I Did the Best I Could

 

Well, I’m back from rug camp.  It was really so fun, and relaxing, and I learned a lot.  But what’s on my mind, as always, is how I did with food and exercise.  If you recall, I was on a real roll the last few weeks before I left, eating well, exercising well, and losing a little weight.  So I was really worried that I would gain all the weight back in six days of vacation, tempting food, and a buffet for 3 meals a day.  And I have concluded that I did the best I could.  I have not completely changed the habits of a lifetime.  I ate a little too much.  Sometimes (okay, most of the time) I ate for pleasure instead of for fuel.  But I did a lot of things right.

 

1.  I took my 12.5 # dumbells with me (and actually used them,) and one 5# dumbell for my tabata intervals.

2.  Some days I dressed in ‘workout clothes’ instead of trying to look good, so I would exercise during the day.

3.  I exercised in my room in the evening while watching TV. 

4.  I checked the menu for the week, and made plans to skip most of the lunches, and one or two breakfasts, and ate my own lower calorie food that I had brought with me.

5.  Sometimes I took a smaller piece of dessert.

6.  Kept snacking to a minimum, and stayed out of the piles of candy that were everywhere in the classroom.

7.  The day I went to town, I gave myself permission to eat out, but instead CHOSE to get some groceries at the store (homemade baked pita chips w/parmesan and spices, and some ripe strawberries, which I added to my cottage cheese,) and came back to my room for a delicious healthy meal.

8.  Tried out the sunflower seeds for the ‘eating and driving’ problem.  They really do take a very long time to eat a very small amount of food!

9.  Got in a couple of great walks.

I can’t think of a #10, so will end my list.  Don’t get the idea that I was a saint.  I wasn’t.  But like I said, I am trying to remember for myself the good choices that I made.  Different choices than I would have made  a few years ago.  

I’ll try to share a few pictures with you of what I did.  Its actually not that impressive looking, but I was quite thrilled that I was able to hook likenesses of my dogs that actually look like my dogs!  I’ll show you the dogs in the next few days.  In the meantime, I ‘borrowed’ some pictures from Gene’s blog (the director of the camp) to show you how beautiful Cambria is!