Big Ole Challenge Time

I am about to face my first big diet challenge: Girls Weekend. A debaucherous 4 days of eating, drinking, and general frivolity and laziness. Oh how I love this annual trip with my girlfriends and oh how I dread managing my intake of food and drink so as not to sabotage my dieting.

Problem # 1- Road Trip. We will have to drive at least 7 hours in the car, both ways, with various stops for meals and snacks-yikes!

Problem #2 - Drinking. I’m not a big drinker…except on girls weekend where we wander around a small tropical island intoxicated every night.

Problem # 3 - Eating out. We will do plenty of dining out-think fried fish places.

Problem # 4 - Cocktail hour….where we pile the patio table with junk food and appetizers and eat, drink and generally be merry.

Problem # 5 – will my girl friends will think I’m crazy and try to sabotage me?

Now the solutions….I’ll pack my own snacks for the road like sliced apples, carrots, and granola bars. I’ll drink vodka with seltzer and lime….as low cal as you can go when it comes to inappropriate drinking. When we eat out I’ll make the healthy choices…there is always something….even if I don’t really want that food. I’ll bring and buy healthy snacks for cocktail hour…think veggies and hummus, pita chips and eggplant dip. And I hope my friends will support me…..