Well, I gained back the 1.8 lb that I lost immediately after the road trip when I went in 4 days later for my normal weigh in. I don't feel badly about it though, as I didn't eat extremely healthy the 2 days before WI, though I still hadn't eaten all of my flex points.

I plan to go to the gym for the first time this evening, though I hate going alone right now. I'm trying out the personal strength training plan that I got from freetrainers.com, a site that one of my fellow A.S.S.ers suggested. I love that they're only 6 weeks long. I had meant to start last week, but just didn't. That's why my goal is to go tonight even though I have so many other things that need to be done.

I was hoping to spend some time doing stuff with Jeff since he's not working tonight, but he worked all night last night, so he's still sleeping. I can't blame him, but it means he won't be sleeping with me tonight either. I find that our schedules are so extremely different that it's hard sometimes. A part of me still kind of wishes that I had my own apartment so that it wouldn't matter to me that we have different schedules. I hate getting up by myself & leaving him sleeping every morning, or going to bed while he's still up. I've gotten better at it though. I wish I didn't feel the need to call ahead & ask "permission" when I want to have people over, in case he's napping or something. Really, it's just be thoughtful and I know that he would do it for me, but since I've never had my own place I've never had the ability to just completely do what I want, when I want. Maybe I should've gotten my own place before we moved in together. I do love being here with him though, and it makes sense financially.

I have 8 points left for today, so I'm trying to decide what I'll have to eat...maybe I'll cook some of my yellow beans up before worrying about freezing them. I'm really not in the mood to cook, especially because I'm a bit worried that I'll wake Jeff who's sleeping on the couch.

Last week was wonderfully active with kayaking, golfing, walking & a softball tournament! I hope to continue being active this week as well!

Road Trip Completed!

Well, we got back from the road trip on Friday, and I woke up early enough Saturday to call Mom & convince her to go to the Saturday morning 9:45am meeting, the last one of the week! We weighed in, and both of us lost! She lost 1.6 lb and I lost 1.8 lb! Fantastic for having gone on holidays!

I chalk it up to eating healthy wraps and snacks for the majority of the trip, and to the hike through a waterfall (~30 min) that I convinced Mom to do with me. Plus there was some walking on a boardwalk and around a museum. I meant to take my 10 lb weights with me, but I forgot them here at the apartment. It felt really great to get up & make myself go to the meeting.

I loved my "I was right" moment while we were away; Mom fought against taking food for wraps with us. I argued & did it anyway. At least twice it came in handy as there was nowhere for us to eat, including during an insane storm! Yay me! haha

I actually woke up Sunday morning at 8:30am. While I kind of wanted to sleep in, I got up and screwed around on the computer for awhile. It was my first time online since Tuesday!

I've been wholly unproductive since I got home, and I feel horrible because of it. There is all this stuff that needs to get done, and vacation was the perfect time for it, yet I've done none of it! I thought I'd have all evening to do it as well, but I had forgotten that we're going out for wings & a late movie tonight, so I have ~ 3 hours. I'm beginning to think that I should skip the gym for tonight so that I have time to grocery shop, get a watch & clean up around the apartment. I'm worried that I won't start tomorrow either though. *eeps*

Well, if I don't go to the gym tonight, I'll start out by doing some free weights with my 10 lb weights tonight before I leave. I want to pick up some 5 lb weights while I'm out because sometimes 10 lb is just too much.

Back at It--Vacation Round II

Well, I fell off the posting bandwagon, but thankfully am still fine as far as following WW. My biggest issue so far is weekends. I don't think I've been on points for a weekend yet! That's my goal for next weekend. Other than Sunday though, I did alright this long weekend. :) It helped that we did almost 2 hr of walking and an hour of canoeing on Sunday, then another hour or so of walking today & some killer stairs!

I'm a bit anxious about traveling with Mom for four days around the Gaspe because she loves desserts so much and she doesn't follow any kind of plan. *eeps* We're taking a cooler with us though & so I'm hoping to fill it with water, healthy snacks & maybe take some small meal things too (e.g. stuff for wraps, breakfast). Not only will it save us money, but it'll help me stay on track.

I'm worried about getting APs in as well. Mom can walk some, as long as it's on flat ground; I'd really like to log some APs though. I'm going to really want it b/c there will be so much driving involved. I packed my sports bra, shorts & a t-shirt just in case one of our hotels happens to have a gym inside it. *fingers crossed*

The provincial challenge started today. I completely forgot until after I got home & logged online. Fortunately, I didn't go over points today, but it was too late to get all the water I needed in, and I ate really unhealthy.

Speaking of which, I've noticed that I feel gross when I don't eat healthy & drink a lot now. Before I never really noticed a difference, but I think that my body is getting used to eating well, so it really stands out when it gets fed crap. I love my unhealthy foods, but I like feeling good, and not stuffed. Right now I feel rather stuffed, and that's just from finally having supper a couple hours ago. (3 pieces of multi-grain haddock, 2 tbsp tartar sauce & 1 C skim milk).

I can't wait to get settled in again though & start going to a gym again. Honestly, I miss being active & fit, but it always seemed like I never had time. I know that I really could've made time, but I never felt like it was worth the effort...though it was.

I really hope that I can stick to everything while traveling. It's going to be really tough though.

Jeff definitely helps though because he understands that I'm passionate about this. He finished off the marshmallows today (his eating habits are definitely more unhealthy at this point), but made sure to hold on to the empty bag for me & know where it was, just so I could log the points for the 3 I ate on Saturday night. I was super sad to find out how many points honey graham crackers are though. :( 8 points for just 6 crackers! That's only part of 3 s'mores! Oh the humanity!

It's been great to be able to start connecting with people on the boards. I've been posting for a couple weeks now, but haven't really gotten to know anyone. I think that's going to start to change now that I'm a part of the Provincial Challenge "Atlantic Shrinking Shores" team. I'm going to try to lose 15 lb between now & November. I think it's doable!

I'm off now to finish up my packing & head to bed. I have to be up in less than 7 hours!