Well, I did not eat well nor recover well from being on vacation
(going to my father's for the July 4 weekend). I started out ok
(except for the chocolate chip cookies the 1st night) and
progressively got worse with the sweets; regular food was OK except
for too much peanut butter). We came back to Dallas on Monday night,
and whenever DH and I return from a holiday weekend like that, we have
a hard time getting back on track (meal-wise and otherwise).

I was feeling rather disgusted with myself with my apparent inability
to control myself (although I was very picky on what I binged on!),
then I decided this was not much different from the 2 weeks I went to
England and Rome last November and ate seemingly non-stop. (OK, I
don't have the excuse of the great Italian food and the very good/I-
hardly-ever-have-it  British food!) I know I'll lose the weight I
regained (not much, I haven't been very good at weighing myself first
thing in the morning, but I've gained about 4 to 5 pounds, and even
had some water weight on top of that). So I'll probably have to pay
the next time I have to weigh in (for those who don't remember, I just
made lifetime 2 weeks ago); I have  the ticket. I think I let the
desire not to pay anymore rush me a bit in my weight loss.

I've been keeping up on my exercise (even stepping it up a bit), and
that's pretty good. I even bought some good running shoes Friday so I
can start running outside and join a running club. But I digress. I
was even avoiding reading this group because I didn't want to whine
about my problems when 1) I really think I've had it pretty good and
2) I don't make enough supportive posts (time management is one of the
things I'm working on).

However, I am posting now. I've given myself permission to be a bit
free on the food today before I get back on track with eating and
other stuff tomorrow (esp. since I did a major workout today, and did
it feel good!). Yes, I did "resolve" to get back on track each day,
but I didn't follow through. I've learned (nothing is a failure if you
learn from it!) that I think I need to incorporate more sweets (my
weakness the past week) into my regular diet so I don't eat too much
when I do have access to them. I think this also has been part of a
self-defeating tendency on my part (I gained quite a bit after I made
goal as well). Something definitely to work on!

Sorry if this seems a bit rambly, but I've had so much going through
my head that to write it all down would be a major undertaking and I
don't want to put y'all through that. And I've been a bit heavy on the
parentheicals, but oh well. :) Thanks for listening, and
congratulations to the losers!

Betsey