I want to thank Jenny for the post and Molly for the bump...I am phasing off for a trip to Ireland the end of June but my coach hadn't given me any details about it...so relieved to have read someone's experience!

So glad I read the first post. I'll be phasing off for a vacation to Las Vegas in late June (where alcohol will be my biggest indulgence), and was feeling a bit nervous about it.

My coach and I recently established a date for me to begin Phase 3 and I'm already doing research, even though it's still 6 weeks away.

Thanks also to Jenny for the detailed post and to Molly for the bump.

DH and I will be going to NYC for 2 days in July (and as my DH is a chef, we'll be eating at three restaurants he's dreaming of (and well, me too!)), and then in August we go to Banff for a week. Glad to hear that the phasing off pre-trip is the way to go.

Not sure exactly how I'll handle NYC as it's such a short trip, but for a week in Banff, definitely want to be able to enjoy food/wine as part of the vacation.

Going to download the phase 2 and 3 info sheets and get to studying. :-)

Thanks for sharing your experience. I will soon be phasing off for our two weeks in Costa Rica in July and it helps to read about your experience ;-) Thanks!

Im phasing of for vacation too. My coach had me do two weeks of phase 2 and now two weeks of phase 3. I actually gained 1 pound in my first week of phase 2, lost 2lbs in my second week and now on phase 3, my weigh is on wed, but my home scale says i've dropped 4.5lbs. I actually love phase 3, the breakfasts are amazing. I cant wait to go to sleep so i can wake up and eat them. I have a question, did any of you adhere to the phase 4 rules or did you just eat whatever you wanted?

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So glad I could help you all out.

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Thank you so much jennydoodle!! Your post is a big help and very encouraging. Reading it really gives me such a positive feeling about the future Thanks again for sharing.

I thought I would bump this again, as this is the summer holiday season. I started phase 3 today to get ready for my holiday's next week. Great read from Jenny, and very encouraging as I plan on eating what I want while on holidays, and going back to phase 1 in August. Thanks Jenny!

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I'm bumping this vacation thread again. I can't thank JennyDoodle enough for starting this thread, as I used it (along with other vacation threads) as a resource for my recent vacation.

I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted to stay OP on my vacation. I phased off (1 week in Phase 2 and 1 week in Phase 3) thinking that I would try to eat Phase 3/4 on my vacation, because I didn't want to take a lot of packets (I didn't end up taking any packets). About a day into my 9 day vacation I decided that I would just enjoy myself and not worry about eating OP. This doesn't mean I went crazy - although I indulged in carbs and other things that aren't OP, I did it in moderation (splitting a meal versus eating a whole meal, not snacking all day, not eating dessert every night, etc.). The other thing I did was to make sure that I drank a lot of water (not an easy task when you're on the go) and I walked A LOT. I walked probably on average 4 miles a day (lots of stairs too).

As soon as I got back home I got right back on Phase 1. I didn't weigh myself the day I got home, but instead waited a day (I was scared!). To my surprise, I was down 2 pounds. My weigh in this morning (after 4 days back on phase 1) has me down 4.6 pounds from my weigh in the day before I left on vacation.

Anyways, that's my story. Hope it helps someone.

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Thanks for the bump, we just decided to go to Orlando in early March, so I plan on phasing off for the trip. This is a great resource!