Challenges, challenges....

We spent the weekend over on Lopez and I discovered that going there is one of my DANGER! zones. I found myself battling the "vacation mentality". You know, the old "we're on vacation, so who cares about nutrition" mindset? Yep, I've always had that. Didn't realize how subliminal it was for me when we went over just for the weekend. I'm happy to say I fought it off quite well.

I stayed on track and didn't go overboard at all - even when faced with the yummy pumpkin bars Meg and Dave made on Saturday evening. They were "healthy" in that they were made to be low fat, etc, however I could have easily eaten 4 or 5 of them in the old days (you know, 3 weeks ago). I allowed myself to have one small piece the night they made them, one on Sunday and one this morning with my breakfast (we had a healthy breakfast buffet for our guests). Oh, it could have been way worse, they were so yummy, but I asked for the strength to eat them in moderation. A victory for sure!

Another of my challenges is B.R.E.A.D. Yikes I love the stuff! And there seemed to be a lot of it around - we had some, then our guests brought some - it was everywhere. I know this is one of my addictions in food, so I focused a lot on alternatives and cutting back from my usual intake. I think I did really well. When we had pulled pork sandwiches I only had half of a bun, and when we had garlic bread I only had 2 small slices. For me that isn't just victory, its a miracle! Take that food - you don't have the same hold on me anymore!!

Got the old bod moving each day, too. We walk a lot when we are there - on beaches and trails - but often it is very casual, easy walking. I made sure to speed things up here and there to get my heart rate up more than usual. (Hopefully that helps to burn off those pumpkin bars!!)

We shall see what the scale says tomorrow. Things were moving in a good direction last time I stepped on. I'm praying my hard work is really starting show in the numbers game.

Onward!