Well . . . 10 days ago I left on a family vacation. I was pretty worried about how I was going to manage my self control eating and how I was going to work in my exercise. My girls had promised me they would help me stay on track. You have to know that my parents have a table in front of their couch loaded with chocolate/caramel covered cashews, red vine licorice, peanut M & M's, cashews, and miniature candy bars. I usually gain 7-8 pounds and take 3 weeks to take it off. It is a dieters "nightmare"!!! Besides that, they had giant muffins and Costco rolls because we came to visit. I finally decided that if I would shoot for the 90/10 rule we have talked about in our nutrition class - 90% good habits/10% not so good. I knew that I would just lose it altogether if I did not allow myself some treats. So if I really wanted something, I just had 1! We were there for 4 days and I amazed myself. Of all those goodies, I probably ate 1/20 of what I normally would have eaten. I had 12 cashews, 5 red vines, 2 mini M&M's, 1 chocolate/caramel cashew, 2 single Dorito chips over the 4 days. I exercised with my dad who doesn't move very fast, so when he was done walking, I did another 30-40 minutes brisk walking without him in 92 F weather and nearly evaporated. It was a killer!! Can you believe it? The chocolate/caramel cashew wasn't even all that good.
I went swimming with my girls and was able to fit in my swimsuit that I haven't worn in 2 years. I felt really good about myself.
From there we headed to my sister's for a Wedding Reception. That was not as hard. My sister works out at a gym and I was able to get a pass for $10 for 24 hours. We went at 7:30 am and then the next day at 6 am. She said she had never had such a workout and had not been able to lose weight, but she lost 2 pounds while I was there.
My trainer, Kaitlyn was amazing. I was so glad to have her. She kept track of me and offered suggestions. One night our family went to an all you can eat buffet. I did not do as well as I planned, so thought I would just try to eat celery the next day. She told me not to put my body in starvation mode - just go back to my plan of well balanced eating. The day of the reception was not the best either, but I just wrote off the day and got back to work. It really helped for me to have to record what I was eating and try to stay with my dietary plan using my diabetic exchange method of counting calories.
Well, guess what! I only gained 1/2 pound in that whole time. It would have been nice to lose, but it was really nice to enjoy my time. My girls told me they were proud of me and could see I was really trying. It also helped them step away from things. They did not want to take handfuls of candy from my parents house like we usually do. It doesn't get much better!
Good luck to all of you. You can be successful!
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