I spent 10 days at Disney World and lost weight!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008…and I enjoyed the beers, wine and Pina Coladas while doing it! Often we hear that we should splurge while on vacation. Well, I agree that after working hard we should cut ourselves some slack but I also think I’ve worked way too hard to throw caution to the wind.
I just returned from a 10 day trip to Disney World. We stayed at a Disney property and never left the “compound”. This meant that all of my dining options were controlled by Disney for the most part. I knew this going into the trip as it was my third time there. I prepared myself by packing my protein powder, natural peanut butter (for my sludge), Xtend and some other amino acid supplements. I planned a strategy to have fun while hopefully maintaining my progress.
My strategy was as follows:
- Eat as clean as I could during the day. I made protein shakes and sludge plus I would buy turkey legs.
- Increase my carbs a little bit for energy as I normally eat low carb. Fruit and wheat bread.
- Eat somewhat sensible dinners and minimize the carbs (but I did eat bread and mashed potatoes occasionally). I also enjoyed some deserts but would opt for sorbet or a Spanish Coffee or only one scoop of ice cream.
- Minimize sugary drinks. I would order vodka over ice and add Xtend for my cocktail. But I did drink some beers and cocktails too.
- Moderation!
- Workout. I would lift in the morning and walk my butt off during the day.
There are other things I did to eat clean such as buying Disney’s smoked turkey legs for mid day and evening snacking, packing cashews, microwaving eggs, ordering salads, buying mixed berries only at the yogurt counter and so on.
Believe or not, this was not a hassle to do and did reduce some of the food costs (not much though). Also, I conservatively estimated that we walked 7-10 miles a day on the days we went to the theme parks.
I think I had what would qualify as a “cheat meal” once a day but between the clean eating and exercise it didn’t cause any problems. I actually lost about 3lbs on this trip!
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