$3ADDP: Day 9.5

Hello Dear Readers, I have been on hiatus since the 26th because of Thanksgiving and my trip to Las Vegas. I am hopping back on this wagon tomorrow.

I'm doing a Day 9.5 post today because since taking a break from the $3ADDP I found a few interesting things that carried over into good habits.

1. For the drive to Vegas I packed leftovers in the form of sandwiches and miscellaneous fruit for my brother, sister and mother to eat. I found that if I prepared the food ahead of time and said nothing about what a cost savings it would be to eat the leftovers, they all ate it. In fact, the first day in Vegas we didn't buy any food at all because they were all so happy eating healthy leftovers and fruit.

2. While I was gone Hubby ordered himself a pizza, a pizza he automatically packed for himself to take to lunch on Monday. It seems that if I get him used to the idea of expecting to eat home packed meals, he'll follow through with it on his own most of the time.

3. I ate less in general. Normally, at one of my sister's softball tournaments I would be raiding the snack bar under the pretense of supporting whatever league was hosting the tournament but during this trip I focused more on finding healthy and cheap food alternatives in smaller quantities. I didn't eat just to eat. And when we went to brunch buffets I just simply wasn't able to eat more than a plate of food. In fact, the full plates of food I did it didn't sit well with me because it was too much.

4. I get a buzz a lot faster. The complementary cocktails throughout the strip had me feeling tingling a little faster than normal and though the drinks weren't strong, my body gave me negative feedback on the effects quickly also. I didn't end up drinking very much at all.

So here I am, prepping for the next 20 days of eating on $3 a day and totally excited about it!