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Have been on vacation -- came back 4 pounds heavier but I figured that was fluid from eating out all week. I'm not used to so much salt. I took a fluid pill yesterday and I was right -- I'm already back to my pre-vacation weight. I think I'm going to wait until Monday to actually "weigh in" because there might be a little bit more fluid there to come off, and I might have actually lost weight -- I was very active. Lots of swimming, walking in the sand (very good workout!), climbing stairs, etc. I came home sore!
I just have to say -- I love low carb. I'm not sure why I ever deviated from it. I ate SO GOOD all week -- it was really ridiculous to think I was on a "diet." I did have some splurges such as breading on fried seafood (Fried oyster ceasar salad with remoulade sauce -- the best. thing. EVER.), mimosas one morning (with a seafood omelet -- with hollondaise on top -- SOOOO good!) I had more fruit than regular and a few higher carb veggies. I tried to eat at more of a maintenance level, and it worked. I never once felt deprived and if anyone who saw how I ate would have been told I was "dieting" they'd have had a good laugh.
Some of my "go to" items that made it easier:
Joseph's low carb pitas -- these make great pita chips. I keep a baggy of them in my purse when we go to dinner in case there is a yummy looking dip on the menu that I want for an appetizer. No one has ever said anything to me for doing this.
Low carb drink mixers -- Sitting on the balcony, drinking frozen cocktails and watching the waves. My favorite vacation activity! lol Baja Bob strawberry daquiri mix is good, so is Zilch margarita mix. Get a bag of frozen strawberries to blend in the stawberry daquiris. Fresh lime for the margaritas and dont forget the salt for the glass rim. You can make a really good pina colada with coconut milk, pineapple Davinci syrup, coconut rum.
Minute Maid flavor drops. I keep these in my purse too because rarely does a restaurant have anything to drink that is both sugar free and caffeine free. The mango one is DELICIOUS.
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