Beach Vacation Recap

Jeffrey and I took a long weekend vacation to Destin, Florida. We had a great time with friends–sunning, exploring, shopping, and just relaxing. Here are a few pictures to recap.

We take a lot of weekend trips, and I have a few quirks to try to stay with my eating and exercising routine while I’m gone.

1. Bring your own food. I always travel with Fiber One, and more recently Larabars. My box of Fiber One has been around the world! It came to Paris last December, and even on our honeymoon. I love me some Fiber One. Even if you can only find milk and a banana, you’ve got a good breakfast.

2. Add something new. This time I also packed my own Justin’s Peanut Butter packs. In an airport that had pretty much nothing (3 departing gates), I found a plain turkey sandwich, brought a banana, and had my nut butter pack. And lunch was served.

3. I make time to get in exercise. I did 3 walks on a streetside sidewalk, and one jog. All about one hour. It was hot! I was also proud of myself for the jog, as I usually am a sissy for extreme heat, humidity, and wind. But I made a deal with myself that if I jogged 3/4 of it, I would walk the last 10 minutes barefoot on the beach. It’s also really fun to use your morning walk to explore new towns!

4. Exercise early. Especially when you’re going somewhere hot. Not like 5 a.m. early, but just not in the afternoon. I am not one who could sweat all day at the beach and then put on gym clothes and go for a jog. I like to get it over before I get too hot, then relax the rest of the day. Does this sound familiar to why I moved my workouts to morning?

5. Leave your weight training for home. I personally don’t like to spend time in a hotel gym for too long while I’m on vacation. So I try to use vacation for cardio days. Work your schedule so that you aren’t missing a strength training day and use your vacation for walks, jogs, or a bike ride.