The travel diet...

Good luck, Boemsi, I know how hard traveling and keeping up with the WOE is
from recent experience!

(We had a week long holiday, ate at restaurants both lunches and dinners 90%
of the time, and although we did a lot of walking/swimming, I came back 1.5
kg (cca 3.3 lbs) heavier than I was when we left. I also kept a food log
nearby and wrote everything down religiously. BUT: today, a week after we
came back, I weighed exact same weight as I was when we left, which leads me
to think most of that "gain" was actually water; my swimming suit (bought a
month ago, good quality, i.e. not the type to stretch and stay stretched) is
a loose, and I "think" some of the clothes fit me better; & we had a
terrific time. So, all in all, even if you put on a few pounds, it doesn't
mean that you haven't lost inches!)

Congratulations on another lb coming off! You are doing a wonderful job!

Elly
breastfeeding mom of a 10mo, following the balanced low carb WOE
Mid July 2004: 195.8 / 184.8 / mini-goal by October 11th:
173.8 to 171.6 lbs
sometime in the (distant) futu 150 lbs




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It seems my biggest challenge is coming up, for the next five weeks I will
be travelling and not be able to cook my own meals for almost half that
time. My arrangements to keep up with the new WOL/WOE: keeping a diary of
what I eat and my work-outs, and carry that with me everywhere I go. This
has been the key to my success so far, I plan to do that for a long time
to come. I also bought a book with Pilates exercises. I have a DVD, so I
know what it should look like, and the book has a selection of longer and
shorter routines which can easily be done in any hotel room. My cardio
workouts will suffer somewhat, although I will have access to my bike
again for two weeks and plan to do a lot of biking.

At the moment my weight loss has slowed down somewhat, but another lb came
off this weekend (YAY!!). My minimum goal is to keep this weight, but I am
planning to loose at least another 5lb while I am away. I will check back
in mid-october and let you know what happened.

Best of luck to all of you!

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-- Boemsi
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