Well, I knew it was going to be tough.  A company sponsored trip to an
all-inclusive resort in Cancun.  It was fantastic, thank you very much, but
man was it hard!  First was the plane trip: we leave home at 4AM to catch a
7AM flight.  No food until the stewardess brought the 'snack' package at
8:30ish (two crackers, cheese, a big strawberry fig newton thing and a
chocolate).  Didn't think to bring something better and since I was
starving, I ate it.  And heck, since it's vacation, and I need a smoke, we
hit the airport bar at the first layover.  Yep, had a beer at 9AM.  No 'low
carb' beer served either.  (But it was fun being a little decadent!)
Finally, we make it to Mexico at 1PM and boy am I hungry!  We head for the
first food stop we find - a snack bar/restaurant by the pool.  Hmmm, should
I have nachos or nachos?  Well, nachos it is, with ALL the fixin's.  Suffice
to say, that although I tried to be good, there were way too many
temptations.  Maybe drinking all those Cuba Libres (Bacardi and Diet) didn't
exactly help with my willpower. And boy, did we put them away!  I can't
imagine that there's any rum left in all of Mexico since my visit!  On the
bright side, I did get way more exercise in Cancun than I ever do at home -
swimming and walking for hours every day and let's not even mention the
disco at the hotel where we danced away several hours of every night!

I woke up the morning after my return to be hit with a mega-case of edema,
exhaustion, a peeling nose and 8 pounds of water weight.  But I am back on
track and two days later in ketosis and am so glad to be back in my little
carb-controlled environment where I buy the food I want (need) and can avoid
those temptations!

I loved my vacation, but realize just how hard it is to travel while trying
to maintain the WOE.  I will be better prepared next time.  :-)

Adios amigos!

Jerri
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J Costello
10/25/03
243/228 (after vacation)/160