I am back, Memorial Day weekend was as hard as I had anticipated. Although it was difficult, I was suprised by my weight loss results. Not suprised because I lost a ton of weight, but suprised because I stayed the same weight as I was before I left. That is right, I am still 226 pounds and holding strong. I thought I would gain weight for certain, but I was able to maintain my weight despite not eating the proper foods all weekend.

Not having a scale to track my progress also made for a tough weekend. I had no idea what my weight was doing day to day. I love seeing what is going on every morning and thinking back to what I did the day before to influence my weight. Then I can analyze what I need to do to get back on track losing the excess pounds.

Following my diet was almost impossible over the weekend. My family separates meals up into families, so a different family prepares different meals throughout the weekend. I was basically at the mercy of what was being made for each meal.

My strategy going into the weekend was to pick and choose things that would work and try my best to follow the diet. For the most part I did fairly well and I ate pretty healthy considering the food that was constantly available. I had a couple of burgers and hot dogs throughout the weekend, and passed on all junk food with the exception of a few potato chips for one meal. I drank a lot of Green Tea, and didn’t touch any sodas. I ate as much fruit as I could, I was glad I took some extra oranges to hold me over between meals, and help me during my meals. Looking back I wish I would have traded some of the fruit I ate with vegetables. I did eat some vegetables, but it would have been better to replace all of the fruit I ate with veggies.

I would consider the weekend a success. Although I didn’t lose weight, it is weekends like this that got me into trouble in the first place. I usually over eat on vacations, and I don’t exercise to make up for it. We went on a lot of walks with our kids, and got out as much as we could instead of sitting around doing nothing all weekend.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend and Memorial Day! It was great to honor all of the past and present troops that have done so much to provide us with the freedoms we enjoy!

Current weight = 226