Real vacation vs. Food vacation

Apr 02, 2014

I was on vacation from work all last week. It was nice to have time off work but it wasn’t what I wanted. I also felt like I was wasting my vacation days. I wanted to be on a real vacation, like out of town at a beach house, but our plans got changed. My stepson had a school conference to go to in Orlando the weekend before his spring break and then didn’t want to go see his mom during the break like the boys normally do. My husband didn’t challenge it so just the youngest kid went which meant we were stuck in town since his oldest son was still at home. We thought about taking him with us out of town for a few days but we decided to just save our money and go out of town this summer just the two of us. His kids don’t like taking vacations because they never want to get off the computer games and complain the whole time we are out of town so we decided to postpone our plans.

Anyway, I think because I was so disappointed that I didn’t get time out of town and a “real” vacation, I let myself take a food vacation. I did well until Wednesday of last week and then I just started eating whatever I wanted. It’s been a week of bad food choices and almost no exercise. I think I was having a little pity party for myself. All my friends were either busy or out of town and I consoled myself with a scone from Starbucks with my coffee or a fast food lunch because I was out shopping alone when I wished I was on a beach somewhere with my friends and hubby.

So anyway, I’m back to work now and back to reality. It always takes me a few days to wrap my head around eating correctly again when I’ve been totally off plan but I believe today I’m firmly back on track. I have my first timed 5k this Saturday and I am hoping to run most of it if not all of it. I’ve gotten back to my running also and I think I’m prepared for my 5k. I hope to complete it in around 35 minutes.

I have gained a little weight but I’m not going to let the gain freak me out. I hope it will be gone in a week or so and I can get back to losing again. I don’t really regret my little food vacation; it was yummy while it lasted! :-) I ate some really amazing stuff (New York style pizza, chocolate cheesecake, amazing steak taco… ) that I was really craving and now I’m over it. Off plan food isn’t nearly enticing today as it has been. I am ready to eat my healthy foods again and forget about the carbs!

I am not the kind of person that is determined to get to my goal weight by a certain time. I am about 20 pounds away from where I want to be and I’m ok with that taking some time to reach. I am happy with my body right now even though I do want to lose those extra 20 pounds eventually.   I’m determined to get there but I’m not freaking out to get there by tomorrow or put any time limit on myself. I will get there when I get there. As long as I’m not out of control and I catch myself before I start really gaining, I am happy. Hopefully, I can stay on track for the next few months and reach my goal without too many more detours. Summer is fast approaching and I can’t wait to be out in the sun by the pool or the ocean and enjoying the outdoors. I want to start playing tennis again and continuing to increase my distance on my runs. Soon it will be too hot to exercise on my lunch like I have been doing but that’s ok because I can go after work when it’s a bit cooler and I won’t have to worry about getting done by a certain time. I can increase my distance to over 3 or 4 miles at a time.

I’m so much happier than I was 2 years ago at this time. Two years ago, I was dreading the summer because none of my summer clothes fit me. Even the size 26 capris from Lane Bryant were too tight on me and I felt horrible about myself. Now the size 16 capris are huge on me and I just bought a size 12 capri at Kohl’s last week that fit great. I couldn’t be happier about where I am right now and how I feel. It’s amazing what two years, a surgery and a little determination can do! And not even some pizza and a piece of amazing cheesecake can ruin that. :-)

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