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Pineola said:
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Detroit, Toronto, and Toledo. Its a baseball road trip. We go to different cities every year. The thing is we will drink pretty much nightly and we will eat a lot of things that are bad for us because we enjoy sampling regional food. In KC it was Barbeque. In St. Louis it was Italian. We also have to sample the ballpark food. I won't allow myself to feel cheated when I only eat at a place once in a lifetime so I think I will concentrate on my portion size and I'll eat extremely healthy at every meal that isn't a special regional choice. I will limit my beer intake and I'll have exactly 1 hotdog and 1 something else at every ballpark. I know I will be doing a lot of walking. For the week I don't think I can lose weight and not be miserable, but I do believe I can maintain.
 
A break even week is a good thing. Enjoyment is a better thing. Not having to lose 2 to 3 pounds you gained from your enjoyment is the best of things.

I admire your challenge. You definitely represent the mastery of thinkology.

Anyone who chooses a 2.5 year plan over a gastric bypass is pretty smart in my book.
 
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WOW!! 14lbs gone already ... that's a whole stone. You are doing so great, I think you deserve a week off to go and enjoy yourself. And like you say, you won't go over the top, but will just enjoy stuff that you don't normally get the chance to experience. And a maintenance week does you good every now and then, it keeps the plateaus at bay ;) Have a really great time!
 
Holidays do seem to plague the dieters, don't they... You've got it sussed though; just keeping the balance! And you've set yourself a target you can keep to, not one that's going to be too hard or too much effort. And like you said, you'll be doing a lot of walking which'll also even out what you're eating.

One trick I do if I go away somewhere, is take a bag of apples to munch on, so whenever I'm peckish I can go for one of those instead of sweets or unhealthy treats. If you take something low fat/low kcal/healthy with you, it may help a little as well.

Just make sure you enjoy yourself, and don't let eating get in the way of everything you want to do. You sound like you've got it sorted, so just kick back and enjoy it all. I know when I came back from a very splurg-a-rific holiday recently I was very pleasently surprised, so who knows, hopefully you will be too :)

Bronsk
 
Wow! Thanks for all the support. I just don't want to go on vacation and feel deprived. That kind of thinking leads me to binging when I get home or sometime along the trip. I really hope to lose 20 pounds before then so I have a little extra motivation to not backslide. I have 3 trips this summer and I did well on the first one, but this is the toughest because exploring local food and going to local places is part of the enjoyment.
 
cannon, I have always been a foodie. well just look at my weight and that tells ya something lol. We haven't been on vacations since my surgeries but when we did we would go to these little German towns and such. By the way German cuisine isn't known for its low calorie cuisine. Even Italian food is like that. So all you can do is make the best choices, It gives you an excuse to walk around the towns. I'm not sure which city your heading to but there are normally areas that involve a lot of walking. We our on our diet or our new way of eating but there is always food that isn't our on plan. Just use the best judgment you can.
 
Cannon 2006 said:
. I just don't want to go on vacation and feel deprived. .
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Dont think of your lifestyle change as a diet where you are deprived... you're going on a trip to a place you haven't been.. you're going to a baseball game (I think), you'll be spending time with people you enjoy.. there's a lot of positives on the trip, it's not all about food, and not all about what you can or cannot eat...

Find other things to explore in the cities you'll be in... Music... Zoos... the toledo zoo has a really cool Hippo-aquarium where you can see hippos underwater, the erie street market is also a place to explore, if you've ever watched an episode of MASH, you'll find the mudhens are quite entertaining :)

Detroit has greektown, lots of healthy options for eating there... (even a little bit of baklava won't hurt ya much.. ) Hitsville USA is awesome if you like Motown...

Toronto has tons of stuff to do...Casa Loma will get your feet moving - exploring this old castle..

Have fun exploring these cities... they're actually fun places to visit
 
Oh it's not all about food and I think I'm pretty good with what I'm doing.

Basically the trip breaks down to 1 day in Detroit, 3 in Toronto, and 1 in Toledo.

In Detroit, we won't have time to do a lot after the ballgame and they do have a supposedly very cool sports bar by the park we'll probably head to. Dinner will most probably be in Greek Town and yes there are healthy options there.

In Toronoto we want to hit the Top O' the Senator Jazz club and we'll do the typical sight seeing stuff in the day. We'll definitely go to the NHL Hall of Fame. We've had some very good food reccomendations for Toronto and some of it will be very healthy and some of it will not.

On the way to Toledo we're going to hit one of the Presidential Museums, but in town the two reccomendations we have are Tony Pacco's hot dogs and a Hungarian restaurant--neither appear real healthy.

Its going to be 5 days and I definitely believe I can maintain. On a side note, I really reallized I'm not counting calories. The reason is if I limit myself to 1500 calories and its 8PM and I have had 1150, I will find a way to get 350 empty calories. Instead I'm going by feel and when I'm really hungry. I'm averaging between 1150 and 1800 calories. Every now and then I eat very well and get up to 2000 if something special comes up. I am now starting to feel and see my progress so it's definitely been working for me.
 
Yeah Canon I remember the concert with GBS and Runrig as I had luckily managed to get into the soundcheck that day. It was 2001 and was the first time Runrig had played in my home town, they did a concert there as their new keyboarder was from the same town as me.

I'm sure you'll be OK on your trip away, just mind bring a funnell and a big tube so someone can force water down your neck!:D
 
Hey Cannon!!
It sounds like you've got a good plan worked out for your trip. You definatly can not deny yourself everything...other wise, just like anything in life, you'll rebel against it, and go ALL out in whatever you missed out on. I really think there's a teenager in ALL of us, no matter how old we are!! ;)

I also wanted to touch base as we're in the same team for the 2 week challenge. Good luck, I know we can be the biggest losers!!!:D
 
Great stuff, guy, not just for trip planning but for overall eating habits. Just eating when you feel hungry, it's definitely the best way of doing it. And obviously it's working for you, your average intake is bang on.

Keep going, Cannon! You're doing fantastic :)

Bronsk
 
Cannon, it sounds like you've got a great trip planned out :)

I also agree with what you said about not eating after you're full. I had one day that I was at 600+ calories at 8:00 and was very bothered about it, and ended up having another 250+ before bed simply so that I didn't finish the day with too low a count. Eating that close to sleeping definitely did not help me sleep ;)

Granted - I never have those kind of days, but I did feel pretty full throughout the day. The day after though, I was *starving* all day ;)

Anyway, have a good night!
 
Hey Cannon, I forgot to ask earlier if you had any ideas for a name for our group? :confused: I'm anything but creative unfortunitly, so I haven't a clue!!:eek:
 
Sorry guys! I had to make the threads and I hadn't heard anything from anyone in your group. :eek: I posted the thing about coming up with your own name over 24 hours ago so I was hoping everyone would have time to see it and get back with me.
 
Good luck with the group challenge, Cannon! I'm not taking part, so I'm dancing about with pom-poms for all sides :D

Hope you have a fantastic day!

Bronsk
 
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