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Sounds like the right move and I am happy for you that you recognized it before you binged or became ill. Congrats on the successful reboot!
For me personally, I am very proud of myself. I was in Puerto Vallarta over the weekend for my sister's wedding and I stayed OP the whole time. As part of my planning, I was nervous about the food there so I decided to do the equivalent of a 3 day IP boot camp which is no meat - replacing it with 2 packets so that is what I did using alternatives. I was worried about Mexico customs confiscating any food (with the expense of IP, I didn't want to risk them taking the food even if it was in packaging). So, I didn't take any baked goods or IP goods. So, what I did was I went to Vitamin Shoppe and got 9 individual packets of Quest peanut butter protein powder which served as breakfast, lunch and snack for 3 days. I got a bag of quest chips and an oatmeal bar for each dinner. I used my olive oil in my pudding recipe with the Quest peanut butter powder (I ordered little packets of olive oil from Amazon a while ago and brought those along). I brought a couple of Stevia packets and salt packets and also included those in my pudding. I am very happy that I made a plan and stuck with it and bypassed the breakfast buffet, etc.
I could have done that but I want my reboot to be as short as possible so that was the trade off I made. I will weigh for the first time since reboot next Monday and then determine how much longer I will do the reboot. My goal for next Monday is to be at my pre-Christmas weight. I want to lose an additional 10-20 pounds depending upon how I feel so I will know how much longer on my reboot then, but I know I won't be worrying over the next week about how much of a setback I caused, which is what would have happened if I did plan/stay OP.
I felt pretty good in my swimsuit and family was telling me to stop dieting so I think I am close.
I hope everyone else's reboot continues to well and we continue to read about successful reboots like Jenny's!
You did amazing! I don't think I have ever gone on vacation and stayed OP. That is seriously impressive. But I totally get wanting to be on P1 for as short as possible. Originally Posted by Ro22
Jenny,Sounds like the right move and I am happy for you that you recognized it before you binged or became ill. Congrats on the successful reboot!
For me personally, I am very proud of myself. I was in Puerto Vallarta over the weekend for my sister's wedding and I stayed OP the whole time. As part of my planning, I was nervous about the food there so I decided to do the equivalent of a 3 day IP boot camp which is no meat - replacing it with 2 packets so that is what I did using alternatives. I was worried about Mexico customs confiscating any food (with the expense of IP, I didn't want to risk them taking the food even if it was in packaging). So, I didn't take any baked goods or IP goods. So, what I did was I went to Vitamin Shoppe and got 9 individual packets of Quest peanut butter protein powder which served as breakfast, lunch and snack for 3 days. I got a bag of quest chips and an oatmeal bar for each dinner. I used my olive oil in my pudding recipe with the Quest peanut butter powder (I ordered little packets of olive oil from Amazon a while ago and brought those along). I brought a couple of Stevia packets and salt packets and also included those in my pudding. I am very happy that I made a plan and stuck with it and bypassed the breakfast buffet, etc.
I could have done that but I want my reboot to be as short as possible so that was the trade off I made. I will weigh for the first time since reboot next Monday and then determine how much longer I will do the reboot. My goal for next Monday is to be at my pre-Christmas weight. I want to lose an additional 10-20 pounds depending upon how I feel so I will know how much longer on my reboot then, but I know I won't be worrying over the next week about how much of a setback I caused, which is what would have happened if I did plan/stay OP.
I felt pretty good in my swimsuit and family was telling me to stop dieting so I think I am close.
I hope everyone else's reboot continues to well and we continue to read about successful reboots like Jenny's!
It sounds like you may be close to finishing your reboot. I think as you become more comfortable and confident, it gets harder to justify staying on P1. Especially once you hit that healthy weight zone.
I lost about 25 pounds a couple of years ago on IP and now have put pretty much all of that back on. It's been a stressful couple of years (but no excuses because these were not huge stressors like others have had). I was lazy with regard to proper meal prep and my maintenance eating habits, lazy re getting enough water, and even less disciplined with the vino and vodka. At some point in there, I turned 50 also, and I'm sure that did not help.