resolution

Okay, I need resolution. And I made one.
When travelling, I will not go to big lengths to stay low carb, I'll see what is around but I'll keep a low profile. Right now the feelings of my hosts are more important than my adhereing to a "religion", and I'm sure that being basically true to the low carb rules are okay even if there might be a week in Ukraine where things just go different. Or a week end in Germany.
When I'm home, or travelling with my family, things are fine. And that is most of the time.
So, this is just some small exception. And I write it down here in order to avoid unnecessary complications, feeling guilty or whatever.
Okay, done! Anyway they might have some great meat dishes in Ukraine... :-)

On the wagon again

Woo-hoo, I'm back... hopefully back on track, hopefully for long. I really fell off the wagon big time and hated it more and more, after some time of indulging. I spent a week in germany early November, and said to me "what the heck... thsoe delicious German rolls... it will just be a week". Turned out, it wasn't. After I got home again, it was "oh, just this last one xx", and after some more time, "anyway, I let it all go and turn to waste... what's the use...", and frustration building up. Okay, digging into the chocolate felt good, like no limits, no dos and don'ts, a kind of rebellious freedom and independence. As long as the clothes still fit. The thing was, after some time they only fit pretty tightly. I still can wear my old jeans but there's practically no space anymore, whereas I was so proud that they were rather loose on me. Hm. And eating lots of chocolate just felt "normal" after some time, not liberating but rather... like a stubborn child. I gotta have this even if it's not good for me, who cares. All this contributed to my feeling less than great during the pst weeks/months, and with lent coming along and all the stories they made about it here (for the children) I thought that it might not be a bad idea to fast on carbs instead of feasting. And since I'm back from Germany (another trip) and home again, I think I'm back on track. I started eating really low carb again on Sunday (came back Saturday). Just some days now, okay, but the fact that Huub said he'd join me, just for a week, was pretty encouraging! So we're in this together, at least this week. I should be back in the routine well enough after that, but you never know...
So I guess it's not a bad idea to stay around this summer instead of going to exotic places with exotic food and eally pig out on everything again. It seems to help to just have my simple environment, but this doesn't mean I'm not going to travel anymore. Am curious how things will be in the Ukraine at the end of this month.
And one thing I'm not really clear about right now - scales or not? Is it really motivating, or rather the opposite? Maybe I'll just stick to the once-a-month routine. Anyway I'm glad to be back here on my blog even if no one reads it. It's good for me to note my progress or how things are. So, dear diary, here I am!