Weekends and Trips…

Posted by Dar | June 17, 2010 .

I think I am almost out of my rut. I seem to be back on track for the most part. My meetings and the comments and emails from my readers and friends have really inspired me to stay strong. I started tracking again and have been setting and achieving my short term small goals (well most of them anyway). In the last two weeks I have lost 3 pounds...not huge but I am back on my way down and a little more focused. My biggest issue right now seems to be THE WEEKEND!

The Weekend really puts a kink in my routine. I kind of have this love/hate relationship with the weekends at this moment. I can't wait for the weekend so I can get a break from work and have some fun, but I hate that it tends to be the time I go off program and then spend the first three days of the week losing what I gained over those two days! UGH! I do much better staying on program when I am at work with my packed lunches and snacks and in my routine. When the weekend comes, I get exposed to way too much food and opportunities to go off program (dinner out, family events, parties, sporting events, movies, etc...). I try to stay focused but it is so hard.

On a good note, I have recently gotten re-attached to my Pedometer. My battery had died and I unfortunately let it lay around for months before getting a new one! Which evidently meant that I couldn't walk! It funny that it is so easy to find an excuse when you really want one! I have to say that my pedometer is very motivating and I know I walk so much more when I have it on as I try to reach mini goals I set throughout the day. For example, I don't get too many breaks at work, but when I do take one I always try to walk at least 500 steps no matter what. Not a lot of steps but I typically don't have a lot of time and those 500 steps add up! Right now, I am trying to work my way back up to 10,000 steps a day. You can follow me over at Walker Tracker which is a great simple and free service that you can use to track your steps! You can also check my walker tracker widget on the right side bar of my blog.

Okay, besides my weekends, I have a huge challenge coming up and it scares me. Sunday I leave for a work trip to Puget Sound in the great state of Washington for one week. I am already on edge on how I can get through it without gaining weight. And if that's not enough of a challenge, 4 days after I get back I leave for vacation for a week! (Ironically, it is to Seattle, Washington). Any thoughts, suggestions are welcomed!

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Island Girl June 17, 2010 6:58 pm

Hang in there. When the 19 point cake hits the table eat 1/3 of it and track, track, track. Tracking will keep you on track. I think tracking helps because we forget what we eat, but when you see it on paper, It becomes real and obtainable. Love ya
Debbie June 17, 2010 7:21 pm

The walker tracker website and I say welcome back!!! We’ve missed seeing your posts.
Are you going thur Detroit on these upcoming trips???? See you Saturday
Karen@WaistingTime June 19, 2010 10:11 am

Weekends are hard for lots of us. As are vacations. My most successful vacation was my first on on this latest diet. I packed lots of healthy snacks. And I ate lots of salads when we went to restaurants. I did not eat the break or the desserts that everyone else ate. It was hard. But when I got home I was rewarded by the scale and felt so much stronger and better than if I had eaten that stuff. My second vacation on my current diet I ate healthy most of the time with a few treats. It seems like a good balance. This most recent vacation, I let myself indulge. I thought I could handle it in moderation and it got a bit out of control. But I am now home and it is over.

So my advice is pack what you can, eat as well as you can, set some goals before you go, and commit to blogging about it when you get back in case that helps you stay accountable.
Caroly June 19, 2010 10:55 am

I too share that weekends are tough. Hubby and I have been watching what we eat for 76weeks now. I have lost 50, he 30. Our secret to success is our graph. Made a permanent graph on the door that leads from our garage into our home. I really wanted to lie when I started it. Telling him my true weight – and the rest of family and friends who enter there! Did it! Gotta confess, writing truth was the hard part, then it was over and has kept us true. We weigh in every Sat morn. After about 3 wks of eating right, wanted to pig out – would have without graph. We just drew a 10 week line and here we are 76 wks. later.