I’ve really got to figure out how to blog ahead of schedule! If for no other reason, the blog readers of my world will know when I’m out of town and can come rob my house when I stop blogging.
We’ve temporarily returned home from our trip to the Midwest. We spent a lovely week visiting old friends in Iowa this past week. We spent time with some of my friends from college and we attended the wedding of Pam’s best high school friend. But we spent the majority of time with some old friends (J and A) who used to live in Portland but have since moved on to the pastures of Iowa City.
I’ve had several conversations with people this week who asked how our visit with J and A went. My response was simple: “Before 8 PM it was nothing like it used to be, but after 8 PM it was exactly like it used to be!” You see, neither couple had kids when we last lived in close proximity to each other. We spent many evenings together. Many of the evenings turned into late nights. A few of the late nights turned into early mornings.
Now that both couples have kids, the days were spent at the Iowa City Childrens’ museum, or at the Ped Mall, or painting dahlias with washable paint. But once the kids were in bed, out came the booze, out came the games, out came the good conversations about the past, present and future. We had an amazing time catching up and couldn’t have asked for better hosts.
What does all that blabbering have to do with fitness you may ask? Well, believe it or not, everything. It seems that everything I do, everywhere I go, every decision I make is done, gone or made with fitness in mind. That’s where I’m at right now. I’m not perfect by any means. In fact, I only got 2 workouts and nine holes of golf in last week. But they were quality workouts. I didn’t weigh myself (and my scale at home is still broken) and I didn’t stress out about it. I ate my fair share of food at restaurants, bars, weddings, and homes but I didn’t worry about it. I came home and put on my 32X32 dress pants for my sister’s wedding in two weeks and they still fit the same way they did 3 months ago.
So, I’m sure I didn’t lose any weight last week, but maybe I didn’t gain any either. And that my friends is different than vacations in the past. Needless to say, I’m very happy about that. Now if only I could get some posts written and some workouts accomplished so I’m ready to leave town again.
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That’s great! Keeping the same weight over vacation is a big accomplishment for anyone!
If you can swing going on vacation, with all the temptations that come as a by-product of eating out most meals, you’re doing good. Keep up the good work!
Sounds like you’ve got “your mind right” about who you are and what’s important to you–health. I used to be a big eater, I saw myself that way, joked about some of my over-indulgences and even took some kind of perverted pride when others would joke about how much I could eat. Back then I had a “fast metabolism” and could mostly get away with the over-indulgences but now…different story, so I’ve had to change my view of who I am and what’s important to me. Now, with the help of Positive Affirmations, I see myself as a light eater and am more interested in my health than in what the scale shows. The interesting part is that now it’s less of a struggle to lose and maintain weight by “getting my mind right” than it was trying to “grind it out” with diets. And, as brooklynchick said, that is a great accomplishment to be able to enjoy a vacation and return with your weight and health intact.!
It sounds like you are in a good place right now. Keep it up!