How to define successes and setbacks

I go on vacation for 5 days, I wipe out my 3 lb loss and put on an extra pound by the end of that vacation - setback?

During my vacation I log my food, try to make smart choices, limit my alcohol, and I ran on the treadmill, getting up earlier than anyone else, TWICE - success?

3 days after I get back from vacation, I'm back to one lb down, but not my pre-vacation weight - sucess? setback?

Now, I was thinking my vacation was a "fail" because I gained weight, didn't even maintain....but look what I did on vacation, I limited my intake of crap, I drank way less than everyone else, and I exercised!! Sounds like a success to me, even if it wasn't a scale success, yes?

In the past vacation would have been a free for all, and I probably would have come home feeling even more bloated and my clothes probably would feel tight by the end of the trip.  I'm working off my vacation and trying to plan for my next trip next week for how I will keep on track.

I'm thinking that my most recent vacation, while it had a weight gain, it had a lot of learning opportunities and I was pretty successful. I learned that I can be my own advocate, I can ask for what I want and I don't have to do what everyone else is doing.  My friends and my family support me, and voila, so does my new found "family" that I met in Cleveland (aka my boyfriend's family).

I also learned that its not *THAT* bad to relax a little on vacation, yeah I put on a few lbs, but I'm taking them back off and it could have been worse if I didn't exercise, and that exercise made me feel good! I wish my vacation wasn't so close to the beginning of my commitment to myself, but life happens, I just have to learn to roll with it and keep moving forward.

I think going down the line, if I learn something, use that knowledge in the future and be an advocate for myself, I will always be successful!

Okay and lets end this post with my adorable little buddies that I've had in my life for about 10 years now and what I'm going to be doing every night for the next 3 weeks, packing!



Isis giving you the "huggy purry" eyes



Shorty, looking for trouble

Tomorrow I want to talk more about Couch to 5k!

I made it to 2nd base!

Okay, not *that* 2nd base, I mean 2nd base in kickball! I am on a just for fun kickball team and we just started this summer.  I've only ever got out as soon as I kicked the ball or made it to 1st.

I think with my c25k and focus on weights, I've gotten stronger and faster! Woo 2nd base NSV!

Another NSV....I put on smaller jeans! (thank goodness cause my bigger ones that I've fixed 3x already have another hole in them!)....and because I really have no filter and I'm silly and it makes me laugh, I want to show you how AWESOME these smaller jeans are:



I have a butt!

I like to focus on NSVs because I think they come up more often and make me feel a lot prouder than weekly weigh ins...although scale victories are pretty awesome, too! This week, after my first week of calorie counting instead of WW, I have lost 1.6 lbs! Yay for success!!

What are you proud of this week?  (hey quit looking at my butt)