Vacation is over

I actually feel like I've lost weight during my vacation but the scale showed +3 this morning. I can only imagine what could have been had i not done so much walking.

I enjoyed my vacation. I had ice cream several times-but also choose Lo-fat frozen yogurt with fruit once instead. I had a veggie sandwich on whole wheat English muffin for 'brunch' one morning instead of donuts or fried dough snacks.
But I also ate the potato chips with dinner -probably more than I've had in an entire year because we don't buy them at home- and several hot dogs which I don't love nut there's something about vacation.

I only bought 2 pieces of chocolate despite being surrounded by fudge and candy shops. I was kind of surprised that I didn't crave it more, but not entirely. It is an example of how my mind & body have changed. I truly didn't even want it.

I'm hoping some of The weight is from the sodium in vacation food but that is not an excuse.

I am glad that I did not go completely off track on vacation and found ways to pay attention to what I needed. The last night, they were bringing ice cream back to the house and I was planning a walk. I still took the walk - though I did get the ice cream on my own, i was walking 1+ hours first.

Unpacking today but after I get the laundry in, I plan to go for a walk. The iPod is ready. My son is at grandma's so it would be easy to sit and catch up on tv but I will take time for me in a new way.

THIS is vacation?!- a new perspective

Vacation- ironically this may be the milestone of change in this journey. I looked up a mountain nearby for a short hike --have been coming here for years and had no idea it existed. I never knew because I was content to stay in,not explore,& stick to the usual activity that everyone else was doing (antiquing, reading, driving. I haven't been there yet but I plan to go-we'll probably drive to the summit and then my son & I will do a short trail. We're pretty inexperienced at this but he loves hiking and I''m trying to make it something we can do together. I need a buddy though LOL!

Some people in my family think I'm strange & I am spending a bit more time away from them at times but I decided it's ok to do another 2 laps of the beach even if they want to go back to the house - ok to make me and my healthy interests a priority. It is difficult to be the change agent in a family but I have to do it for me. I have to give my son a good example too-healthy active parents are important no matter what the size & vacation can be just as fun exploring as sitting or building sandcastles.

I've never gone on vacation and looked for ways to get out & up! Just discovered snails eating on rocks in a tidepool that always seemed "too far" to walk.
I've done almost 5000 steps and it's only 9:30 a.m. I need vacation every week!

It's not an overnight huge change on the scale, but I think oneday I will look back and see this as a huge milestone on the journey. It's a cosmic shift in how I do vacation & I think a reminder that even though it's a long road and the scale nay be slow to budge, I have days that are awful eating days & way out of balance, my mindset has changed. I didn't feel like I "had to" walk like a chore but it was just something I did.

...and it feels amazing!

UPDATE: 8:45 pm- 11245 steps! 4.62 miles! 20 flights of stairs equivalent!