I keep going over in my head what I'm going to buy to eat, how I'm going to not gain a ton, and how I'm going to get my GHGs in before going out to eat, what to cook (I'm the chef for everyone there), and it's all getting confusing and frustrating.
I know I'm going to go out to eat, and I'm not going to try to stop that. We're going to Ocean City, MD; I've been going there for years, and there are places I just HAVE to eat at when we go there: Philips and J.R. Ribs. I know that I'm going to go overboard, and I'm just hoping that I won't use the excuse "getting my money's worth" so I can stuff my face until I'm so uncomfortable I don't want to walk around.
Philips will be the toughest, I LOVE seafood and since it's SO expensive, I really do want to get my moneys worth. If I'm paying $35 for a buffet, and I eat 1 lb. of crab legs, that's totally not worth it. I'll try to be smart with my choices though, I'm going to try to eat more seafood, without butter, and get my moneys worth that way rather than eating pasta, and creamy, delicious seafoody things.
J.R. Ribs, I'll probably get a rack of ribs, yes a whole rack. I'm not quite sure if I'll be able to eat them all, though. I had pasta last night, and I could have easily eaten 2 huge plates of it before WW, and now, I had a 1/2 plate of pasta, 1/2 plate of asparagus, and I was stuffed!
Those are my two places that I'm going to eat. I don't think that I'll track next week, I have it on my phone, technically, but it's too hard to find ribs and measure my seafood and everything. We'll probably go out to eat 2 other times, maybe once for breakfast, and once for dinner, and I'll try to be better on those outings.
All the meals we eat at the condo though, are going to be WW friendly. I think I'm going to take my blender and start off everyday with my green monster, so that I know I have all my vegs/fruit, 1/2 my dairy, and I have my oils in for the day. That only leaves water, which I'll probably be good with, we're going to the beach! I'll take my vitamin, so I'll have that, I'm sure I'll eat my lean protein with the seafood on that day at least.
The other dilemma: cooking for everyone. Now, I LOVE cooking and I love cooking for other people, and we'll see how it goes. I'm taking all my recipes, and we'll see what everyone decides they want to eat. I think the hardest thing is going to be agreeing on what to make. I'm really open to trying new things, but I know that my cousin tends to gravitate to food she's used to, like lasagna, or pasta with sauce. Her husband likes those kinds of foods, and I'm sure she's just used to cooking them. I like to try new things, and it might be hard for me to get her to expand her horizons. Her husband isn't going to be there Monday or Tuesday, so hopefully we can try out some new things for those two dinners.
As for exercise, I was thinking about getting up and running, but I know I'm not going to want to get up at 6am to go for a run on vacation, it is vacation after all. I've been so good this week though, I got 27 APs so far, and honestly, I'll probably get another 3 tonight, which pushes me to 30 (holy cow!), and I don't want to be totally lazy next week and do nothing, but it's vacation. I know - that's a ton of excuses, and just because it's vacation doesn't mean that I can through everything out the window. I think my cousin is going to bring her Tae-Bo, and she'll do that, and I'll bring my 30 Day Shred, and maybe we can do that together. Maybe I'll go for a run or 2. I really want to keep up on C25K, I've started it 3 different times, and really want to finish it before Christmas.
I'll pray for guidance, and God will help me figure everything out. I don't want to stress so much about vacation that I don't have a good time, either, and I'm kind of worried about that, too. I just need to relax and take each day one at a time.
"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:34
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