I’m simply silly happy at the moment.  I just got back from my Weight Watchers meeting, and …drumroll,please…I didn’t gain any weight during my vacation!  In fact, I lost half a pound!

I’m pretty sure I lost that half pound over the last week, because vacation was full of such lovelies as margaritas, whiskey sours and fajitas.  The past week was full of exercise wonderfullness, like a 20 mile ride on Sunday, Zumba, boot camp and a short round on the evilliptical.

Here are the stats:

Overview for the week:

• Tracking.  Every bite!  A little off on the healthy habits checks; there’s a big gap in the middle of the chart
• Eat those Points. Yes!  And then some!
• Earn a minimum of 50 activity points a week. I earned 87 APs this week, and ate 34 of them.  Yum.
• Blogging.  Yes!  I’m back!  Check out my beach photos.
• No quitting?  No brainer.  I haven’t quit yet!
• Supporting fellow challengers – Yes!  you are all doing so well, sticking in until the end of summer!  I continue to pray for all of us, that we find the determination to make this time the last time and that we find a healthy, happy balance for ourselves!

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

What?  No progress report from Angela Pea??  Nope.  Not last week, not this week.

Why?  Because last report day I was caught up making a presentation then dashing to the airport to hop on a plane and catch up to my family, who had already left for a …wait for it….VACATION!!!!  Thursday was report day, but I had another meeting to attend and missed WW.  So Sunday it is.

I did okay with eating while at the beach…very mindful of portions, fried foods, drinks…but I didn’t get a whole lot of exercise, other than swimming, a few hours of kayaking, and the occasional lifting of my hand to turn the page of the book I was reading while lounging under a beach umbrella.  I didn’t track a thing, just enjoyed the food I chose to eat and the few glasses of wine I chose to drink.

It was pure bliss.  BLISS I tell you!  This is the first vacation we’ve taken in five years, and I enjoyed every single moment of the absolute luxury of doing nothing.  Nothing.  We unplugged everything.  No laptops were turned on, blackberries were turned off and left in the hotel safe, no iPhones in sight.

So…here’s my week in review.

• Tracking.  Nope!  None!
• Eat those Points. Yes!  I’m pretty sure I ate all my points.
• Earn a minimum of 50 activity points a week. Seriously?  Can I count points for napping under the beach umbrella?  How about sand castle building?  Chasing crabs on a dark beach?  Diving for sand dollars?

• Blogging.  Nada!
• No quitting?  No brainer.  I haven’t quit yet….I just took a week off.
• Supporting fellow challengers – I fully intend to hop over and visit everyone before Sunday.  Really!