As I'm sure everyone guessed, there was no working out at the hotel gym while we were there. Not much of a surprise. I had planned to try, I promise!! It was tough to feel to bad though because we literally walked, all day every day, for 6 days so it's not like I was lounging around.... however wonderful that sounds. I also didn't really care what I ate. I planned on going into the trip not caring one teeny tiny bit about what I was going to eat, my goal was just to enjoy. But I realized that eating all that bad stuff really didn't make me feel good. Case and point, One night we ate at an Irish Pub, famous for it's fish and chips. Now I love me some deep fried fish but the thought of something so heavy and oil laden made my stomach hurt just thinking about it so I perused the menu for some lighter fare and came across this gem!
Now I know it doesn't look like much, especially since I ate half of it before realizing I HAD to take a picture of this but it's the most delicious salad I have ever eaten in my life! Another fun fact about me, I don't order salads in restaurants. I don't like dressing and restaurant salads are usually so drenched in them you have to dig just to find lettuce and they are just often filled with things that I don't find particularly healthy or appetizing. But this one was so simple and amazing that it literally knocked my socks off. A fillet of perfectly grilled salmon, topped with a few orange slices next to a salad of mixed greens, carrots, shallots and almonds so perfectly lightly dressing in a citrus vinaigrette. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! It was so good I was speechless at first and then couldn't stop talking about it! I think my poor husband wanted to scream "Stop talking about that stupid salad!" at me but he just smiled and nodded like a good hubs. I sat there happily working my way through my salad while hubby gnawed his was through a burger. The burger did look good but I in no way shape or form felt deprived or like I was missing something.
So why babble on about a salad? Well to me it just kind of embodied everything that was wrong about my vision of healthy food. When I first think "healthy" I think boring, not good, eat because I have too food but this was totally the opposite. It tasted amazing and my body felt so good afterwards! It's something I think everybody needs to experience who is on any type of weight loss journey. Not THIS salad in particular (Although I'm telling you it was amazing) But that meal that's "healthy" but not lacking, good for you and delicious. I left that restaurant with a happy tummy and a renewed goal of taking my fav meals and turning them into meals that are equally as delicious and make me feel great after! And don't worry I'm still going to eat cookies :)
Ok enough of the stupid salad! Took two weeks off of training, started last night, can totally feel the pain. That will teach me for slacking. Back into training, 5 weeks before the conditioning runs are done and then we are on to full fledged build up your mileage runs. Barf. Also thinking of joining Weight Watchers again.... Thoughts?
And the journey continues!
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