{Weighing~In} on a Week-End Retreat

This week-end, I met up with my quilting girlfriends for a week-end retreat. There are 7 of us, at the moment.  Most of us have been getting together for the last 10 or so years. We stay at a retreat house which sleeps 10 and was built in the 1880's. It is owned by one of the quilting girls.  We quilt, eat and drink all week-end. Sewing takes place LATE into the night and often times begins very early in the morning.

We have certain rituals~~ home cooked dinner on Friday night, breakfast each morning, and Saturday night dinner out. The retreat house is located in a small town so restaurant options are very limited. As you can imagine, mostly, it is an opportunity for over-indulging in not-so-healthy foods. So I attempted to take some healthier snack options, in fact, many of us did.  Having healthier snacks available did help to curb some of the snacking on candies and other home make goodies.  It helped, but I still didn't completely avoid the less healthy options.

On Saturday night, I did make a healthier (loose term) dinner selection than I really wanted.  The mostly fried-fare menu was not supportive to my healthy eating attempts.  But all in all, I was one of the few that left dinner satisfied but not miserable and overly full.  Small success!  And typically I would drink wine in the evenings (for bonus calories!).  This time, for various reasons, I had only a half of a glass.  (Yay for me!)

Swoon Quilt Block

Following the Weigh-In Wednesday challenge this week was definitely a challenge.  Finding the time, space and sometimes a chair (for the triceps dips) was a real challenge.  I was in Texas earlier in the week and every straight back chair in the house was replaced with bar stools.  I ended up using the coffee table for my dips.  This actually worked fine except it put me at exactly the right height for this guy to be in my face.

Remy - Forever curious!

Through my attempts at dips, planks and water, I'm weighing in the same as last week.  Better than a gain, I know.  But I would love to say I lost a few pounds this week.

I'm home from retreat and starting to unpack. So that I can repack.  My husband and I leave Friday for Hawaii!  And I haven't packed a thing.  EEECK!  I'm now faced with the challenge of packing summer clothes and bathing suits for next week~~that FIT.  Depressing in itself, and ever so stressful! 

My plan for the trip, is lots of walking, use of the hotel gym and making healthier choices when we are eating out.  I'm in this for the long haul, and life time habits are what it's about.  Starting NOW!

Have a good week!

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