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Vacations play funny tricks with my body. Last week we did the Huron county tour of Farm to Table as we always do. I feel good about shopping along the way at the farm gate, seeing the growers and producers of my food is only natural to me and it is something that I try to carry into my real life. In my real life, I am as aware and healthy as I can be. The workouts are regular, the meals are thoughtful and the treats are low. On vacation, the whole thing gets flipped. The workouts become ad hoc, the meals often from a cooler on the beach (with portions that I normally wouldn’t allow myself) and the baked goods too good to resist. All of this means that I come home and don’t like the feeling of a waistband all of a sudden. And in just one week! Interestingly my hubby takes the opportunity to smarten up. Since he is under my cooking care for the whole week, he actually loses weight. His fruits and vegetable intake increase, his meals are more regular (he is a terrible lunch skipper) and his holiday schedule (and access to the beach) allows him to exercise more often. So which one of us has this right? Who is the smarter bear? Me with my “all healthy 51 weeks of the year” or he with his “I’ll take this week to tweak”? Well, both actually. We are each getting what we need when we need it. I need a week to drop the damned ball to remember that I feel better in my regime. He to remember that my harping is helpful and that he feels better when he pays attention. We both need the reminders of a vacation to get back on track! We just approach it from opposite ends. And in the end, it is me taking the lead and I am already on the road to recovery. Strapping my sneakers on now and getting back to my smart breakfast. He is on his way out the door WITH his lunch. We will both do our best to keep our health and our vacation keenly in focus knowing that it will all come out in the wash. (No, like literally, could someone else please wash the clothes? I got the food thing covered!)
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