Traveling Vegans

Man, this week was discouraging. I skipped a week of blogging because we were so busy getting ready for a business trip, and then once we went on the trip, I did HORRIBLE! I almost didn't want to blog because I felt so defeated, but then I decided to do it as an allowance for others who fall off the wagon like I did! I am now back on the wagon, but it all went like this:
Trav and I went to Charlotte, North Carolina for a small business convention (which was amazing!). We flew out on Thursday, Valentines Day. A day that I have lovingly referred to as Venereal Disease Day since nursing school took away my refined ways. I decided this would be my cheat day since we would be eating airplane food. In NC we stayed in an awesome hotel! 

It was cheap, free vegan breakfast, great mattress and pillows, friendly staff! All good things! The reason why I am mentioning this is because that night I listened to our neighbor fake the big "O" 5 times from 1-2am while listening to R&B music. Travis slept through this, of course, but I got about 3 hours of sleep before our first convention. Me being tired=angry=eating! Can we say emotional eater?!?! I ate great for breakfast and lunch, but by dinner time when we went to see my cute brother and sister-in-law, I was ravenous! We met them in a little town called Chapel Hill, and the only place open was a pub. Everyone knows pub food is the greatest, but there is nothing vegan besides celery in a pub. Well, that and alcoholic beverages, which I don't partake of. So I decided to have another cheat day, and made friends with these babies:

Fried pickles and ranch dip! No way these are vegan, but I am now on a quest to make a vegan spicy fried pickle recipe. They are ridiculously good! Then I decided that since it was yet another cheat day, I would eat a cheeseburger- the best one I've ever had, in fact! Then, on the way back to the hotel, we stopped at a Walmart and a cute little girl was selling GS Cookies. For the sake of generosity and cheat days, we bought 2 boxes of Samoas. Then we ate a box and had a shake. I fell far from the wagon!!!!

On to Saturday. I ate really healthy and vegan for breakfast and lunch again, but then when it was dinner time and Chiles was right there, I had some chicken with cheese melted on top and a side of mashed potatoes with lots of garlic and butter. Then, since the day was already ruined, we had ice cream and went back to the hotel to eat the other box of Samoas.

Sunday... good breakfast followed by a chicken bagel sandwich from Einstein's Bagels. Then a $10 vegan salad from the airport. $10!!! I feel like paying that should entitle me to an automatic 2 lb loss!  2 out of 3 meals ain't too bad for vacation, but when I cheat, I cheat!

This week is new, I am not weighing myself until next Monday, and we are half way through the Vegan diet. I feel like I did this crummy this weekend as a service to everyone else who has had a bad weekend on a diet! This is for you! And to keep me accountable, expect a vegan fried pickle recipe next week! Hopefully with a ranch dipping sauce!