Post JAMAICA WEIGH-IN

I'm back! 

Last night, Lucky and I returned from Jamaica.  Old man winter had a gift of over 5cm of snow on our return. Quite the difference from what we woke up to yesterday morning. *sigh* 

We had a wonderful vacation. We spent time visiting friends and of course relaxing at the beach and eating mounds of food (and a few drinks). Who do you think got the best tan? ;) 

It was so nice to finally meet Lucky's friends and spend some quality time with them. One of my reasons for wanting to lose weight was to feel more comfortable when I met them. Guess what? I did!!  Sure I still had moments of feeling gigantic compared to the other girls, but I tried my best to push those feelings aside and mute the evil voice inside my head. For the most part that worked. 

I worked this bathing suit for most of the trip. Sure it's not a bikini, but that's ok. I felt comfortable in it, and that's what matters most. That picture was taken at Dunns River Falls. It was wonderful there. I didn't want to leave! 

Now that I am home though, I knew I needed to update you all and step back on the scale. I needed to know how much I gained, cause lets face it, I knew I wasn't going to lose! 

I did have intentions of working out when away. I brought my running shoes and everything. I never used them though. Lol.... I did not workout. Not in the "running on a treadmill" kinda way anyway.  As I say this though, I must have done something right still cause checkout my scale results!!!! 

Start weight: 246.5lbs

Weight prior to vacation: 223.5lbs

Weight after vacation: 226.0lbs

Gain: 2.5lbs

For a 10 day "all inclusive vacation" where I could have (okay... I did sometimes) eat my face off, I think gaining only 2.5lbs is AWESOME! I'm very pleased. I didn't even lose my 20lb milestone!!!!  Lucky gained 12lbs...lol...TWELVE!!!  Thank god I'm not a huge fan of rum! ;)  

I'm definitely motivated to keep losing and the fact I don't have to re-lose too much weight again has helped.  I think if I gained 5lbs or more I would have found it hard to start over (so thank goodness that didn't happen). 

So stay tuned to more weekly weigh-ins and the start of "fight the lazy" fridays along with #100daysofsoup!  I have way more weight to lose so I'm not going anywhere. 

Jamaica

On Monday Lucky and I arrived in Jamaica! We are here for sun and sand, but also to visit hubby's friends (Lucky lived in Jamaica for 10 years). So far we've traveled from the far north coast where our resort is to the far south coast. Today we head east! Lots of driving but it's great to see a lot of the country side. This is my first time here. 

Food and drink wise..... Well, to my surprise at the resort the vegetarian food has been fairly bland so far. My choices could be better as right now I'm going for taste rather than nutrition. I've also probably had one too many strawberry daiquiris already!  More salad and fruit are in order for sure. I will try harder. I don't want to gain too much and hate myself for it when I return home. 

For now I'll leave you with a picture. Until next time....Cheers!