Thanks Richard.  I doubt that 4 years ago I could have handled a trip like
that myself.

Yes, walking is great for me when I have a purpose (touring a zoo, shopping,
etc.).  I do miss my weight lifting though. :)

I know I did actually. I hopped on the scale this afternoon in spite of eating breakfast and lunch and drinking a few pints of water and was down in both lbs. and bf%.  I had no problems being back on track even after last night's great meal.

 You vacation the way I do, mostly on program with the rare and wonderful special meal. I always lose on vacation, bet you did too.

 --
 Les
   "Nunya B." <nunyadayumbidnez@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4h2b5aF1ovqs3U11@individual.net...
   Notice the quotes around the vacation part?  I was gone for 7 days.  The
   first 5 days were a volleyball tournament and referee clinic.  This meant 3
   full 14-16 hour days of classwork, evaluation, and working matches. There
   are different kinds of refereeing and I needed to learn how to be the "down"
   ref (R2 or umpire for those familiar with VB).  This involves always being
   on the defensive side of the net so it involves a lot of transitions.
   Unfortunately I could not wear my pedometer (not part of the uniform).
   While I could have kept it in my pocket I chose not to.

   The second to last day of the tournament was only a 9 hour day so I took
   myself to a movie (The Devil Wears Prada) and dinner (sushi, miso soup, and
   a salad) and went to bed early to get more than 4 hours sleep.

   The final day of the tournament was only 6 hours of work for me then DH
   arrived.  We went on an actual vacation that involved many miles of walking
   (museums, mall, zoo) each day.

   I stuck to my plan of oatmeal and blueberries for breakfast in my hotel room
   each day of the tournament. Lunch was mostly skim milk, fat free yogurt and
   turkey on wheat no cheese or mayo.  Dinner was usually a cup of soup and a
   salad at the hotel restaurant.  The first evening we did hit a nice seafood
   place and I had some paella (yummy).

   With DH we went out to breakfast so I stuck to egg beaters and fruit.  I ate
   a lot of turkey sandwiches or salads with chicken at different restaurants
   and we had a serious splurge dinner last night at a seafood restaurant
   (cioppino for me and I actually ate a piece of sourdough bread plus a
   decadent chocolate mousse served in an edible dark chocolate container with
   lots of strawberries and blueberries).

   The "only" workouts I did were walking.  I walked everywhere.  My feet are
   sore but my clothes are loose.  :)  I'm looking forward to the gym tomorrow.
   --
   the volleyballchick