I had planned on blogging about vacation health before I left but I didn't have time. But this is what I would have said....
1. Try to do something active everyday...10-15 mins of push up, squats, lunges, high knees. Something active. Something to get your juices flowing. Bring a resistance band, etc. Just do something.
2. Try to cut the calories where you can. Try to eat a healthy breakfast. Bring your own oatmeal or go to a grocery store and keep fruit and things in your room
3. Drink as much water as possible. I mean gulp it down like its going out of style
4. Try to limit things at meals. Don't binge eat but don't worry about it as much. Cut bread at the beginning, one bite of dessert. Just SOMETHING to cut back a little but still enjoy yourself
5. Did I mention water?
ANYWAY....I can say that this is what I would have told you to do for vacation and I didn't do that AT ALL. I sat around all day whether it be sitting in the hot tub, sitting by the pool, sitting in the steam room, sitting outside drinking wine, sitting inside drinking wine, lounging in the lobby with mimosas, or sitting in a big comfy chair drinking wine. I drank wine.
I sat. I ate. I drank. I beee-ed merry. I fully intended to AT LEAST eat really healthy for breakfast until I found the amazing brunch our hotel served every morning for free.....I mean we are talking pastries, breads, jam, potatoes, bacon, mimosas, bloody marys, cheeses, meats, omelets. Oh holla, I do love me some pastries.
I think you get the gist of it. I was bad to the bone and it felt so good. I was fat and happy the entire time until on the plane I realized my body was screaming out for wine and a puff pastry tart. I wanted more more more more more...and when I got home last night I wanted pizza, I wanted a milk shake and I wanted WINE. It was hard not to give in saying JUST ONE MORE DAY. This is when I realized...this is when people cross a line that makes it hard to turn back around.
While I am sitting around waiting for my big fat commission check that won't ever come, there is one thing I do NOT agree with in the Eat Clean Book. Tosca seems to NEVER splurge. Even in her book she mentions on her bday she only eats the cake part of her bday cake and no icing. I mean is she serio? Ridic.
While both extremes are bad, never splurging to always splurging....just be realistic!
Its okay to live it up. Its about living life. Chicken, brown rice and broccoli isn't living the life....it can easily be obsessive fitness behavior.
That being said...while its okay to splurge make sure you know when to cut it off. Make yourself stop because splurging can change into a lifestyle that you can't get out of...at least very easily.
So...now that I am done with my splurge what will I do? If you went on a spending bender...naturally you would tighten up your wallet for awhile after. Do that with food...tighten up those lips people.
This week I am going to go overtime on the water. Flush the toxins out. I am going to stay away from all processed foods. I will eat lean proteins like chicken, wild salmon and eggwhites...I will eat leafy greens. Cut back on all sugars....including fruit...stay away from most dairy except egg whites. I will also try to stay away from whole grains because I want my food to digest and go thru my body quickly. Basically eating lean meats as well as leafy greens...spinach, broccoli, and add in radish, celery, etc.
I am also taking this cleanse. You drink it for 2 days and severely limit what you eat. The only drawback is you can't do any hard core work outs because you are too tired. I can still do Pilates and I plan to walk on the treadmill for an hour or so tonight.
So you splurged, its okay. Don't hate yourself...just don't let your splurge become a lifestyle. Come back home, tighten up those lips so you don't have to loosen up that belt!
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