Back from Disneyland - Moment of Truth on the Scale

So I flew back home last night after a whole week (Saturday through Saturday) at Disneyland. I was exceedingly nervous about my home weigh-in. (Official one tomorrow night at Kaiser.)

We are in transition. I took bars and shakes, but knew I would also be having some real food. But I was amazingly strong (at least, I amazed myself) and did NOT have my usual Disneyland treats which range from chocolate covered marshmallow sticks in Critter Country to fresh raspberry tarts at the Holly Jolly Cafe to fried chicken on Main Street to margaritas in California Adventure. I was at bars and only had a diet coke. I was at complementary breakfast buffets and only had a hard-boiled egg. I was on a plane flight and passed on the free pretzels and sugar-covered peanuts. ;-)

But still, I knew I had eaten and drank more than we were supposed to be doing at this point in transition. And when you are losing weight and start eating real food, bizarre things can happen in your body. I honestly had no idea what to expect weight-wise. That's why I was blown away to find out that I had actually lost two pounds during the week at Disneyland. Now that is a first for me for sure! V. proud of myself!! :-)

And here's another thing. The last time I went to Disneyland (in November of last year) I weighed 45-50 pounds more than I do now. And wow, could I tell the difference. After that November trip I thought I might have to give up taking my grandchildren to Disneyland because it was just too hard and exhausting. This time I had more energy and stamina than the 9 year old and 3 year old I had with me. Feeling very grateful for how much better my body works for me these days.

Challenges Ahead

Not the best time for this - just starting transition off of the full Optifast product diet - but today I'm heading to Disneyland for a week. I'll be facing everything from free unlimited breakfast buffets and complimentary happy hours to expensive Disney character breakfasts to special Disney treats like Pineapple Whip, not to mention the alcoholic beverages available (Trader Sam's bar at the Disneyland Hotel is a favorite).

In the past eating (and drinking) at Disneyland has been part of the experience. But this time has to be different. It won't be easy.

Double Hotel Week - So Much Food, So Little Ability to Eat It

So Monday I was at the Embassy Suites in Monterey (with the complementary happy hour, full breakfast, plus extra treats as told in my blog post!) then Saturday night I'll be at another Embassy Suites (Sacramento) for my daughter's birthday - also same happy hour and breakfast, PLUS family dinner out at Joe's Crab Shack in Old Sac. And then there's me with my shake boxes and powdered soup. Party on! 😒

This is a doozy of a week. I don't normally have TWO hotel stays in one week. And then there's Superbowl on Sunday! That's a lot this week, but I'm hoping to make it until our meeting on Monday without succumbing.

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming....

Triple Temptation

Not enough that the hotel I'm at has happy hour with free snacks and wine, and then a full complimentary breakfast tomorrow. But when I  check in (with my one and three year old granddaughters) I'm told that I'm "Guest of the Day" and given a bag with chips and a candy bar.  Then when I get to my room there's a knock on the door and it's room service with a free bottle of wine, two glasses, and two bags of candy of the chocolate/salted caramel persuasion. How come this never happens to me when I'm NOT on a diet??

Hotel Does Not Equal Lots of Eating and Drinking!

So I'm in a hotel for two nights out of town, and normally hotel, vacation, away from home etc. means BRING ON THE YUMMY FOOD! So I'm struggling but winning the battle to stay on the program products even though there's room service and a great hotel restaurant and of course a mini
bar and lots of other opportunities to eat OFF program.

Also there's no scale here so can't weigh in till Monday morning when back home. But that might be a good thing because that scale had better have moved when I get back! And then Monday night will be the first cohort meeting since we went on product-only. Should be interesting!