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3 Jul 22, 10:18 AM |
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Low carbing in the USA- Jul22-Live - 22nights - Complete
Meant to start this earlier but it’s not really gone to plan.
I wrote this in my notes 😂Can’t wait to return but I’m not convinced I’m quite as excited as usual with so many airport issues being reported and us flying BA via Heathrow. 😂 Funny because yesterday at 5pm BA cancelled our 7.40am Heathrow flight leaving us too late to get to London any other way. After a bit of scrambling online to check out options and some amazing advice from dibbers we managed to get on live chat and booked from Manchester with Aer Lingus still flying today. We originally had some Disney time booked as part of this trip but shelved that for the time being. We are staying for 22 nights at a mixture of Universal resorts - Endless Summer Dockside, Cabana Bay and Portofino. We were lucky enough to get a wee weeks trip in February which gave us a wee reminder about what it was that we’d missed so much about Orlando holidays. Last food report is here - Usual Cast Me: 49- loves all things Orlando and chief planner. Did eat pretty much everything other than eggs but at the start of December I was diagnosed as diabetic. My eyesight had been a bit dodgy and an optician appointment flagged up that it didn’t seem like general deterioration and told me to arrange blood tests. Right enough, diabetes was diagnosed later that week. Since then I’ve switched my diet completely to low carb and low sugar. Found it hard and a massive learning curve at the start but it’s working really well for me. Lost 37lb, firmly in the healthy BMI and for the first time in my life a size 10. But the main benefit is my Blood sugars are significantly lower, off medication and my vision has vastly improved. Dh; 50, missing carbs so I imagine he’ll be making the most of the Florida food. Hates tomatoes, beans and mushrooms. Fairly chilled but can always be persuaded for a universal or Disney trip. Ds: 14, loves all food, can eat for Scotland. He is firmly established in his teenage years, adores Universal but high praise probably comes in the form of a grunt or a meh 😂 and a quick glance up from his phone. So second Orlando trip as a low carb and low sugar 🤯 the week in February prepared me well and I learned a lot, however, 22 nights might be a bit of a challenge and I doubt I’ll always get it right. I have lists and research as long as my arm so I won’t starve or just be eating Caesar salad every meal 😂. Don’t fear and stop reading though, the other 2 will be indulging as per usual. I’m pretty sure DH can’t wait not to pretend he enjoys all my low carb meals 😂 and eat as he pleases for over 3 weeks. I’ve made some dining reservations at Universal but they are not set in stone. Currently sat at the gate waiting to board. Contents Travel Day Manchester Airport - Bridgewater Breakfast and Aer Lingus food. Pier 8 Dockside and Walgreens Snacks Day 1 Starbucks Pier 8 Dockside Breakfast Longhorns Pier 8 Dinner Day 2 First Watch Cheddars Starbucks Sunset Lounge Dockside Dinner Walmart Snacks Day 3 NBC Bar & Grill Menchies Moes & Breadbox - Citywalk Day 4 Dockside Breakfast Dragonfire Grill - Busch Gardens Shake Shack Day 5 In room breakfast Saltgrass Steakhouse Lunch Sals - Portofino Day 6 Dockside Food Court Red Lobster Dockside Lobby Bar and Foodcourt Day 7 Starbucks - Dockside Seaworld Snacks Shake Shack - Vineland Confisco Grill Day 8 Bayliner Diner Toothsome and Menchies Bayliner Diner Dinner and Atomic Tonic Pool Bar Day 9 Bayliner Diner Seaworld Snacks Bonefish Grill Publix Snacks Bar 17 Aventura Day 10 Busch Gardens Shake Shack Day 11 Universal Snacks Blaze Pizza Dahlia Lounge and Toledo Day 12 Olive Garden Moes Citywalk Day 13 Discovery Cove Urban pantry - Aventura and Strongwater - Sapohire Falls Day 14 Bayliner Diner Big Fire, snacks, Swizzle https://DIBB.in/15549203Lounge Day 15 Vineland Food court Bar 17 - Aventura Day 16 Bayliner Diner Cowfish Voodoo and Menchies Day 17 Bayliner Diner Lombards Panda Express Thirsty Fish Day 18 Starbucks at Portofino Mythos Menchies Target Antijitos Thirsty Fish Day 19 Today Cafe NBC Bar and Grill Snackshttps://DIBB.in/15554616 Day 20 Green Eggs and Ham Sals Red pizza oven Thirsty fish Day 21 Today Cafe Voodoo Splendido Pool Bar Day 22 Panda Express Airport Aer Lingus food Highs, Lows and Costs
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3 Jul 22, 11:03 AM |
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Apprentice Imagineer
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Have an amazing time - so looking forward to hearing all about it. Fabulous work on the weight loss and blood sugars. I hope you have lots of lovely food (you did so well in Feb!) and I imagine the odd treat shouldn't matter too much.
I hope your journey is smooth from now on. |
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3 Jul 22, 11:28 AM |
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Have a great time. Looking forward to reading along
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3 Jul 22, 11:31 AM |
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Excited about Disney
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I'm looking forward to this! Thankfully, my low carb diet can be more flexible at the moment as I'm doing it to help pcos and pre diabetes but I always feel unwell after too many carbs so it will be nice to see if there are ways that I can still follow it - mostly.
Have a great trip! |
3 Jul 22, 11:46 AM |
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Have an amazing trip!
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3 Jul 22, 11:48 AM |
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GEORGE
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Have a great trip. Looking forward to following along.
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3 Jul 22, 12:35 PM |
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I hope you have a fantastic trip and I can’t wait to see all your delicious meals! 😁
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3 Jul 22, 12:41 PM |
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Have an amazing time! Can’t imagine how stressful the last day has been 😥 but you’re off now!
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4 Jul 22, 09:20 AM |
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Thank you. Everything went really smoothly yesterday. It almost felt a bit surreal considering how chilled it was in the end 😂
Thank you. Can’t wait to get in full holiday mode. Thanks. Low carb is supposed to be amazing for pcos. I drafted a fiend a huge email with some of my favourite recipes. If you want it just dm me. I can also send you all my food lists for Orlando as well. Thank you, feels weird being back and at Dockside which is still universal but new and different. Thanks. You are way further ahead with the planning than me 😂😂 Thank you. Not long till yours. ❤️
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3 Jul 22, 02:53 PM |
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Love reading a live trip report, and yours are terrific, as it makes me feel like I'm there. Building the anticipation for our trip in October. Will follow along.
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