<human>: I love craft beer - nothing better than getting home after a long day and cracking open a nice IPA. BUT, as most of you know, not the healthiest habit. After piddling around for what seems like FOREVER, I'm FINALLY back on the straight and narrow - lost 10lbs in the past 2.5 weeks just keeping things simple and sticking to the ol CICO mantra. I've avoided beer for the most part during this time - had a beer with a buddy last week but made sure it was within my caloric budget and all that good stuff.

As luck would have it, I have a beercation planned for later this week. My buddy and I have been planning this for months; we're taking 5 nights/6 days and driving 8 hours to a beer destination in the midwest to sample the local beer fare. Problem is, I don't want to completely ruin my progress or worse yet reset to my mentality before. On the other hand, I've been planning this for so long that I feel like I deserve to have fun and try a wide variety of beers without feeling the need to engage in self-flagellation. 

The way I see it, I have a spectrum of choices that lie on a single continuum - one extreme is cancelling the trip altogether or ruining the trip for both my buddy and me by becoming a monk for the next week and never leaving the hotel room. The other extreme is saying "fuck it" and just devouring everything in sight without any thought or reservation. I think somewhere in there is a happy medium, I'm just having a hard time thinking of what that looks like.

Anyone ever been in this position before? Any advice from the front lines? I'd greatly appreciate it.

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<bot>: Taking a beer trip next week, would like some helpful pointers as to how I balance having fun yet remaining disciplined regarding my weight loss journey.