So, I have been working extremely hard the past two weeks to feel like I'm ready to splurge in Vegas. I am going all natural these days (no pre or post workout supplements except protein) and I have noticed how much harder I have to push to get the same amount of weight up. Buuuuuut I'm feeling good and working hard toward my goals and soon I will have my workout partner back to kick my butt.
I am leaving at 4am to head to the airport and fly to Sin City. I have already found an anytime fitness location ten minutes from where I am staying and plan on hitting the gym at least 3 out of the 5 days I am there. I am also taking my workout band to at least get in some arm workouts on the mornings I don't go to the gym. When you're on vacation, I'm sure we all can agree, the last thing you want to do is work out. However, think about how much better you'll feel when you get that huge ice cream cone on the boardwalk or eat that gourmet dinner and stuff yourself full of unhealthy goodness. It's ok to splurge. We can't live and constantly walk a tightrope on what we are allowed to eat or drink however we must be able to find a balance. My balance will be eating delicious meals but still keeping some of them healthy, indulging in some sweet treats but not going completely overboard, and going to the gym 3/5 days during my vacation so mentally I don't fall off the fitness wagon.
When I talked to my friend Brandon today we discussed finding a lifting competition this summer that I can enter. When I am back from my vacations I look forward to starting to train for that and kick it into high gear... another incentive to not go completely crazy on my trip and have to make up more ground when I return!
I don't know who, if anyone, is actually reading these but whatever you do or wherever you are in your fitness goals... keep working!
"Don't give 1/2 the effort unless you are satisfied with 1/2 the results!"
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle
P.S. Good article on why women should lift heavy weights!
http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/8-reasons-why-you-should-lift-heavier-weights?page=3
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