PGX Diet in Disneyland

Our trip to Disneyland was highly anticipated by all. We made the early morning trek to the airport and boarded the flight happily without much trouble. We brought along some sandwiches and fruit for breakfast at the airport. Since you can not bring liquids through security I had to stand in a massive line at Tim Horton's to buy milk for the kids. I resisted buying a sour cream glazed donut or even a double double. Score on for the good guys.

After arriving in Los Angeles and picking up the rental car, we drove to Venice Beach area in hopes of letting the kids run around outside for away. Unfortunately, the early morning start meant they we happily snoozing before we could reach our destination. Plan B was to drive to Anaheim in relative peace & quiet. So far so good except traveling with a pregnant wife meant food is needed. With two sleeping children in the car you know what that means drive thru. I let my wife choose (she is the pregnant one) and it was off to the nearest McD's. I ordered a coffee instead of a soft drink and only a burger no fries. Not exactly the great start but oh well.

I suggested to my wife the we stop buy a grocery store to pick up some supplies which she was okay with. I figured this would be the only way to prevent constant drive thru meals. We stopped at a local grocery store in Anaheim to pick up fruit, juice, lunch meat, bread, milk, cheese and other staples before heading to the hotel.

Having located a local grocery store was key to the survival of my diet habits. Throughout the trip we made a couple stops there to restock. For two of the three days we went to Disneyland we brought our lunches with us. The other day we exited the park and ate at Denny's on S. Harbor Blvd. Not too bad as my wife and I split a salad and sandwich plate. For dinner we hunted out some restaurants that were not too heavy on the fried foods. We ate at a Korean Restaurant in Buena Park, McCormick & Schmicks for Seafood, Olive Garden in Santa Ana for Pasta (I took a lot of it back to the hotel; it was too much food), and Vietnamese food in Little Saigon.

All in all I would call it a draw. I wouldn't say my diet while being away was perfect but I think it was better than it could have been. Some planning ahead made food choices better and self control was a key. I still took my PGX Daily to minimize the blood sugar highs and low due to poor food choices. As a result I had no cases of "I'm starving give me food" and later on saying "ooh I shouldn't have eaten so much. I feel awful."

The kids had a great time and still talk about Disneyland. I had a great time with them enjoying Disneyland, the beach and swimming at the hotel. I was glad to have a little getaway without a lot of guilt about eating poorly. I am still on the wagon for my PGX diet and ready for the next challenge.