| July 2, 2010, 8:06 pm TEXANS I NEED YOUR HELP!
bassoonist |
 What are the must-see's in Texas?
We are taking a vacation from July 26-Aug 2. We'll be in the New Braunfels area visiting long-lost family. High on our to-do list is the Schlitterbahn and Six Flags (Over Texas or Fiesta Texas - can't decide, please help). Need to do The Alamo and The River Walk. Also considering Corpus Cristi and the Texas State Aquarium. We enjoy outdoor activities and anything thrilling/ exciting. What do you suggest we do in the great state of Texas? ... |
continue reading June 19, 2010, 6:39 am Green Challenge, Focus, Vacation
nylatinjazz |
 The Green Challenge is keeping me focused and planning to do so even during my vacation next week. I was getting a little worried but this morning my husband said to me that during our vacation let's plan to keep eating healthy meals and snacks that keep our pages green. This surprised me because usually vacation from home means vacation from healthy food. I'm the only one participating in the Green Challenge, so this was great news to my ears.
This trip is hubby's 29th anniversary present to me and we're going to Niagara Falls. We've been there many times when ... |
continue reading June 6, 2010, 3:11 pm Trying to stay on track | This week I am away from home. I am with friends in CT and will be heading to the Boston area tomorrow.
Today I managed to maintain control and log my food, even a fresh homemade mint jeulip. We went shopping at Fresh Market, so I did have a certain degree of control.
Tomorrow things will get difficult. This is a business trip. The company that we will be working with treats us really well with free breakfast (NOT continental) and lunch, which will be a huge hot buffet of really tasty food. Now I usually only have about 200 Kcal ... |
continue reading 11 comments June 3, 2010, 2:42 pm I'm leaving...
jannie2 | on a jet plane tomorrow for Disneyworld!!:)
I have my NM paper logs packed and I am ready to go. I won't have computer access but I will be thinking of you all! I know that I am going to be red most of the time but I am going to the darn happiest place on earth so who cares?!:)
I will be eating healthy breakfast's so that good & I now know that when I get back, the healthy eating will kick back in and I will be back to normal! I will post a pic when we ... |
continue reading May 25, 2010, 11:06 am SERVING up a SMILE 5/25/10: Vacation Time is Almost Here! |
 It’s getting warm and it’s just a matter of time before many of us will spend a week of our lives relaxing somewhere other than home. For my family, this means completely getting away from everything. When we leave town, we aim to escape it all: the phone, the television, most people and the modern noise that comes with them. We usually end up someplace in the mountains where two bars is the best you can expect on the cell phone and even to get that many you have to stand on one foot and hold your breath.
Long before ... |
continue reading 29 comments May 12, 2010, 11:30 am California Folks - Suggestions Please!!
susano | Well...Wes and I are going to try to take a honeymoon in June and stay at his brother's house in Los Gatos. Do any of you have suggestions on things we should do/places we should visit while there? It's so exciting...!!
and of course...who lives nearby??? ... |
continue reading May 8, 2010, 8:38 am Vacation Help
conshygryl | My boyfriend and I are taking a long-awaited trip to Napa Valley in about 2 weeks time. The whole point of the vacation is to drink good wine and eat good food. And get in some hiking too. I was wondering how other NMers handle vacations? I will keep a written log and enter everything when I get back but I fear it will be really hard because how do you know how much sodium and fat is in restaurant food? Can I just take a break for a week and not worry about it? or just do my best ... |
continue reading January 11, 2010, 10:22 am Training Starts Today
ar_page | I start Marathon training today. I am very excited about the goals I have set to reach this year.
My goal weight is 130, so I have 29.4 pounds to lose. I am going to vegas on June 17th, so I made that my goal date. I would love to be able to sit by the pool and not worry about how I look in my bathing suit. I know I can do it.
Running statrts tomorrow, but I will try to get weights and some cardio in tonight.
