Confession of a personal trainer........

So last week I was truly on vacation. I had a dessert almost every day that I was there. It was part of the dining plan with our vacation. I almost never have ice cream in the house or make cookies for my kids after school so allowing all of us to cut lose a bit was really a treat. I did gain 3 pounds though. It was a perfect example of how eating bad can cancel out all that exercise. I worked out 5 of the 7 days that we were there, walked a ton around the Disney parks, and still managed to gain 3 pounds just because I was not eating my usual fruits, veggies, grains, beans...
Another thing I did wrong was eat toooooo big of meals. One night I ate so much at the Boma Buffett that my stomach hurt while we watched the Vice Presidential Debate. Yes, I made my boys sit through the debate even at Disney World, but it made them fall asleep faster!!!!!

It feels good to eat healthy again today. I feel really bloated, ya know. That is one thing I remember Karen Nichols saying to me about eating smaller better meals (Karen is one of our gals). She said, " I really feel less bloated this week" during week 2.

I hope you all are allowing yourself a little "vacation" once a week to eat ONE bad meal. It keeps us real, keeps us going, and allows us to enjoy food on a planned basis instead of an emotional or mindless one.