Hi everyone! We got back from our vacation yesterday afternoon and I've caught up on everyone's posts on and off all day today. It's been a long time since I've posted, but I do have some reflections to share after the first vacation I've taken while on my new lifestyle journey.
First of all, I found this group when I decided to change my eating habits back on February 16 of this year. During the 4 months between then and the time we left on vacation on June 16th, I lost exactly 30 pounds. The odd thing to me was that even though 30 pounds is a significant amount of weight to lose, I honestly didn't feel that different. All my clothes still basically fit ok. They were definitely getting baggy, but still wearable. I didn't feel a lot different as far as energy levels go, no one had really noticed the weight loss (not that I necessarily want others to comment on it, just another observation of how I feel the 30 pounds hadn't made a significant difference in my appearance). I told myself, and I truly believe this, most of the reason is that I'm your typical "apple shape" rounder in the middle and that is where I think I have lost most of my weight. Therefore it is basically showing up in my tops fitting better.
All that said, I had some non-scale victories on our trip that I'll share. First of all, we went to Hawaii from the midwest, so we had a long flights. There was a noticeable difference in the way the airplane seat belts fit. I've never had a belt not fit, but I actually had to tighten it this time. Also, this is the first flight I remember in a long time that I could actually put the tray down without it hitting my stomach. It even fit when the person in front of me reclined their seat back!
I weighed in this morning after being gone for 2 weeks and I gained 6 pounds from my weigh in the morning before we left. I was actually afraid it would be more because although I watched what I ate to a certain extent, I definitely could have done better. Especially during the cruise portion of our trip. I'm hoping that some of the gain is just water weight like
@mamattorney . We'll see where it shakes out in a few days I suppose.
I tried a few things that I wouldn't have attempted before losing at least a little weight. We hiked Diamond Head while we were staying at Waikiki Beach. I didn't go all the way to the top while the rest of my group did, but I went farther than I would have before.
Overall, the trip made me happy I'd lost the 30 pounds that I had so far, even though I'm back to 24 pounds lost again, but I'll get back there soon!
Thanks for another great month and for all the great motivation that everyone gives! Off to check out July's thread now. Hope to be more active on it!
