Hi followers! Just writing to give an update of my Memorial Weekend holiday, what I ate, how I stayed on track with my lifestyle, etc. As you all know, I make my way of eating an absolute lifestyle and don’t even change what I eat when I go on vacation. The only difference is, I may have a little more red wine than normal (or white) while on vacation, but I keep my eating in check 100%! I feel best that way! No bloat, no regrets, no coming back from vacation having UNDONE all of my hard work in the gym. I also know that by controlling my eating, and always eating clean food, I will feel the best and also improve my chances of NOT getting sick/getting a cold/or something like that which happens often when traveling.
Now, I am not saying that a carefully planned “cheat” of some sort isn’t OK – because it’s fine. I just personally am very picky about what I will “cheat” on and it has to be at least somewhat clean and nourishing…not absolute chemical junk! On another note, how beautiful is the weather in the pic below?!
So we drove to Tampa/Tarpon Springs, FL Friday of last week and it took FOREVER to get there. We ran into traffic in 3 different areas so we didn’t arrive until 12:15 AM and we were both exhausted from having gotten up at 415 AM!
Things I ate in the car on the way: celery, perfect bar, clean tuna salad (pole caught tuna from WF mixed with chopped celery, Dijon mustard, Sir Kensington mayo, salt, pepper). I also had some leftover chicken and veggies that I ate cold. And a rice cake.
Saturday and Sunday I took off from workouts, which was fine. I got in 5 days of workouts that week before heading to the beach so I allowed my body two consecutive days of rest! We went on the boat both days, and I didn’t eat as much as I normally do.
Saturday I woke up and made my oatmeal (see above; which I packed all the ingredients to make) and I had my French press organic coffee! I like to bring my French Press when I travel because then I can just make my own coffee and not worry about using someone’s coffee pot since I prefer to drink the coffee I buy anyway! And a French Press is so easy to travel with because it’s small. I recommend you get one!
For snacks on the beach, we made a Whole Foods run and I picked up organic celery, uncured/applegate brand smoked turkey breast, organic hummus, and another perfect bar. I snacked on that while on the beach along with fresh watermelon and organic apples! See below for the brands I got! I would take the celery and put hummus in the middle and wrap a piece of turkey around it. It was SO GOOD! And I literally thought of that snack idea while searching Whole Foods and thinking what the heck am I gonna eat…!
We cooked dinner each night, Saturday – Monday, and I was able to eat pretty darn clean the whole time! Pics of my meals below, including my lunch from Tuesday on our trip back to Birmingham – we found a Chipotle en route (I got Barbacoa, black beans, white rice, salsa, Guac).
Top left is baked shrimp, fresh organic salad with Tessemae’s dressing, organic new potatoes (again, we made a Whole Foods run so I could control what was purchased); top right is grassfed beef burger with onion, sweet potato fries, grilled asparagus and avocado; bottom right is my lunch from Sunday – grilled grouper over bed of spinach and cabbage and cilantro. I also had some raw oysters that day as well.
I would also snack on rice cakes with almond butter or organic peanut butter if I wasn’t full from meals/in between meals. And that’s pretty much it – that’s how I ate on the trip! I don’t understand why people think you have to completely fall off the wagon and eat garbage while on vacation – I don’t do that, because it makes me feel like crap and I prefer my way of eating. There are indulgences here and there, sure, (for example, I ate an organic Justin’s peanut butter cup on vacation too), but I am not eating processed food or stuff with a bunch of refined sugar and corn syrup, etc., in it! That’s how I maintain my figure – and it’s how I love to eat and live! I also brought my lemons so I could make my warm lemon cayenne water each morning.
And also, my shoulder is doing so well!!!!! I never did go see a doctor but I did see this personal trainer/physical therapist/massage therapist who did a thoracic release on my spine and I felt amazing after he did it! I was feeling really tight in that area and wasn’t sure if I had aggravated my shoulder again or what, and I was pretty upset about it….but after he did the release I felt 100% normal and amazing! I just have to be careful with heavy pressing movements…which is fine. I have no interest in doing 1RM bench press anyway. I just want to be fit, healthy, and look good. Which all can be done with heavy weights, but not too heavy 😉
Pic below from the workout we did Monday (Memorial Day) at a gym in Tarpon Springs! I did a shoulder/back workout with 2miles running sprints/intervals and also 200 goblet squats and a ton of pushups!
Kelly Hayman Fitness 