Looking forward to all that is ahead! ... |
continue reading December 16, 2009, 5:07 am so i have decided... | so i have decided since tonight is my vacation that for dinner...i may splurge...just a bit...nothing like eating a whole pizza or a huge double cheese burger...but im not gonna freak out if i have one red day...still gonna try and be good...but im not gonna stress over it...gonna relax and enjoy a stress free mini vacation ... |
continue reading 6 comments December 6, 2009, 9:58 am No such thing as a vacation from HEALTH!
garcia | I am on a little mini-vacation visiting my husband's family. It has been a real challenge for me. These are some of the comments I've had to deal with since I am here:
"You are on vacation stop looking at the calories it doesn't matter"
"I could never live like this woman - looking at every label before she put something in her mouth, Oh my gosh!"
"What? it doesn't have a label? Oh no! I can't eat that."
(that one was said mocking me as if I had said it)
"Oh my GOSH! Lord forbid you eat the whole piece"
(said after I cut ... |
continue reading October 18, 2009, 7:02 pm Getting green again
lorijrcamp | I returned from a 10 day vacation a week ago. I did ok while on vacation, stayed within my weight loss calories, not very green but.. I came home and had a hard time getting green again and today I really blew it. First time (in the 6 months I have been with NM)I went over even my maintenance calories. I don't know what's up with that, I am going to think about my day and try to decipher why I chose what I chose and hopefully learn something from it. Tomorrow is a new day and I will get ... |
continue reading September 20, 2009, 7:06 pm Whew! Back from vacay!
1greytmom | Boy, I missed you guys! However, Myrtle Beach was quite lovely as well.
I just got back from an event called Beachbound Hounds. I took Lily, my greyhound, and joined about 200 other hounds and their owners for 3 full days of sun, sand, seminars, shopping for cool, greyt items, and eating! The weather was fabulous, while at home, we got at least 3-4 inches of rain - hee hee. Missed that!
I had a greyt time taking Lily almost everywhere I went and it felt weird when I had to leave her in the room to go eat a couple of ... |
continue reading September 14, 2009, 10:58 am I'm Baaaaaaack ! What did I miss? | Hello everyone! I'm back from my Miami visit and weekend float trip. And, while I'm sad vacation is over and I'm back to work, I'm so glad to be able to focus on NM again. I feel like I've missed so much.
Miami was fabulous. It wasn't nearly as hot as I thought it would be. Spent 2 days at the beach and one day at the pool. And, yes, the beach was "au natural", and, yes, I was sans swimsuit. Oh my!
Even though I did make my friend take me to the grocery store when I arrived, as I ... |
continue reading 6 comments September 3, 2009, 5:58 pm Vacation time ... | Yes, I'll be on vacation for the next week. Visiting a friend in Miami, FL for a few days, home for 2 days, then a float trip the next weekend.
I will have some access to a computer while in Miami, but none on the float trip. Funny thing is, while I won't have access to a computer on the float trip, I will have control over my food, 'cause we're pretty much bringing our own food. But, when in Miami, when I will have access to a computer, I won't have as much control over food choices. I may just ... |
continue reading 5 comments August 17, 2009, 12:31 pm Recovered from Vacation Gain
srclarinet | I've been on vacation for 3 weeks. Two of those were traveling and visiting family and were very difficult to eat well and log. All said and done, I only gained 2 pounds (as of last Thursday). Today is Monday and I've already lost those two pounds I gained. Ready to get back into the race, picking up where I left off. ... |
continue reading July 22, 2009, 6:06 am Watching the clock
KarynD | I'm so glad NM has me used to eating every 2 hours or so. That will make it easier for me today as I watch the clock, trying to make it go faster. Tomorrow we leave on our first vacation in 9 years and I'm ready to roll!!!! ... |
continue reading July 21, 2009, 9:11 pm I'm back and ready to start over
kwoolf |
 So, I finally made it back from my month-long work trip. It is so good to be home! Don't get me wrong - I *love* Italy, the people, the wine, and the food (in that order). But it is so nice to be back with my family, sleep in my own bed, use a shower that is larger than 1 meter square, and know how the toilet flushes (finding the button, valve, lever, or cord is not as easy as it sounds!).
