Traveling

So... eating well can be hard when you're away from home for a week and there's nothing in the airports under $5. Parker and I flew to Wyoming for the last six days and had a great time, but it did post some hazards to my fitness goals. On this side of it though I feel like I navigated it successfully. This is not in a little thanks to the great cooking of Christy our hostess. She planned us a delicious and healthy menu that made it way easier to eat how I should and enjoy it! Granted I did have a hamburger and fries one night...and we drank a lot of coffee....and even had ice cream once...but all in all it went pretty well. I don't know for sure because I didn't keep track of my calories the whole time,but I gave myself permission to loosen up. The only real hangup was those darn pumpkin chip cookies...probably shouldn't have eaten so many of those...speaking of which the mush from my carry-on that was once pumpkin chip cookies sounds really good right now...Anyway, the other bit of a challenge was the "something active" everyday. We weren't exactly sedentary, but I did sit on the couch and watch Gilmore Girls a bit. :D Parker and I tried to get out for walks a few days, and I also did my exercise video two other days, so all in all I'm hoping that at least I didn't loose any ground. Last night might have been my biggest splurge because supper consisted of a burger from McDonalds and a 16 oz. Mint Condition from Caribou. :) Yummy. Today it's back in the saddle; I ate my twigs and soy flakes for breakfast and logged it up. Making a grocery list from all the tastey menu items Christy made for us and am excited about the new options to our rotation and that I don't have to feel guilty about them! I thought about asking for the cookie recipe too, but that would literally be asking for it.
I can't really decide how I feel about the taking of the Parker on this trip. On one hand it was really fun to have him and see his reactions to all the new experiences and it's fun memories of stuff just he and I did together: no one can say that we're not bonded! However he won't remember them and sometimes I think, I just want a break! There would've been a lot more that Christy and I could've done with out a toddler in tow and I was so jealous of the other plane passengers that got to sleep or read their own books and didn't have to catch the toys before they got chucked down the aisle...All in all though, I didn't have a choice so I guess I will just be grateful that I get the chance to have the memories of such adventures with my son and grateful that I can take him out in public and he's a good companion, even if he does end up without pants more often than anyone would like.