May, Well Most of May, Overview

Yay, we're down to the final month overview- after this it'll be week by week I think.  Which will hopefully be a bit easier to write and read as opposed to a month at a time when I sit here trying to recall exact dates and the order in which it all happened.  Thanks for bearing with me though!

May began with my European vacation- so AMAZINGSPECTACULARAWESOMEFANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

My dad treated me to a trip to Munich, Budapest, Vienna, Salzburg and London where I got to decide most of what we did.  It was so awesome I could hardly believe we were there seeing and experiencing it all.  Now, I know that trips, especially trips like this, are horrible for diets.  So, good thing I'm not on a diet, but rather am in the midst of changing my lifestyle.  I had a few people tell me to expect to gain a few pounds but to not get discouraged.  I had others tell me to keep track of my points no matter what happened with my weight.  And still a few others who told me to keep thinking I would lose, or at least maintain, and that that would help me not to gorge while I was abroad.

I did keep track of my points- well, as best I could.  Some things over there were not on the Weight Watchers website and since I wasn't always sure of what I was eating I did my best to guesstimate.  In the meantime, my dad and I walked all over each city.  We took a few bus tours here and there- oh and the Sound of Music Tour- lifelong dream right there, folks.  Huge fan. HUGE FAN.  What I did on the days when I knew we couldn't guarantee a ton of walking was to eat smaller portions.  I didn't deny myself the experience of trying what I wanted to try or eating what I wanted to eat.  I simply took smaller amounts or split the meal with my dad. 

It worked.  I lost 1.5 pounds during my trip.  I have never been quite so proud of myself.

Upon my return home, I have done my best to get back in the swing of things.  I am still exercising and planning my meals.  So far, so good.  And I just got a binder full of recipes from one of my directors that I am going to go through during the holiday weekend to see what new recipes I want to test out :) 

More on this past week tomorrow!