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My No Dieting Vacation: Will You Be Sticking To Your Diet At BlogHer?

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I've been doing pretty good on my...Not really a diet, diet. Basically, I have lost most of the weight I had gained since last year's BlogHer conference. It's really amazing how easy it is to gain twenty pounds when you're not looking. I blame it on the whole love/hate relationship with my scale thing.

Anyway, now I am faced with a dilemma...To diet, or not to diet, at the BlogHer conference?

I would love to tell you that I plan on being the beacon of healthy eating at this year's BlogHer conference. But, I just can't do it. Well...I just don't want to do it. I want to have a good time and not worry about how many calories of fat are in a chocolate chip cookie.

That's ok, right?

I'm sure there will be plenty of healthy food choices at the conference, and I may even choose to eat some of them. However, I'm not going to be sticking to any type of healthy diet. How about you? Will you be sticking to your diet at the BlogHer conference?

What do you think? Is it better to stick to your diet on vacation, or just give into the urge to eat and be merry?

This is what Mel from My World, My Words did on her vacation...

I got to a point, many baaad meals later, while eating a delish corn bread muffin and a plate of macoroni and cheese at the Hawk’s Cay buffett (we visited for their 4th of July celebration) where I finally got honest with myself and my people and annouced that I was on vacation and since my willpower stayed at home I am just going to enjoy myself.

And I did. I enjoyed myself through every meal and margarita. In the back of my mind, though, I could not help but be a little scared at what the scale would say when I got home.

Beetqueen agrees that Road trips and dieting don't mix...

It is simply impossible to diet while on any kind of vacation. Even though our stay at my in-laws’ house was fairly short (only 3 1/2 days there + 1 1/2 travel days), any thought of a diet flew right out the window. This is, of course, because on car trips of any sort, my willpower fails me entirely.

From Motherwise Cracks...I Am Now Wearing My Vacation...

Well, the party’s over but it’s still wearing on - on me. Yep, the fabulous meals and double desserts are now officially hanging around my middle reminding me of what a great vacation I had. My goal pants that have been hanging on my closet door since May seem to have shrunk another size.

Now, if you don't want to get home from your vacation to find you've gained ten pounds, you could try some Tips for Avoiding Vacation Weight Gain. Or, you could just not get on the scale when you get home.

It seems that dieting while on vacation is difficult for most people. So...I think I'll just be going on a No Dieting Vacation.

What will you be doing?

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
at catherine-morgan.com, The Political Voices of Women, Care2 Election

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hakunamtata 5 pts

I just ranted on dieting. Im done with the weighing woes and skinny jeans ads making me feel all bloated.

 http://hakunamtata.blogspot.com/2008/07/weighing-w...

hkbmom 5 pts

Scales are the "ball and chain" of weight loss!  I am joining a program that is all about getting healthy from the inside out.  Women who participated in March loved it - some are even signing up for a second round.  You can learn more about The HomeStretch HealthQuest at:  http://onthehomestretch.blogspot.com ( http://onthehomestretch.blogspot.com/ ).  Each woman wrote about their experince on blogs.  Reading them really inspired me to give it a try!

burnsrunner 5 pts

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Suzanne 5 pts

Despite my heading for this comment, I'll probably try to eat well at breakfast and lunch, then stuff my face with cookies and other chazerai (i.e. - junk food, as my bubbe would say). I'm planning a trip to Ghiradelli Square for ice cream on Thursday night (anyone is welcome to join), but I hope to walk over there to get some exercise, then cable car it back. (It's a nice walk from Union Sq.) I won't lie, either - I'm hoping I can squeeze in a trip to the Cheesecake Factory in the Macy's building, too. Hopefully, I'll get to the gym and burn a little off before I head home on Sunday...

Suzanne Reisman ( http://blogher.org/member/suzanne ), Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender ( http://blogher.org/topic/feminism-gender )
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants ( http://cussandotherrants.com/ )

Lovebabz 5 pts

No I have to keep my weight up...It take a lot effort to keep this fat on!

No diet to speak of...

Love,

Babz

TW 6 pts

 I actually tend to undereat at Blogher...though last year I didn't...Prednisone and boy child made sure I had a stream of food in my life. 

~TW ( http://ramblewoman.blogspot.com )
Retro-Food ( http://retro-food.com/ )

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lauriewrites 5 pts

Catherine -

The only thing I'm focusing on right now is drinking a lot of water...plane travel dehydrates me and messes up my sinuses so the water helps. And I'm trying to do that thing where I halve portions when I can, because I'm doing a lot of "just because it's there" eating.

I really would like to drop some weight, just because I FEEL heavy and that's a bad sign, but I haven't embarked on any organized plan. Conferences are weird, disordered eating times for me - snack breaks, organized meals, running around from place to place. Add travel to an awesome city in there and if I tried to "diet" I'd go nuts. I'm hoping to do a lot of walking to counteract any extra calories. :)

Laurie

Jill Miller Zimon 5 pts

I need to eat so I can stay awake - what advice would someone give? Few to no carbs, right?  Not a lot of alcohol - and watch out for caffeine.

I'm all ears!  And, for optimism's sake? I AM packing sneakers and something to work out in - ha!! no really - I am.

Jill
Writes Like She Talks ( http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com )

Kalyn Denny 5 pts

My only diet-related goal at BlogHer is to try to avoid sugar (and white flour, although sugar is more important for me.) Other than that, I'm on vacation from my diet.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen ( http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com )