Well, I'm back.
If you're following this blog at all, you already know that last week Monsieur and I went on vacation. We decided to drive to Santa Barbara, and boy, was it relaxing. Guidebooks call that area of California the "American Riviera". When I first read that I thought to myself, "Yeah, right. Nice try." But I think there may be something to it. Strolling along the tree-lined, extra-wide sidewalks you feel like you could be in some delightful European beach town. It really was wonderful and I would definitely go back.
I think I was pretty good about portion control. Monsieur and I typically would split lunches and share appetizers. And, I actually did take part of my dinner back to our hotel one evening because I already felt more than satisfied. But I do think I ate more at dinner time than usual.
I also discovered a wonderful ice cream shop that is based in Santa Barbara: McConnell's.
They have as assortment of delicious flavors, but my favorite (by far) was Black Coffee Chip. It's a blend of espresso and drip coffees plus some very finely shredded Guittard chocolate. Heaven! So, I was a bit relaxed about my treat intake.
On the plus side, we took some long walks and swam almost every day, so I hope that helped to balance things out a little bit.
Still, given all that, I wouldn't be surprised if the scale wasn't as complimentary as it was before I left.
Monday morning weigh-in: 165.5. (+1.5 since last week and -1.5 to-date)
Gulp.
So, I was hoping that the result would have been a bit better. But, I managed to get things moving in the right direction before, so I should be able to do it again, right? Right.
So, here we go!
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