So I know this is a bit late.  I’ve had a hard time catching back up with life after I got back from vacation, not leaving a lot of time for my blog.

The verdict is:  I gained 2 pounds while on vacation, leaving me 3 pounds under goal.

I am ecstatic with these results.

I tracked everything while I was on vacation.  Well, I did the best I could for sure.  There were somethings that were a big guessing game, but the point was I didn’t want to get out of the habit of tracking just because I was on vacation.

The decision was made that I might gain.  I knew there were things I would eat (and drink) that I normally wouldn’t or couldn’t.

Like a delicious marshmallow Sprinkles cupcake.

Probably the best piece of advice I could give anyone who’s trying to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight is this:  Do not do anything that you cannot do for the rest of your life.

Am I going to never ever eat a cupcake again?  No.  Am I going to never ever indulge while on vacation again – like never?  No.

So I had to find a way to fit it to my plan.  To put it into perspective, when I went to Vegas last year at this time I gained 6 pounds.

6 pounds that I never lost until recommitting to WW in February.

By my at home scale I’ve already lost 1 of the two pounds that I gained, because the minute, and I mean the minute I was back I went right back to my 36 Smartpoints.

It was tempting to just do a few like 20 point days and see if I’d lose it real quick, but that was old Kelly thinking.  I was still losing at 36 Smartpoints, ever so slowly, so if I returned to that these pesky few pounds should naturally drop off without me doing anything drastic.

This is how “naturally thin” people do it.  I really put a lot of thought into this before heading out.  I mean I was curvy in my 20’s, but I didn’t feel like I needed to lose any weight.

I would go visit my parents during holidays and I’d always gain weight.  I never did anything special to lose it – it would just come off as I went back to my routine.

It is losing that all-or-nothing attitude that has made me successful, and will keep me successful.