Vegas, Baby!!

The past week has been quite an enjoyable one!  In January, myself and Mrs. Re-Dan-imation, along with a group of friends decided that we would be making a trip back to Las Vegas.  After our wedding and honeymoon 5 years ago we took this same trip with the same group of friends.  We all get along well, except for decision making sometimes, so we figured we should go again.

Let's just say I was a little excited to go.  I LOVE VACATIONS!!  So, the day before I decided to try to go to bed early and get at least some sleep as we were to head to the airport at 3:30 Monday morning.  After struggling to get to sleep for roughly 6 hours, I gave in and just stayed up the entire night.  Probably not the best idea, but I made it through.  Our flight left at 6:30 on Monday morning and I was lucky to get  maybe 45 minutes of on and off sleep on the plane.  In total, I spent roughly 40 hours awake.  Thankfully, our first night in Vegas we went to bed "early" by Vegas standards.  I managed to get in a good 8 hours of sleep (the most I would see for the rest of the trip).

There was a ton of opportunity to overeat while in Vegas.  There is a buffet in every casino, a Starbucks in every hallway, and a deal to be had on just about anything involving food.  Even more, there is the chance to over indulge on alcohol.  Now, I am not an angel.  Of course I took part in some of these activities.  We spent quite a bit of time hanging out at the pool, drinking Bud Light Lime or frozen sugary drinks and having some snacks.  However, I tried not to completely over do it.  I think getting a sunburn the first day helped remind me to keep hydrated.

On the food front, I did have a couple trips to the buffet.  I tried not to go back to the line more times than necessary.  The food was great, so I grabbed smaller portions or took just a piece of the huge prime rib slice they cut for me.  I attempted to stick to iced tea instead of pop (i may have had some mixed with drinks though).  I honestly think I didn't do too poorly considering the plethora of choices and temptations in front of me.  I am sure I could have done better, but I am not going to kick myself over it either. (P. S.  check out the great burger I had at the Burger Brassiere in Paris.)

Being in Vegas resulted in me increasing my step count this week to just over 83,000.  That's pretty good considering the amount of time I spent in an airport or on an airplane.  I loved walking the strip especially the time we actually got to walk leisurely instead of being in a rush to head somewhere.  Seeing all the lights and watching all the people jut makes me happy.  You get the people watching where we live, but the lights and the activity is something you only find in Las Vegas.  The gambling is fun too.  We didn't win, but we had a great time.  I am sure you can tell by all the pictures.  I even finally got to witness the Bellagio fountains!

So, how about my weight.  Well, even with the good decisions I made I still weighed in at 269.7.  That's a gain of 1.8lbs., but I am going to take that.  I honestly thought it was going to be much worse than that and I am still under 270 which is what I was really hoping for when I got on the scale.  So, after a well deserved vacation, I am back on the plan.  Until next time... Food. Feet. Water. Repeat.

Too bad none of us came home with this pile!!