Back From Vacation!!

Hello everyone!!

I know it has been awhile, but me, my twin sis, and a very dear friend took a weekend cruise to Nowhere!! That just means we didn't dock anywhere, we sailed to Florida back to Norfolk, VA. It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to do it again.

This week, I am going to talk about keeping a healthy diet while on vacation, and........cheating on your diet after vacation lol. Like Planet Fitness, this is a no judging zone (I hope).

Going on the cruise, I was a little nervous. No alcohol, no cheese, no seafood; I just though this was going to be tough. My sister and our friend were getting the party started ordering drinks on the deck and I was ordering ginger ale and cranberry juice. One tip is to ask the bartender to make your non-alcoholic beverage LOOK alcoholic. I had an umbrella, pineapple, and cherries added to my cup to feel included in the party. Tip two, get up and dance, you will never see these people again anyway, so get your boogie on lol.

Now the important part: FOOD!!!
The awesome part of this carnival cruise, was the burrito line. Yummy! For breakfast, I got hash browns, lettuce, tomatoes, pico de gallo, hot sauce, and a wheat tortilla. For lunch, rice, black beans, lettuce, tomatoes, pico de gallo, hot sauce, and a jalapeno tortilla wrap, extra yummy!!

For dinner, we ate in the restaurant. They had minestrone soup as appetizer. It was good!! The dinner was even better, they had an Indian Vegetarian dish. It had spicy chick peas, rice, potatoes, and salsa and pita chips.

Unfortunately, my sister and I accidentally switched camera when she went back to Nashville, so this is the only pic that I have lol. The trip was great, they even had zero proof beer available lol.

When we came back from the cruise, it was just in time for a memorial weekend BBQ. This is probably the hardest time to stick to your diet. There was burgers, hot dogs, Mac N' Cheese, potato salad, ribs, BBQ chicken, steak, and everything else I miss eating. My mother-in-law did buy me and my sis some veggie burgers for the grill that were yummy, and some vegetarian baked beans (there is no pork added, just sugar and spices). So I had a burger, baked beans, cucumber salad, corn on the cob,  and.....this is when the cheating began. I had potato salad forgetting that mayo is used. I would have skipped it, but I really wasn't thinking. The BBQ was a hit, and I wish my sis didn't have to go back to TN, but we had a great time.

Ok, ok, this is when the cheating began. I have had a craving for Popeye's biscuits. I have probably eaten like 12 within 2 weeks. They are so good and buttery. Sometimes I have it with honey, or with vegan sausage patty (MorningStar maple). Me and my fiancee went to the beach, and stopped to get biscuits before we left. Ahhhhh, it is safe to say I have an addiction lol. But I am going to get back on track I promise; this is just a minor set back. Work starts back on Friday, so I will be confined to my house lol.

On my next post, I have some good news and some more good news so check back later today :-)