Set to Salvage!

Well, as with a lot of good things, they sometimes come to an end. So, our girl's getaway is all over, for now. Jen and I had a great time at the Cape, lighthouse hunting, wave watching, socializing, walking around the shops, eating some good seafood, and relaxing in the local pub. We even stopped for a wine tasting at the Truro Winery and sampled some of their finer juices, leaving with some to enjoy at home as well of course.

Even though we did a lot of walking and some swimming, with the foods I ate and the drinks I drank, I have no doubt that I have done a little damage to the progress I have made over the past few weeks. In fact, I won't even step on a scale or measure my waist for at least a week to give myself a chance to get back on track. I know I've done damage...no sense in seeing it on the scale and getting down about it. It is better to pick up where I left off before vacation, as if no interruption ever occurred.

Luckily, I know the following to be true: many good things do come to an end, but eating clean and living healthily is not one of them. No matter how many times I "fall off the wagon", there is always tomorrow to start over again. Just as the sun rises in the morning, so does the dawn on another chance to eat right and exercise. It is never too late to work toward your healthy living goals, unless you let it be. It's like the saying, "Oh crap, I dropped my phone on the floor ....I'll just smash it until it breaks". When we drop away from our goals, we just need to pick them up, brush them off, and carry on. No sense in completely destroying what is left, when it can be salvaged.

So, today I begin to salvage myself. I had my perfect start shake for breakfast and am planning my healthy meals for the rest of the week. I will hit the gym as soon as the kiddos are on the bus and have already picked up my latest copy of Oxygen Magazine for motivation.

Are you ready to join me and salvage yourself? If you are, I encourage you to read more of my blog entries for some motivation and tips. Consider becoming a Quester (there's a blog entry on that too) and let a larger community help you and support you in your journey to live the happiest and healthiest life!

As always, I appreciate your feedback, so let it fly (I never mind good intentioned criticism either...it's all apart of the process).

Be well and enjoy some other vacation photos I have included.

Trying to Stay on Track While on Vacation

Well its 6 am on Tuesday morning, our only full day in Cape Cod. My bestie Jen and I are on a girl's get away, enjoying the sandy beaches and sights. It's funny how even when I don't have my kids to wake me up at the crack of dawn, dawn manages to wake me anyhow...lol. So here I am blogging (yup, have IPad, will travel)!

There are definitely a lot of things I can do to get myself off track while here. We are doing all of my favorite vacation stuff, which always includes eating and drinking. As I have mentioned before, I LOVE TO EAT and you cannot come to the Cape without eating a lot of yummy seafood, not always prepared in the healthiest way. Margaritas are also on the menu and we certainly pounded a few drinks last night sitting in the resort pub, chatting away with some new Bostonian friends we made. But I have been working so hard trying to meet my goal of wearing a bikini by July 1, so I don't want to do too much damage.

There were things I did in preparation for our trip to help mitigate a potential vacation induced setback. I kicked my workout into overdrive last week. I did literally twice as much weight training as I normally do so my muscles would still be burning calories, in repair and recovery mode, while I was here for a few days. I was also very good at making sure I ate every couple of hours in the weeks leading up to this so my metabolism would be a little faster than normal. I packed nuts so at least my in between meal snacks would be healthy and even threw my workout clothes in the suitcase, hoping there'd be a gym here.

Yesterday we managed to get quite a bit of exercise and I loved that it was doing things I don't get to do at home. We treaded water in the resort's deliciously heated outdoor pool for TWO HOURS! Did you know you can burn up to 236 calories an hour treading water at a moderate rate? That certainly made me feel better about margarita number two last night lol! We also did a bit of beach walking which can burn a minimum of 330 calories an hour. The best part about beach walking or running is the incredible workout you get for your stabilization muscles trying to keep balance on the loose sand. In our case, being the off season, the beaches have yet to be groomed so we balanced quite a lot trying to navigate around all the seaweed, and other washed up sea debris (various shells, crabs, and some trash unfortunately). You can actually burn 30% more calories walking on sand than pavement trying to keep your balance. I think we will try to do both of those again today, weather permitting.

Anyway, time to get off the blog and back to vaca! Here are some photos of where we are. I have more on my camera I will upload later! Enjoy your day... I know we will!