Not happy with myself for not reaching my goal before our trip. I'd like to be 5 pounds less than I am. Sigh. My own fault.
All packed and ready to go. Spending Monday night in Glasgow and our flight is early afternoon Tuesday. I am fanatical about having my stuff organized on a trip. I use lots of Hefty/Ziploc bags to keep things sorted. One for liquids to get through security. One large one for things I will need at my seat on the plane so I'm not jumping up and down getting into the backpack in the overhead - after security I add eye drops, lip moisturizer, and hand gel from the liquids bag - and buy one or two huge bottles of water.
I'm going to miss eating salad while we are gone. Unless you're at a really posh hotel/restaurant it's possible the salad was washed in dirty water. When we lived there almost all of my food poisoning/diarrhea/vomiting was after eating salad in a restaurant.
Workout at home:
All packed - had to switch to large suitcase instead of medium. House is super-clean, laundry all done.
Workout today was housework!
Mostly clean eating all day although I shared wine with our friends and also opened the last pack of Australian biscuits/cookies. I've eaten 4 and packed 4 for the plane, with 4 sitting in the kitchen trying to tempt me.
My goal for our 4 weeks in Uganda is not to gain any more weight and to do my 3 workouts a week, also not to get food poisoning. I'm sure I'll be decadent and have a beer or two at lunch occasionally, but will try not to start until dinner. High alcohol beer there so that helps keep the amount down as I can't handle too much alcohol. 
If anyone wants to keep up on our trip I'll be doing my blog from my android phone but only with pics taken from the phone, not the camera. Higher quality pics will be uploaded after we come home.
This is my blog:
http://solasachanalba.blogspot.co.uk/
Progress as of today: 32.6 lbs lost so far, only 6.4 lbs to go!
It's been very mild here the last few days - low 50s F. 
I hope it stays this way Mon and Tuesday as we'll only be wearing fleece jackets so that we don't have to lug winter coats, etc around Uganda! Staying at a hotel in Glasgow Monday night and catching our first flight Tuesday. Husband splashed out and booked the hotel which is inside the terminal at Dubai. We'll get a few hours sleep and a shower before the next flight which goes directly to Entebbe.
My cold is getting better, still blowing my nose but getting there. Should be fine or only have the remnants of it when we fly.
Workout at gym: lots of new faces at the gym today. New year's resolutions I'm guessing.
Menu:
I've not been good. 
I do have another cold that I caught from hubby. I expect it to be gone by the time we fly next Tuesday. Anyway, too much ingulgence over the holidays. Oink. Afraid to get on the scale this morning but I'm sure I'm 134 or 135. Hope it's not worse than that. I can feel that I've gained.
Finally made if back to the gym today. They were closed of course on xmas day and the day after and new years and the day after. Christmas eve and new year's eve I didn't go due to a nonstop runnynose. I did do a couple of good home workouts though. I'll go to the gym again tomorrow and that'll be it till we leave.
Workout at gym:
Plan to workout at home this afternoon:
Today I am grateful that I met an online friend Thursday! We met up in Edinburgh as she spent xmas there with her husband. She's English and he's American and they live in NY.
Managed a workout today even with this nasty cold:
Did the cardio version of my travel workout:
Menu:
No comment but could be worse.
Have a great day and a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays 
Very weird to be in Scotland for christmas. First time so I miss my family, especially my granddaughters. Oh well, better to see them in summer. Will Skype them later.
Did my travel workout this morning. We're having roast beef, roast potatoes and lots of other veg. I've started on a bottle of red wine. Having our meal about 2.30 as husband has to go pick his brother up at the airport later. I'm staying home so I can Skype with my wee girls. 
Haven't been very good so the scale is creeping up. Gotta watch that!
Progress as of today: 35 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Today I am grateful for my new, long raincoat.
Ready to start packing for Uganda although we don't leave until the 7th. Got the packing list finished and a list of items to pick up before we go - rehydration packets just in case, more toiletries, snacks to carry with me (protein bars, trail mix, dried fruit).
Brother-in-law arriving from Australia xmas night. And I'd already booked a room in Edinburgh for the 27th so we could meet my online friend and her hubby for dinner. So I'm going alone and leaving the guys here. That's okay. While I'm gone I can look for a sunhat and also get a haircut. I enjoy museums more on my own anyway. Also some kind of entertainment going on regarding Mary Queen of Scots at the castle the day I arrive.
Workout at gym:
Today I am grateful that I don't have to go outside into the cold rain and wind!
Workout at home:
Enjoy your day!
Today I am grateful that I never have to worry about having enough to eat or a roof over my head.
No spin classes till January. The gym will be closed xmas day, of course, and boxing day (26th). The 27th and 28th I'll be in Edinburgh meeting a long-time online friend and her husband. Gym also closed Jan 1st and 2nd. I can still work out at home though on those days - except xmas day of course.
Got a surprise today. Husband's brother who lives in Australia is coming to visit as he has lots of time off from work. So he'll arrive either xmas day or the day after. We leave for Uganda before he goes home though, so we'll send him to his other brother's house when we leave.
Workout at gym:
Didn't get in my strength training this afternoon as we were Skyping in-laws in Australia for a very long time!
Today I am grateful for family!
We were able to find some joy this weekend despite the horrific tragedies in CT. Really enjoyed visiting with hubby's grandson and his parents. Enjoyed Inverness as well. Stepdaughter's house is just too small for guests so we stayed in a hotel overlooking the river in the centre of town.
I really did NOT do well with the cupcakes or the excess frosting! Stepdaughter kept offering me more of them as well. Indulgent weekend. Lots of beer.
Got home last night and had planned to go the gym this morning before grocery shopping. Changed that to home workout after shopping, but didn't do that either. Got busy doing laundry, unpacking, sorting through all the photos I took which some of you have seen.
Grandson who will be 8 months on Friday. River Ness - our hotel room was facing this.
At least I'm being good with food today.
Menu:
TOTAL: 1365
Progress as of today: 35 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
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Hope you're having a good day. Will be looking forward to your pictures. :-)
IndependentEm93 on 01/06/2013:
Have a great day!! Routine looks good!
V on 01/06/2013:
I figured today would be the last post for a while so i wanted to say have a wonderful vacation, safe travels to you..Looking forward to reading your blog and the pics will be breathtaking for sure..Love ya Annie <3
Umpqua on 01/07/2013:
Your travel workout looks awesome. You probably won't see this until you arrive, but I hope you have an excellent and very safe trip! I'll check your blog for updates, looking forward to it :)
thenewMLE on 01/07/2013:
Have a great time on your trip!! Sorry I didn't post before you left but the weekend was wild with the engagement party. I can't wait to see your pictures. I so impressed with your think ahead routine based on what is available to you. You're going to do fine!
liza36 on 01/07/2013:
Good luck with your travel. I can't wait to hear about the trip, and see pictures. I'm so impressed you are keeping up a workout schedule while away.
sailingeagle on 01/07/2013:
Have fun on your trip! You're an inspiration to me, and I hope that I can develop a systematic workout routine like yours this year! :)
sweetpea1977 on 01/08/2013:
great exercise plan!
Hope you're having a great time! :)
nunnermack on 01/08/2013:
Hope you have a great trip and I am SO looking forward to your pictures!!! I always enjoy them!!
Maria7 on 01/11/2013:
Hope you're doing well. :-)