A title would be nice...

Let's see, healthy eating? Oh yes, that is what I WAS doing until Friday of last week. Wow, the wagon not only veered off the road, it pretty much plummeted off the edge of the cliff and broke into a million pieces.

It started with a work BBQ in a local park. There was ping pong, white elephant bingo, guess the baby/kid photo, a DJ and lots of other things to distract me from the homemade chocolate chip cookies, macaroni and potato salads, hot dogs, chips, etc. - but no. I noticed every detail of everything on the table and I indulged in the salads, 2 single serving bags of chips, 4 chocolate chip cookies and soda over the course of a 3 hour period . Yes...I drank a real Pepsi....but here's the best part...I took the hot dog, but passed on the hot dog bun. Yes, because that made a huge difference. What? You don't think so?

I then went to sushi for dinner - just ordered one roll of the non healthy tempura, overly sauced type. It was delish, but was not going to be canceling out any damage done earlier in the day.

I told myself that I was going to really be on my game for camping. I started off the morning taking 2 bites of Dan's Cinnabon - clearly that was very important in getting back in the game. Sigh. I then decided to make myself a turkey on whole wheat sandwich for lunch. a few apple slices, some SF Jello and I was back on track. There was hope.

We got to the camp site and several people had already arrived. (This was a work thing for Dan - around 20 people) - we stood around...drinking until more people showed up. Some headed to the pond to fish, others took out dirt bikes, some played basketball, ping pong and whatever else they could get their hands on. I held down a chair. I did go on a small walk, but in flip flops...not like I was breaking a sweat.

The food started coming out...Effing A - chips and onion dip....have I mentioned that is my absolute downfall? There was a table full of every camp/snack food you could imagine...chips on top of chips, cookies, brownies, candy...I was definitely in trouble. I just kept eating. The force of the crap food kept me glued to the tables. Nobody else seemed to care...so I didn't either.

The camp site is more of a farm type thing. There are llamas, goats, chickens, turtles, frogs, dogs, etc. There are creeks and ponds and every bug this side of the equator. I sprayed myself with bug spray and I'm beginning to think it's the nectar of the gods for them. I am sporting 14 mosquito bites and ready to itch my face off. Yes, I even got bit on my face. WTF? Has anyone tried any non traditional mosquito repellent products on the market? Bug spray sucks ass. Avon Skin-So-Soft sucks bigger ass. Is there a magic necklace? A special invisible net? Citronella perfume? Help an itchy girl out. I need to do something because I have a whole summer of outdoor parties, etc. I've been using "After the Bite" on my bites and it's meh...works for about 5 minutes and then it's back to wanting to kill someone.

We ended up having a ton of fun. The horrible eating continued well into the night. I think I ate my weight in peanuts sitting around the fire. My arm is sore from throwing shells into the fire, that's how many I ate.

It was freezing, but I slept pretty good. We woke up with the chickens and I was determined to do better with food. Not so much...huge pieces of french toast, powdered sugar, strawberries...it was brutal.

Whatever...we ate, said our goodbyes and off we went.

We headed towards my parent's house for Father's Day. We hung out with them for a bit and then all of us ended up at my brother's for the evening. Lasagna, garlic bread, apricot cobbler and ice cream...it was perfect food porn to end my wonderful weekend.

I chose not to get on the scale this morning. I am going to skip scale hopping until my official WI on Friday. If I was to get on the scale to see a big gain, it would take away from the awesome memories of my camping trip and family filled weekend. I don't want to give the scale that much power. Not this week, not ever.

So far so good with getting back on track today. It has been surprisingly easy. Water...water...water...veggies...veggies...veggies...I'm feeling great!

Comments

[Rachel]

Kath, it sounds like you had a great time and that's what matters!!

Peppermint keeps the critters away. Tried and true my friend. I use the stuff that BBW works sells at the holidays called Peppermint Twist....spray it on and keep the bugs off. It actually has a rather nice scent.

Enjoy the summer!!

[Hilly]

I think staying off the scale is a gooooood idea and ew, I am so sorry about all the bug bites. I'd be ready to cut a bitch.

Bitch mosquito, that is.

[Jennifer]

Screw it-you had fun and you'll bounce back. I just struggle with the fact that for some people, food isn't such a big deal. I would have been just like you-it makes me freaking bonkers. Blood to a shark.

I'm glad you had fun-life should be about over indulging sometimes. And I'm clueless on the effing mosquitos, but sporting a nice round one in the middle of my forehead. Guess who's getting a passport photo tomorrow???

[Susan]

Clear fingernail polish works to stop the itching. Glad you had a good time on your camping trip & didn't worry about the food. :)

[TUWABVB]

I think life is always going to throw these events in our path and you just have to realize that you need to enjoy yourself a bit while you are there, as long as you can get back on track. It's hard to adhere to a certain eating style when you are away from home, isolated and some one else is supplying the food. You just do your best, and have fun - which is what you did!

Seriously though - if my job ever required me to go camping, I might have to rethink. I'm a bad "outdoorsy" type!

[Gina]

Since you can't take any of it back (don't you wish there was a rewind button sometimes? LOL) is that you are on track now. I agree on the scale dodging until Friday. I wish you a successful weigh in anyway!