Jaycey
Post-Menopausal Maniac!
.....with some extra weight! 
I knew I would put some on, of course, as I was going off diet, but intended to be careful. As we had a fantastic buffet, I was able to select just what I wanted (no excuses!). For breakfast, I had muesli, and normally a piece or two of lovely Spanish bread - naughty I know (but so much nicer than British bread!). I grabbed a handful of dried fruit to have for lunch later, along with a piece of fruit. For dinner I stuck to fish/chicken with salad, but I DID have a pudding of some sort every night (but not ice cream). I did my best with drinks - had lots of tea and coffee, soft drinks (low-cal when I could get them), and the odd boozy drink now and then (I do like sangria!).
I had two cooked breakfasts (one after a night out clubbing and one on the day we left, to keep me going through the day) and we did go out to dinner one night and I munched my way through a load of lovely seafood. (But no wine!)
It could have been worse of course (I could have had doughnuts etc. at breakfast, and there was always masses of bread and potatoes around at dinner, along with pizzas and pastas to keep all the Italians happy - but I didn't have any of that) - so what did I put on? Well, I put on 6½ lbs. But I didn't feel that I'd "undone all that good work" which I've seen thrown at people on here, and I'm still fitting into my size 12s and 14s, so to be honest I don't really regret any of it.
The problem now is getting back on track! I've had some pretty serious hair loss, so I don't want to go back to SS in case it makes it worse, so I thought I would carry on where I left off, i.e. 1000 cal, but I'm wondering if this is enough, as I've only lost a couple of pounds since I got back. Perhaps I should go back as far as SS+ to get these few extra pounds off? (Or I could actually get the WiiFit out that I had for my birthday, lol!) Or just let them come off gradually.....hmm, I'm not sure.
(My biggest problem at the moment is all the lovely British fruit & veg that's around at the moment - British strawberries and cherries are the best in the world imho, and I just can't leave them alone, they're not around for that long! :cry: You have no idea how difficult it is for me to resist all that deliciousness!)
Anyway, I've posted up a couple of pix of me on my hols, one of them a nudie one to match the other ones I put up - I think there is a definite improvement, don't you?!
I knew I would put some on, of course, as I was going off diet, but intended to be careful. As we had a fantastic buffet, I was able to select just what I wanted (no excuses!). For breakfast, I had muesli, and normally a piece or two of lovely Spanish bread - naughty I know (but so much nicer than British bread!). I grabbed a handful of dried fruit to have for lunch later, along with a piece of fruit. For dinner I stuck to fish/chicken with salad, but I DID have a pudding of some sort every night (but not ice cream). I did my best with drinks - had lots of tea and coffee, soft drinks (low-cal when I could get them), and the odd boozy drink now and then (I do like sangria!).
I had two cooked breakfasts (one after a night out clubbing and one on the day we left, to keep me going through the day) and we did go out to dinner one night and I munched my way through a load of lovely seafood. (But no wine!)
It could have been worse of course (I could have had doughnuts etc. at breakfast, and there was always masses of bread and potatoes around at dinner, along with pizzas and pastas to keep all the Italians happy - but I didn't have any of that) - so what did I put on? Well, I put on 6½ lbs.
But I didn't feel that I'd "undone all that good work" which I've seen thrown at people on here, and I'm still fitting into my size 12s and 14s, so to be honest I don't really regret any of it. The problem now is getting back on track! I've had some pretty serious hair loss, so I don't want to go back to SS in case it makes it worse, so I thought I would carry on where I left off, i.e. 1000 cal, but I'm wondering if this is enough, as I've only lost a couple of pounds since I got back. Perhaps I should go back as far as SS+ to get these few extra pounds off? (Or I could actually get the WiiFit out that I had for my birthday, lol!) Or just let them come off gradually.....hmm, I'm not sure.
(My biggest problem at the moment is all the lovely British fruit & veg that's around at the moment - British strawberries and cherries are the best in the world imho, and I just can't leave them alone, they're not around for that long! :cry: You have no idea how difficult it is for me to resist all that deliciousness!)
Anyway, I've posted up a couple of pix of me on my hols, one of them a nudie one to match the other ones I put up - I think there is a definite improvement, don't you?!
