Boy, you learn a lot about yourself in unknown situations.  my daughter flew
up this weekend to Boston and we road tripped up to Montreal and back. I
think I faired pretty well, but made some interesting observations.

#1, Daughter is on maintenance from LA weightloss, and struggling with food
cravings. Instead of her trying to convince me about cutting back, It was me
who wouldn't give into the food vacation mentality. I told her I feared
being where she was at in maintenance more than the weight loss process. She
was going to enjoy what ever and get back on her induction when she got
home. I don't think I'm ready to do that-
I chose to stay away from the obvious carbs. the items I did eat, I ate
questioning their values- like a sauce on my meat or fruit garnish on a
plate of 1 slice of kiwi, 1 sl orange, 1 sl melon.  No carb list handy- I
figured I'd eat it anyway to avoid the fried potatoes that were staring at
me!  I'm guessing now that it was about 8 carbs for the fruit.-

But  if it looks good enough, I'll eat first and count later.  bad girl!

#2  put 4 people on a road trip that eat differently and find a restaurant
in a strange town. We had parked the car for the day in Montreal at 2pm, and
kiddo happened to be wearing a pedometer. We actually walked 9 miles ( I
felt wonderful- grabbed cheese snacks in a deli)  before we settled on a
French restaurant at 8pm. You know the story- either it was too early to
eat, or nothing just right near by.

Convenience food stores and gas stations don't have much to munch on. I had
weighed out 1 oz bags of smoke house almonds (2 carbs), macadamia nuts and
cheese cubes. A life saver when the rest of the car was munching on potato
chips!

Big chocolate birthday cake waiting at the house- the guys who stayed home
already had started in on it. Who cares.   I had special ordered this one so
I took a bite and spit it out- a very good cake, but  good health is better.
too late to eat out or cook, in came the pizzas. I took my slices, gave the
crust to the happy dog and ate a salad with my toppings

Boston I was in control of. We had our Brazilian exchange student with us,
so we took him to a Brazilian BBQ for a birthday dinner. He said it was the
real deal- (Midtown grill, Cambridge) but more expensive. It was a fun place
with 7 meats being carved at your table for as long as you wished for
$16.50. That was great being I was low carbing. I made my way through the
buffet table. The desserts looked so good, and so different. I knew from
researching this cuisine that they were very sweet, but I took 1 teaspoon of
each to sample.my Brazilian son's favorite foods. It was good, but I didn't
need more than a sample, just  get  lots of water to drink while everyone
else finishes! They use a lot of condensed milk for their puddings and
toppings to give you an idea.

The best part is that its the day after, I didn't put on any weight, I feel
fine, besides for missing the kids already. Best thing is to get busy

Have a good week everyone!