Staying on Track on Vacation

Just a topic I wanted to throw out there, since I'm going on vacation in a couple days and staying with family. I'm honestly a little nervous and worried about staying on track during my vacation. I know there will be several family get-togethers and outings, full of indulgent food that I wouldn’t normally eat, and people telling me I don’t need to worry about my diet. It's just my family's nature to give food as a sign of affection, spend time around food, and discourage my need to lose weight. I know they mean well. My 10 year high school reunion is a week into my trip, so I don’t want to go crazy with the splurges, but I still want to enjoy myself. I am planning on bringing healthy snacks along with me, and doing some shopping once I get there, but I know I can't avoid these situations altogether. Any tips or advice I could use? Much appreciated!

I just spent one week in Palm Springs, CA. in a Time-Share. We ate out three times, one buffet, twice at the Cheesecake Factory. There was much to be tempted by, but I chose to stick with my low carb plan. I slid a couple of times, but not by much. For in the Time-Share I brought my #1 Carb and Zero carb bread with me, Smart Balance with olive oil (60 calories a TBS), Polaner sugar free preserves, Egg Beaters, Sugar Free chocolates (Dove dark, some Russel Stovers), Sugar Free Almond milk (or Silk, low in calories (35 to 40 a cup). no carbs, and had Costco's Chicken Salad a lot (no carbs), lettuce, cucumbers, cherry tomatos, Splenda and such. I also ate fresh strawberries.

Since you are staying with family, could you bring some of your own food choices? Say to them that you have to eat this way because of your health. They will usually not push in that case.

Have fun!

I think there is no need to deprive oneself of a good meal or a family event when there is a chance. If possible watch your portions, but the only very important thing is to log your food and then you will be able to balance it out over the week.
It is more important to learn to manage social events in a normal way rather than having an integralist approach that does not allow any deviation and then when a slip off happens (because rest assured that it will) it becomes a sin and a psychological burden on you.

Just enjoy your family , friends and good food, try to be active and then you have time to balance it out afterwards, no need to get anxious or to run to the scale the day after just to be worried about an insignificant number.