We were on vacation last week in beautiful Door County, Wisconsin. There are many things to do here, including eating. With several “Wine Spectator” recommended restaurants, how you could you go wrong? I have to admit to fretting at first. I panicked because I couldn’t find whole wheat tortillas at the small town grocery store. I was off my schedule of eating three meals and three snacks a day. The others I was with just didn’t eat that often.
I gave myself permission to let go. Couldn’t remember the last time I’ve had fried food, let alone fried southwestern eggrolls. Yum. I let myself eat a hamburger–and enjoy it. Now before I give the impression it was all eating, I was exercising a lot. My usual 12,000 steps a day turned into 15,000+ with biking and swimming in between. I was active from morning to night. It was great! I felt like I earned the cheating.
So, now I’m back. I’m ready to exercise, eat right. I’m back on the health wagon. I weighed myself today, fearing the worse. Guess what? I gained nothing. I’m still where I was before the cheat week. What’s more, I truly believe this will be the jump start I needed. Yea! for vacations!



