Vacation Surprise

I have been on vacation for a week. Before that, I slipped AGAIN into my regular bad eating habit of anything and everything and anytime I want to eat.

So, I had gained some weight.

On vacation, however, my husband, daughter and I went to a Caribbean Island - St. Martin. I was determined to eat light. I did! Now, I had meat, yes. I ate one-half of a French pastry, yes. Husband said "no" to any more - kind of expensive for what they were, he thought.

But, the pastry and the meat were what I'd consider "whole foods" because it wasn't as processed as what I'd been eating. The pastry did have white flour I admit, but there were fresh, raw raspberries on top. The fruit was the main part of the pastry. Yum!

I lost weight on that vacation!!! Surprise!!!

We did walk. You had to walk a lot if you went shopping or sight-seeing. We did a good amount of driving, but I did more walking there than I've done in years. Yes, years. I really think that's the reason of my weight loss.

Also, I didn't have many sodas. I had mostly unsweetened tea and water. We bought a watermelon, and I had that for one or two meals - just watermelon. I made beans, greens and cornbread in the hotel room. Restaurants were getting too expensive, and we were missing our staple Southern food!

A salad that I had, had shredded beets! I'm going to start including shredded beets in salads I make at home. It makes the salad pretty and shoots the nutrition value 'way up the scale! Two things I've had in the states, but not since my grandmother was alive were oxtail and goat meat. Both very delicious and so tender. The menu for the oxtail said, "Oxtail and lima beans". When it came, there were no lima beans that I could see. I asked the waitress if I misunderstood. She took my fork to lift the meat, and sure enough, there were three lima beans! Crunchy and "blackened", too. :-) I had to chuckle to myself. The menu was right!

I'm so happy to say that losing five pounds, eating very little fat, walking... I feel wonderful!!! My skin is smoother, and not at all oily feeling. I can breathe better. I'm not at the best health still, but so much better and that's good.

Now, since I've been home these past three days, I've eaten fairly well. Not the best, but better than the way I said I was eating earlier - anything, everything, anytime. Last night, watermelon supper. It was soooo good - sweet and juicy, that if anyone had watched me eat, they'd think I was praying as I closed my eyes and hugged my shoulders as the sweet taste and water felt like a miracle food inside me.

Okay, I'm starting to sound weird maybe.

Today, I'm beginning to limit the time I eat again. I'm doing the 8-hour window this time. I hope to get to the 5-hour window again soon. No more anything everything anytime eating for me.

Here is the new "Verse of the Week": 1 Corinthians 9:27 "But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified."  nkjv