Post Vacation Weigh In & Movement
Ongoing Maintenance Weight Range: 108-110
September 15 Weigh In: 108.8 (A new low, yeah!)
The food battle continues to feel as if it has been won. I'm not fighting myself at this point, just making and executing each day's food plan. My focus continues to be on anything and everything around me, other than using food as a reward. I focus on my daily planned-out meals, good coffee, sparkling water, having fun with my clothes, good books, good friends, volunteering commitments, fun activities, running my daily chores, going to the gym, walking, hiking, and kayaking with my spouse or with friends or groups, vacation planning, and all of the clubs and club activities we belong to and attend. Food is truly now at the very bottom of the list, and often times, not even on the list.
If this sounds 'Pollyanna-ish,' I promise you that it is not. It is the result of not giving up after many, many, many tries over the years. But with eight months of positive momentum and successes (including more than a few slip ups, rest assured), a new habit of dealing with food has been created. And because it has finally become a habit (which I promise, promise, promise it will, given some time) it all now feels easy, effortless and best of all, permanent.
How much, what, and when we eat are habits we've developed, which, means that, yes, absolutely, they can be changed. Here's a re-link of an article on this I shared some months back:
It took me a solid six months to get to the point of food no longer being an unhealthy focus, but instead simply a tool to generate good energy and brain focus throughout my day. Life is infinitely better with the incessant food thoughts no longer occurring.
Weekly Mileage/Movement
- Sept 8- 6 miles
- Sept 9- 4 miles
- Sept 10- 8 miles (kayaking)
- Sept 11- 8 miles
- Sept 12- 6 miles
- Sept 13- 1 mile (sightseeing day)
- Sept 14- None (Airport day)
- TOTAL FOR WEEK: 33 miles
Some of the views I enjoyed this week as I walked, hiked, and kayaked in Newfoundland, and along parts of the East Coast Trail:
Maintenance Food Efforts
I have an easier time managing my food intake on vacations than I do when at home. The reason, as I know this sounds backward, is that I'm so stimulated by the vacation sights and activities, I'm simply too distracted by it all to feel hungry.
For this most recent trip, which I went into two weeks ago at 112.4, and finished yesterday at 108.8, I did the following:
- Had only black coffee, sometimes an egg, for breakfast.
- Walked/hiked/kayaked lots of miles - between 5-9 daily.
- Carried nuts to be consumed as needed during activities rather than calorie-loading at breakfast. This resulted in a much better balance of food calories in vs activity calories out at day's end.
- Enjoyed lunch as my primary meal.
- Was careful about my alcohol intake (It weakens my resolve I've learned, and makes me less food-disciplined.).
- Enjoyed small bites at dinner, great conversation, and of course, no dessert.
Today, in addition to restocking my pantry and refrigerator, I'm going to go shopping for a new pair of jeans, something I'd put off until I got to my revised 110 pounds or lower goal.
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Today's Healthy Focus Plan - Unpack and do laundry, meal plan and do grocery shopping, attend a free movie with my mom at her 55+ community, do some new-jeans shopping at a few smaller boutiques I enjoy, book our summer 2026 cruise around the British Isles, read through my emails and purchase tickets and save dates for the myriad of activities they contain, use up small balance on an REI gift card to purchase running socks and electrolyte packets.
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