I didn't log the food I ate because it is so different from what we eat in the US ... |
continue reading July 20, 2009, 10:26 am Back from Vermont |
 
Pheasant Cordon Bleu
Venison Roast (my favorite meal of the week)
Hello NM family! I have had a very relaxing week or so in the chilly but beautiful lakeside town of Colchester, VT. No television, no computers, not even a newspaper. . Even the cellular phone reception was lousy and unreliable. We truly got away from it all. It was wonderful.
We packed much of our own food and I began the week with paper logs and an abundance of exercise. I also swam/dove/snorkeled almost ... |
continue reading 15 comments July 9, 2009, 2:54 pm Just For Next Week: Vacation Vows | Whew, what a crazy week it has been. My post last week about the car repairs, the missed gym class, and the death of the iPod morphed into one of those cartoon snowballs rolling down the side of a mountain.
This week has been full of all kinds of fun including having a credit card (and a wee amount of cash) stolen out of my purse (which has made replacing my iPod nearly impossible), pushing all work tasks right up to deadlines and the icing on the cake was that my daughter Maya had to be taken to the ER last ... |
continue reading 9 comments July 7, 2009, 11:00 am "Normal" people just don't understand...**RANT** | I spent last week on a mission trip rehabbing homes in the Appalachian mountains in Kentucky. I was worried about the food on the trip, but it turned out to be ok, what with working 10 hours a day on construction, the daily fare of cereal, fruit, PB&J, and whatever was for dinner was just about right. I did indulge in a little desert just about every night, but over-all I know I stayed well below maintenance calories. What turned out to be a nightmare was the two days of travel before and after the trip! 10+ hours in a ... |
continue reading 47 comments June 30, 2009, 7:25 am Goin' to San Diego!! | I'm really getting excited now! I leave for San Diego on Friday to spend an extended holiday with my son who's stationed at Miramar. I'm so antsy, it's hard to focus on anything else right now (I should be working...oy!)
Anyway, I was looking for great walking trails. I'm sure the base is fine but nothing like an ocean view! I would love to walk the route for the walkathon but don't know my way around. Any input and directions would be much appreciated! Plus it would be so funny to see his face when I say..."I know of this great ... |
continue reading 12 comments June 26, 2009, 11:48 am A week without NM is like a week without sunshine... | Although I'm hoping I'll have plenty of sunshine! My husband and I are going to be on a building trip to Eastern Kentucky for the next week. Besides going crazy getting all the details ready (I mean, I just finished teaching on Tuesday, and I've spent the entirety of my summer vacation so far running errands and doing chores!) I will be without computers for a week.
I'm not too worried about exercise, as we will be spending 10 hour days painting, building, etc. Wednesday we have off for a fun day, and I think we'll go hiking or canoeing, ... |
continue reading 4 comments June 5, 2009, 6:21 am Taking a break!
PuraVida | We are off to Mazatlan for a week so I'll be taking a break from the NM website but not from the NM lifestyle. I'm down about 30 pounds since the beginning of my NM journey in January so I am not dreading the fact that this is a vacation with just bathing suits and shorts! That feels pretty darn good! ... |
continue reading May 28, 2009, 6:02 pm Back from vacation
paddy0286 |
 I am back from a wonderful vacation in Cancun. The ocean was beautiful, but my eating was not. I definitely put some weight on while I was there, although I'm not sure yet how much is actual weight and how much is water weight because I'm sure my sodium as through the roof!
I didn't log while I was there. It don't think this was good or bad... It just was. I didn't have decent internet connection and I didn't want the stress of trying to remember everything I ate.
I have been slow to get back into the swing of things. ... |
continue reading March 16, 2009, 1:17 pm Green Day!
dollylonglegs | Ok, so it's actually a little early to be celebrating my all-green day because my boyfriend and I haven't actually made dinner, we've just planned it out.
I was so afraid that I'd backslide and lose all of my hard work (and gain back those 5 pounds!) over spring break, but my boyfriend is really into healthy eating, so I think I might gain ground and lose weight this break rather than lose ground and gain weight!
This actually comes at a very opportune time, as my last week or so of logging shows a lot of red -- I guess after ... |
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