I went across country this week to California on a business trip. It was not pretty, but the good news is that I did not gain weight. I made good choices most of the time but not all of the time. I hope that it was good for my long-term weight loss to mix it up a bit. I am going to be traveling a lot over the next couple of weeks, so I need to get better at it.

What I did right:

- started out each day wtih a healthy breakfast. I ordered room service a couple of days, had a brebakfast meeting one day, and grabbed fruit and nuts on the run one day. From room service and the restaurant I had my oatmeal with maple syrup and coffee. I tried an egg white omelette with peppers and low fat cheese one day but that wasn’t very tasty at all. I got some grapefruit juice for a change.

- I exercised three times this week. My co-worker made fun of my large suitcase especially when I explained that I had to bring a few workout outfits since I am on a mission to lose weight. He said I could just bring one workout outfit and wear it again and again since I am going to sweat on it anyways. Even the socks? yup… No wonder men at the gym are so stinky! Anyways, I did 20 minutes of cardio each time and one of the days I also did weight training with hand weights and machines. I was pretty sore from this.

- I didn’t finish my meals and I almost always skipped dessert. At conventions, you get served meals with little choice on the menu. I didn’t always eat all of my food, and I only had dessert once.

What I did wrong:

- I drank some beer and wine which of course is not a good thing for weight loss.

- I had dessert once and candy at convention booths several times (pieces of chocolate) I have a lot of trouble avoiding sweets when they are right in front of me.

- I had bread with meals a few times

- I had chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant (another thing I have trouble avoiding)