I have been enjoying another week off from work this week. Since it is my last full week of vacation time this summer, I am doing my best to enjoy every minute of it. And if that means not giving my fitness goals and diet 100% of my attention, I am ok with that. It doesn’t mean that I am not cognizant of what I am eating and doing, but I am not letting it get in the way of enjoying what little time I have off. I have committed to get right back on track come Monday morning, but until them I am in total vacation mode.
I had actually even thought about skipping my Fitness Friday posting this week as well, but I thought I better keep myself somewhat accountable and not go too crazy. LOL
One thing I am doing as part of my vacation is doing some new “fitnessy” kind of things. This past weekend, I ventured into the city to visit my BFF. We hopped on bikes and made our way down to the waterfront beach area. I never thought I would have the courage to ride a bike in the heart of the city but thankfully there were beautiful bike paths away from the crazy city traffic.
My bff had rented stand up paddle boards for us to use that afternoon. She had taken a lesson before and told me she would just show me how it was done. Truth be told, I was a little worried about not taking a formal lesson but trusted her instinct. I was so glad I did. I was up on the board first try. It was so much fun and I didn’t end up in the lake once. I would definitely recommend it to anyone and want to do it again soon.
The next day we decided to continue the outdoorsy theme and headed to a local conservation area/ski hill to do some hiking. The scenery was gorgeous. It was quite hot so we didn’t venture too far up the hills but still got a good long hike in. Afterwards we splashed in the lake for a bit to cool off.
We’ve been under a bit of a heat wave the rest of the week so I was more than happy to sit on the deck along side a friend’s pool and just enjoy the remaining days of my vacation. We’re heading up to cottage country this weekend and of course after an almost drought like summer, it is supposed to pour rain ALL weekend. It’s ok, my son and I can fish off the dock in the rain and as long as it doesn’t thunder and lightning, I am sure my son will be wanting to swim in the lake anyways.
I am not going to feel guilty about not going to the gym this week at all, I am not even going to post my accountability like I normally do. Only thing I will account for is I have continued to ensure I get a minimum of my 10K steps in each day. I don’t believe that one should feel forced into going to the gym or watching their diet every single second and enjoying a cheat day every one in a while. It’s only going to make someone hate it and not get back on track as soon as they have a bad day. I treat it like a lifestyle instead of a diet and every lifestyle gets a vacation everyone in a while.
Enjoy your week and Monday……back on track!!!
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