"Project" news: I started out at 131 lbs (somehow those two mystery pounds had disappeared by the time we left...) and came back at 134 lbs -- not too shabby! I wasn't overly cautious about what I was doing, so I was expecting a bigger gain than that. I did opt for the healthier choices whenever possible and we did a lot of walking some days. Because we camped, it was fairly easy to make sure I had my raw veggies or fruit/yogurt snacks and whole grains. Unfortunately, there was a lot of "carbs after 2:00" naughtiness happening...that's what I found the most difficult to manage...
Confession time. We did eat out occasionally, so I treated myself to some "bad" stuff over the past week:
-- fries @ A&W (just once -- side dish to the grilled chicken sandwich...)
-- hot dog and baked beans...
-- potato salad with mayo/mustard dressing (at a family BBQ -- side dish to a really yummy rib steak and edamame...)
-- mini ravioli (yeah, gotta love that Chef Boyardee...)
-- sunflower/oatmeal/raisin cookie, lemon/poppyseed danish, strawberry/rhubarb turnover (we were at a historical village with a bakery on site so you can hardly blame me...)
-- Chinese food dinner (almond chicken, fried rice, chow mein, veggies, green tea) -- suffered terribly all evening (in the TMI category of distress -- 'nuff said...) but no regrets -- it was amazing food...
-- Kraft Dinner (side dish to a BBQ hamburger...)
-- 1/2 bag of plain Ruffles (managed to resist the dill pickle dip...) & a bottle of ginger ale -- there was absolutely no excuse for this -- I just wanted it...
-- clubhouse sandwich (God, this was amazing...)
-- Hamburger Helper (the fridge was empty when we got home...)
-- 4 Smirnoff Ice (regular -- 3 were consumed in the same evening...)
-- red wine (lost count of how many glasses, but it was significantly more than the 5 oz daily that Dr. Mike recommends...)
Going forward? I'm going to behave myself for the next two days, and then my vacation is over and the "project" will be back on. I have to decide which direction to go in as I hadn't spent much time in Cycle 3 and have some backtracking to do and 9 pounds to drop to reach my goal. I have three options that I'll be weighing before I get the groceries for the week:
- Cycle 1 for 17 days, Cycle 2 for 17 days, back into Cycle 3
- Cycle 1 for 17 days, back into Cycle 3
- Continue where I left off in Cycle 3
