We probably walked 10 miles a day.   I didn’t have my pedometer, but I bet 10 miles is pretty accurate. We did all 4 parks in 4 days.  It was amazing!  Vacation adds a whole new challenge to the staying healthy-weight loss-exercise lifestyle that I am trying to lead.  At home I can easily plan out my calories.  My routine, for the most part, is 300 calories for breakfast, 5-7 for lunch and the remainder for dinner.  This gives me an opportunity to have a snack or even a beer/glass of wine at the end of the day.  I can easily stay under 1800 calories with my eyes closed.  Yet, on vacation, you don’t have the comforts of having the same routine.  Throw in Disney World with all its snack and buffet opportunities and you have perfect conditions for the inner (evil) voice to take over.  “Eat it…Drink it…you’re on vacation” the voice says.  That’s the same voice that got you here in the first place!  Don’t listen! lol

All in all I was good.  I allowed myself one meal to let loose.  It was a German buffet with a big ol litter of beer.  It was worth it.  I felt guilty the whole time, but sometimes you gotta listen to that voice!  He knows what he’s talking about!  The problem with some people is that they listen to that voice…and then listen again…and again…and again.  I let him speak up once and have his way!  He won that meal, but the next morning I woke up and worked out with the Dyna-bands ( rubber band looking straps) and did my crunches.  It’s not as intense as my usual workout, but it’s certainly better than nothing!  4 days-12 meals and I let the voice win once.  I think that was ok, especially since we were on vacation.

On this vacation, I was given “that moment”.  You know the kind when someone sees you for the first time in years and you can tell they are impressed.  I dated this girl back when I was in college.  She moved away and I then moved away….you know the story.  Since then she and I have kept tabs on each other.  We’ve both grown up, got married and have had kids.  She knows my wife and my wife knows her.  We’ve talked but have not seen each other in probably 11-12 years!  She lives in the Orlando area so we all planned on meeting up for a few minutes, just to see each other after all these years.   When I last saw her, I weighed about 215 (my senior year in college).  I now weigh 201.  Let me tell ya, It was cool to get checked out after all these years.  Knowing that I look better now than I did then 11-12 years ago when we saw each other last.  You could almost say it was like one of those movie moments…It was good for the self esteem and it made me feel some sense of selfish accomplishment for all the hard work I have put into this.  I walked a little taller that day.

We had a ton of great moments while we were there and tons of memories that will last forever.  It was an awesome experience and I cannot wait to do it again.  Next time I hope to be under 200lbs.

Tomorrow is my 90 day check up at Dr Messer’s office!  Wish me luck-I am sure I will blog about it.