Another Mile Stone.

I now weigh less than 290 pounds!!!!  It is another mile stone to me.  Especially considering this past week. 

I chaperoned a trip for the youth from church.  We went to a Youth Conference on the Troy University Campus.  We stayed in the dorms and ate in one of the dining halls.  The whole experience was awesome.  We were blessed to be in that spirit rich environment and all of our testimonies grew. 

The difficulty for me was the choices for food.  There was a Pizza bar, a Dessert bar, a Salad and Sandwich bar and a Grill.  The foods were basically calorie dense.  Some times the calorie counts were posted which was a help.  I was able to eat enough and still keep my calories down to where I needed them to be.  I was very happy with myself over this.  I am starting to develop good habits.

At first my daughter was saying to just let the diet go for the trip.  But I knew that if I did I would back slide too much.  I also knew that if I gained too much over the week, I would get discouraged.  I knew that both of these were a recipe for failure.  I was determined to make the best choice I could and hopefully maintain what I had lost.

I wasn't able to plan my meals in advance so it was a case of trying to figure out about how many calories were in what was being served and keep it to between 500 and 600 a meal.  I always started with a salad. added a small serving of protein and a small serving of starch.  I did very well. and kept my calories where they needed to be.  I stayed away from the dessert bar altogether.

The other issue I had was not being able to work out.  Our days were scheduled from 7:00 am to midnight.  I am used to getting more sleep.  Fortunately, we did a lot of walking.  But it was not the same as my work outs and I really did miss them.  When I went back to Curves on Monday, I felt so much better just walking in the door.  I had a really good work out.  I may be getting addicted to working out.  Not that I think that would be a bad thing.

To sum up my week,  I stayed active, kept my calories down, and managed to lose 3 more pounds.