The long weekend is officially here! It’s just after 5PM on Friday afternoon and I am looking forward to heading away for a few days for some much needed down time.
Personally, I am focusing on reducing my body fat composition at this point in my training. So, over this long weekend, I do plan to adhere to a lifestyle that is conductive of achieving this goal.
Here are my goals over the long-weekend:
- Continue eating sensibly. I may have some wine (as you do when you’re on holidays), but I’m not going to be going overboard.
- I will perform at least 2 high intensity interval runs, as I will not have access to a gym. My fingers are crossed that it doesn’t rain too heavily and if so, I’ll have some boxing gloves as a backup!
- To go on a few walks and enjoy being outside, away from the city.
- and of course to relax!
I do believe that it is important to find a happy medium between lifestyle and achieving your weight loss goals. It would not be much of a holiday if I were to subject myself to six workouts, a highly structured eating regime without any flexibility to go out for dinner or have a glass of wine. But having said that, I wouldn’t find it much of a holiday if I didn’t exercise at all and ate like a pig (for I would feel disgusting, lethargic and tired).
Enough about me – what about you? If you are going away on a short holiday, it is important to continue with your weight loss endeavours in a smart and realistic manner. Do not expect yourself to adhere to a strict weight loss approach unless you are doing so for a particular reason (12 week challenge, upcoming competition, doctors orders etc.).
Further, don’t stress out if you miss a workout if you won’t have access to a gym! Just do Monday’s workout on Tuesday and shuffle your days around. It’s not much of a holiday if you begin stressing about the exercise that you cannot do.
Having said that, do try to move around as much as possible. You’ll feel better and also encourage continued weight loss. You would be amazed at how much weight you can lose just by walking around all day long and enjoying the outdoors. Plus, if you can actually get a workout in, you will feel great as soon as those endorphins kick in afterwards!
Always remember – the body does not take a holiday just because you are on one. So if you laze around and eat an excess number of calories, expect to gain weight.
Now the irony of this post is that anyone going away for the long weekend has probably already left! So next time I will make a note to post up an event specific blog post before the actual event 
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