I just got back from Florida. We went there for a wedding. I swam, went parasailing, and I mostly walked everywhere. It was hard to figure out my exercise count because I wasn't on the treadmill and I wasn't keeping track of how much time it took to get everywhere.

I had a lot of errands to run for the wedding and it was hard to eat regularly. We had breakfast, no lunch and ate dinner really late. I carried trail mix to snack. I had no problem eating my calorie count. I was definitely over a couple of nights. Easy to do when eating out and I drank at the bachelorette party. There is so much salt in the food that I am bloated. I swell really badly when I've been walking and standing a lot. I'll wait a day or two for the swelling to go down and step on the scale.

I'm anxious to see if I can really lose weight by eating more!

My fitness goals are working for me, I got two new programs at the gym from the trainer that really leave my soaking and wobbly, and I've started going to a pump class on thursdays. Yesterday I went on a 10K fun run/walk in the forest (walked So I'm trying to do some form of exercise cardio and/or resistance every day.

My problem is that I haven't lost any weight even though I have been very careful about limiting what I eat, and yet eating regular meals and healthy meals. I've started making myself eat breakfast after the trainer at the gym told me I needed to eat more before working out.

What worries me is that I am menopausal and everything I keep hearing talks about difficulty losing weight and weight gain and belly fat associated with menopause (grumble grumble ) so I'll be happy if I can get a couple of lbs off finally.