Vactions Aren't About Diets...

...Or are they? I mean a diet doesn't have to be all about food. It's about feeding your body in general. Your diet is what you put into your body to nourish it, to keep it healthy and functioning for you the way that it needs to in order for it to continue to work right. That can be so much more than just the food you eat or don't eat. I have been on "vacation" for the past week, visiting my mom and step-dad in Florida, with the kids and I've been dieting since I got here. Okay, so dieting is the wrong word for that. Let's see... Um... Okay, I've been at least trying to watch what I eat. That is more difficult to do when you find yourself going for a walk and coming home from the 7-11 with not just a Slurpee for the kid you took on the walk to begin with, but one for yourself as well. Yeah, I know, right? But who can honestly pass up a Slurpee of all things?! So this is what I've been doing this past week. I started counting points again. It's just easier for me while not at home, to do that verses try anything else. I've also been walking almost every day, and I pulled out my mom's Wii Fit stuff and have been trying to bust butt on that as well. Today is day 7 of my "new me" in the month of April. I know that as the month goes along here and my "vacation" comes to an end, it will get more difficult to figure out point values for things and such, but so far it's working out. If I have a day or two that I just don't count my points and splurge (like when Rob and I go Disney and Universal, for example) then I know what I can do to kind of keep an eye on what I'm eating, and make sure I'm drinking plenty of water to help keep me from wanting to eat too much. The weirdest venture for me while on this diet for while I'm in Florida, is that I'm not drinking soda. I have to admit that it's much more difficult to be dieting while away from home, but what better time to start. The goal this time is to make sure it is something that I stick with once I get back home! Okay, so counting points is only working if I'm actually eating less. Working out is only working if I'm not adding food to my day from fit points. Not drinking soda only works if I keep myself away from other forms of caffeine as well. I must say that not having coffee every morning is a nice thing. I do miss having a Diet Coke throughout the day, and may need to make a "once a week" rule. I'm not wanting to go back to my "once a day" rule from before. So with all that I have to remind myself that there is bound to be tweaking of the diet to find things that work best, tweaking of my workouts to find what best helps me to actually lose verses just tone. Time is not an issue here, but if I am going back to what I started at the beginning of 2010, I have until December of this year to have lost the 35lbs I was trying to lose and have seemed to bounce back on. Sadly enough, it is now 40lbs I am needing to lose by the end of this year to reach that original goal. It is April. That gives me eight more months. Think I can do it? Think you can do it with me? 40lbs in 8 months That's my new goal, and my challenge to anyone willing to join in creating a NEW them. Maybe you don't need to lose 40lbs, but that's my goal. I'm thinking that it is going to be a great adventure for my coming spring and summer right now, too. Goal for today: Walk, workout, be positive, and above all else, EAT LESS!