I'm sad and need motivation from my fellow low carbers!

I went on a 9-day service trip over Spring Break, and I gained 4.5lbs.

I tried to eat low carb, but only had bars and shake mix with me for breakfast and lunch, and ended up the bars for snacks and eating lunch and dinner with everybody so as not to be rude (or be totally hungry!). I had no access to a store. I ate "moderately" compared to my old behavior, but they served spaghetti, mac n cheese, chili, chicken and dumplings, pizza, rice and beans, veggie soup, and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and dinner. There was no salad or "good" veggies, only tomato slices, carrot sticks, potatoes, fruit, and cookies (I avoided the potatoes and cookies) for "sides." I did the best I could picking out the meat and trying to leave beans, potatoes, etc., but we worked 10 to 11-hour days building a porch, renovating a floor, installing a French drain, and building a wheelchair ramp, and I was HUNGRY every night. I also had a really hard time making time to take my supplements other than in the early a.m. or late p.m.

Now, I feel like I have to start all over. I'm out of ketosis and bummed. I know I helped a lot of people, including myself (what an eye-opener the poverty was and I'm soooooo grateful for my life and the gifts I've been given), and I wouldn't have traded the experience or the friendships.

Still, I'm a bit sad because I was so close to 30lbs down. . . .

At least I'm "back" and committed to this WOE, right?

Sue