safe to drink it tasted funny to me! I did buy some bottled water, but ended up drinking more diet drinks (and yummy pina coladas) than usual. We were very spoilt!
Actually flying was the hardest for eating...especially on the way back as there was not much we could bring on the plane with us...I ordered a "low gluten" meal figuring it would be low carb - not too bad: a teeny tiny salad w/chicken - I kid you not.....like 3 x 3 inch dish with a leaf of lettuce, 2 cucumber slices, 2 tomato slices, 3 one inch chicken pieces and a QUARTER of a hard boiled egg!!!.....also a bag of baby carrots and crackers which I also ate cuz I was STARVING!
I am actually home sick with a cold which I caught on last day in Mexico! Landing was excruciatingly painful as my ears were blocked.....I still have very stuffed sinuses and cough and headache as well so i am home from work! (Star - I agree w/you re getting run down - I find whenever I "burn the candle at both ends" and party too much too often I tend to get run down and then catch whatever is going around!).
So I am slowly unpacking, getting house back to normal, and doing TONS of laundry!
I have a great tan which I am helping along with some bronzer
and can't wait to show off to friends and co-workers. Came back to a little bit of snow and cold weather, but looks to be warming up for the weekend so hopefully spring is almost really here!
Will try and catch up with other posts!...and I will need all of you to inspire and support me as I jumpback back on the low carb band wagon - I am full of "sugar" and bad carbs so almost need to "detoxify" and do a strict induction to get back in the swing of things!
Froufy
and we aren't even near each other!
you can keep that! No way am I doing that again....I was seeing stars.
Froufy Has A Tan! (and A Cold!)
And some sun too! 
