Vacation

I was on a week long vacation with my family last week. It was fun - except that I have a brother who enjoys pretending we are still 15 and 11 by teasing me, acting superior to everyone and everything, and making me miserable when ever anyone is there to give him attention for it.

It was shit on my diet though. My mother decides to take TEN fridge packs of Diet coke, sprite, cherry coke, root beer etc. Then my brother shows up with 5 more. The crazy thing is... they were gone when we left after 7 days. I brought 6 liters of sparkling water. We also went through two 12 packs of Mikes, and at least two 24 packs of bud light. There were bagels, nachos, pretzels, and chips. We ate out 5 nights, had frozen pizza one, and my mom made enchiladas the other. We stayed up until 2 or 3 am most nights drinking beer, eating and playing games.

So yeah, hell on my diet and not enough exercise to make up for it.

I came back and was 125! I am seriously disappointed with myself. Add to that the near complete lack of exercise and I feel like blob.

Since I came back I have managed to bee good about my eating - back to 3 meals, 1 snack, every 4 hours and drinking lots of water. In the 4 days I've been back w/ out exercise I managed to get back to 122.5 - so, that's something.

I've also managed to clean most of my bedroom and wash all my work clothes so I have something to wear back at work.

The BF has an MBA mixer at the end of next week and I'm wondering if I can get to 119 before then so I can fit into these super sexy wide legged pants that make my ass look amazing. If I start exercising again tonight I think I might make it.

I skimmed through Jillian Michaels' Winning by Losing book before I left pretty much knowing I'd have to lose a few extra pound when I got back. And did all the math with my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and how active I am so that I can count calories and still lose weight. I've also read that you should mix up your calorie intake - some days higher, some lower - so that your body doesn't think it's starving and lets the fat go. So the plan for the next little while (let's face it, I can usually make 2 weeks with any plan!) is:

Mon: 900 calories - being very good with fruits and vegetables to make up for the weekend
Tues: 1300 - eating a little extra, but still being good
Wed: 900 calories - dipping back down before the weekend; more intense cardio for extra burn
Thurs: 1400 - a big jump to rev up the metabolism; I've also noticed that if I cheat on Thursdays I am less likely to gain weight than other days. But I will still strive to get my calories from healthy food.
Fri: 1000 - another day I have to be extra good before the weekend, but not dipping too low after thursday's big number; and another good cardio burn
Sat and Sun: 1300 & 1600 interchangeable (but not 2 days of 1600!) Since it's the weekend when I'm most likely to be eating out and drinking these are my biggest calorie days.

It sounds like alot, but it's based on 1200 calories a day x 7 days. Since I burn approximately 1700 a day it's a weekly deficit of 3500 calories the same as 1 lb. Now, if I also work out, I could probably lose up to 2 lbs a week. Because I will not be adding calories that I burn due to exercise.