I’m just back from a lovely ‘holiday of a lifetime’, 2.5 weeks in the US, staying in some fab places (lucky me) and seeing many iconic sites on the West Coast.
I uhmed and ahhed so much beforehand as to whether to stay on MJ or take a break but in the end, decided to stay on it but instead of following strict calories, just listen to my body and eat only when I was hungry. To be honest, I’ve been a bit obsessive about calorie counting and so this was a good excuse to break out of that and ‘eat mindfully’ instead. Also I had to break out of the bad habit of weighing every day (no scales when you’re staying in hotels!) but I managed it. We had a fab holiday, ate out, had some treats, worked in lots of walks and didn’t obsess over food.
Got back yesterday and when I got on the scales, I’d stayed the same - no weight gain at all. I’d expected a few pounds but was really pleased to be the same weight on return. It’s quite a NSV for me as normally holidays mean falling first into the buffet and coming back fat and depressed! MJ really is a miracle.