1. No more than 1 alcohol unit per day. A difficult task, considering both lunch and dinner are served with alcohol, and long cocktail hours are hard to manage without a cocktail, but a necessary one because if I have to work 16 hour days and be alert, alcohol is my enemy.
2. No hotel room munchies. (No, going to CVS to buy snacks to keep in my room and munch on late in the evening.) This is a hard thing for me, because I eat more when I'm sleepy and I also don't register exactly how much I've eaten when I'm at a large party. I'm talking and mingling and in the meantime, I've done damage to the bread basket, killed a few glasses of wine, and helped myself to several passed cheese puffs. So, the last thing I should do is go back to my hotel and "relax" (pig-out) on twizzler bites and chocolate-covered pretzels late at night. It's a bad habit.
3. Limit coffee. I live on coffee and I'm not sure how well I can do this (which is why I didn't restrict myself numerically) I like coffee with lots of creamer, and often on trips and in hotels, full-fat cream is all you have as an option. Making six cups of coffee a day really add up. I'm going to try and stick to only tea, which I enjoy black/as-is. But, I might reach day-five of this trip and succumb. We shall see....
4. Only eat dessert (or really any of the food) if it looks and subsequently tastes REALLY delicious!! so often I'll eat because I'm bored or tired or it's just placed in front of me, forgetting that I don't really like flourless chocolate cake or custard tarts. This trip I will be more diligent about what I'm eating and stop if I don't care for it.
I am going to try and workout, but right now I'm so exhausted and I haven't event boarded a plane yet, I'm not sure how I can fit that in....though, my attitude may change with a solid night's sleep tonight. We'll see....access to internet might be spotty, but hopefully I'll manage to post a few times while I'm down there! **Cross your fingers, for both gym-time and blog-time**
PS - Serendipitous that the "Real Housewives of Miami" premieres tonight?? :)
