Hi every­one,

Hope you are all doing well and have missed my blogs over the last few days! I had the plea­sure of spend­ing some one-​on-​one time with my 16 yr. old daugh­ter in the crazy yet fab­u­lous city of Vegas and sunny Palm Desert where my dad resides over the cold win­ter months. What a joy it was to run out­side and feel the warm sun on my face! Unfor­tu­nately, I didn’t have an oppor­tu­nity to ride but the out­door runs more than made up for it.

When my hubby and I are plan­ning our vaca­tions, we only choose hotels that pro­vide fully equipped gyms because we both like to enjoy great meals with deli­cious wines and work­ing out allows us a bit of lee­way with our diet. For the most part, I try to stay as close to my diet as pos­si­ble but try to be flex­i­ble when need be. Pack­ing pro­tein pow­der in reseal­able bag­gies ensures a solid amount of pro­tein in, post-​workout. It helps to take the edge off your hunger too, espe­cially if you’re forced to wait in a long break­fast line! Break­fast typ­i­cally con­sists of egg whites with lots of veg­gies (most restau­rants will do just about any­thing for you. All you need to do is ask!), and a bowl of oat­meal. Lunch typ­i­cally, is a big leafy salad with some kind of lean pro­tein, while din­ner tends to be a tad more indul­gent. I try to stay away from sugar as much as pos­si­ble, so dessert has never been much of an issue for me. The bread bas­ket how­ever, is another story. Baguettes, sour­doughs, bagels…you name it, I’m there. I make sure it’s worth the calo­ries and then choose one piece and push the bas­ket far away.

Bot­tom line, a hol­i­day should feel dif­fer­ent than your every­day life, so go ahead and enjoy it. My word of cau­tion how­ever, is not to overdo it or neglect your work­outs. Both will jeop­ar­dize your over­all fit­ness and health and com­ing back will make it that much harder.

Have a good night! I’ll be back soon!