Jornal de caged liberty, 27 mai 08

Weekend retreat is over and finally back home. Visited the upper Peninsula of Michigan which is basically fields or golf courses. It was nice to visit another town and even nicer to do something as a family which we seem to do less and less of as the kids get older.

Trying to drag a teenager to come on a family vacation is like being Judy in the Punch and Judy show. You keep getting bopped by verbal truncheons. The resort was peaceful and relaxing but didnt seem to have much going on. The neighboring towns were basically one main street and two side streets.

Overall, the weekend went well from a physical standpoint but really well from a reflective perspective.

A couple of issues arise when you are on vacation. One, the lack of eating facilities two, the lack of choice and three, the exorbitant cost of any food you do manage to find.

Because of that, I had already decided to eat whatever my heart desired and put all dieting on hold. But an interesting thing happened. I was surrounded by loads of junk food but had little craving for them.

The entire weekend went this way. I was constantly presented with opportunities to pig out but never felt any excessive yearning. I did have high carb items but it was always just one or two, not my usual 'eat till you finish the entire box' syndrome.

How did this happen? Well I constantly mentored myself by talking myself out of continuing. "Do you really need more?" "Are you sure you want another one?" "Is it really worth it?"

By becoming a conscious eater (being aware of what you are eating and how much you have eaten so far etc...) I was constantly able to stop myself going further.

My mantra was "Make wise choices. If you cant make wise choices make happy choices" I didnt want to have guilt afterwards so I decided to eat things that I may have missed and would be happy to eat, rather than just eating something for the hell of it.

In conclusion, I learnt that by NOT dieting whilst still making sensible eating decisions, I was able to have a guilt free vacation and now I am rearing to get back onto my treadmill and continue my daily routine of low carb and exercise. NO GUILT, NO REGRETS, just a lot of happy memories.

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628 kcal

Líp: 55,35g | Prot: 21,66g | Carbs : 10,41g.   Pequeno Almoço: Splenda, decaf coffee, heavy cream, Mozzarella Cheese, olive oil, egg. Almoço: cherry tomato, avocado, kraft mayonnaise, boiled egg, onions, cucumber, romaine lettuce. mais...