Tahoe... Friend or Foe?

So I just got back from a very relaxing very stress free and most of all FUN vacation in Lake Tahoe with my family and the most amazing man in the world! Although was it good or bad for me?

I admit I LOVED sleeping in until I woke up on my own, reading ALOT, eating and not thinking about  it, and overall just lounging around! I think after the stressful student teaching experience I went through the past two quarters I seriously needed a vacation exactly like this one! I must admit, I brought my running shoes with every intention of getting a run with a breathtaking view every morning but the whether did not permit for any such workouts... I was "forced" to remain inside and relax for the better part of my vacation. So in a way this was good, I needed this!

I didn't realize it at the time, but all the semi-hard work that I have been putting into getting back in shape up until now was going to be lost by my eat freely without exercising diet while on vacation. I have weighed myself twice since I have been back just to be sure, but my weight is back up to 158, and I can't say that I am happy about it. Although one good thing that is coming out of this weight gain I think is even more motivation to loose it all over again!

I am committing myself to eating healthy (and doing my best to keep track of my calories) as well as working out as much as possible! Summer is approaching quickly and I can't say that I want to be strutting my stuff in a bikini right about now, but come summer time I am expecting to have: legs that don't BULGE out of my bathing suit bottoms, outer thighs that do not contain any traces of cellulite, a non-existent muffin top, and a slight trace of a six pack! Mark my words these things will be obtained before I put on my teenie weenie bikini :)