I DID IT!!

After my trip to Chicago, I am pleased to say that I came home without gaining a pound!  How did I do it?  Here's the scoop:

Breakfast:  The hotel buffet had everything I need.  Every day I ate hard boiled eggs,

fresh fruit (pineapple, strawberries, melon, and grapes),

and Special K cereal (no milk). 

This was delicious, filling and just the right amount of calories to get my day going.

AM Snack:  A protein bar and some dried fruit (apricots or plums) got my energy and blood sugar back on track.

Lunch:  The food offered at the event was NOT program friendly, so I took the rental car down to Subway every day and got myself a healthy lunch of roasted chicken salad with sliced apples and water. 

PM Snack:  Some fresh fruit and a small 50-calorie pack of beef jerky was enough to hold me until dinner.

Dinner:  We went to an Italian restaurant for two nights... I ate salad with lemon juice for dressing and for my protein, I had shrimp cocktail one night and grilled octopus the next.  Another night we went to McCormick and Schmick's... that was PERFECT!  I was able to get a salad and then a trout with asparagus dish that was out of this world!

Exercise:  The hotel had a fairly good fitness room, so I was able to get my walking in.  One night it got too late to work out there, so I did some pushups, situps, body weight squats in my room.

Anyway... I am VERY happy with the results.  Next trip, the goal will be to come home LIGHTER than when I left!