Good morning!  This is the first time that I've blogged while on vacation.  I'm traveling with my significant other (boyfriend/ girlfriend sounds so odd at our age), and our combined clan of children (5 all together).  I know that many people take off workout and healthy eating  while on vacation, but that actually makes my body feel bad so...as I talk about here a lot; it's all about moderation!  I cut back on the amount I workout...But i still do workout.  I continue to try clean eating...but I love a good sundae and a nibble of fried clams from my kids.  Having a taste satisfies my urges without feeling awful in an hour from eating a food my body just doesn't tolerate well anymore.

How do I manage the workout part while in a rental house in a small town?  I have these travel weights called aquabells.  You fill up the individual bags with water and slip on as many as you'd like, to make each barbell up to 16lb each.  I also have a set of rubber tubes.  My double set has a rubber tube that can be slid above, below, or on the side of a dorr for a variety of exercises. With these travel exercise things, I can get quite a bit done.  For the cardio portion, the small kids and I ran up and down the cul de sac street, and went swimming.

Wednesday 8/19 Workout-

Strength training- biceps

Biceps curls-2 bags, approx. 10 lb

Plank

Biceps curl- 2 tubes

Hammer curl- 2 bags

Concentrated curl- 3 bags (approx. 13 lbs)

Walking lunges (so strides)

Biceps curl- 1 tube

Standing single arm concentrated curl- 1 tube

Core Arobesque

Wednesday 8/19 Food Diary:

Breakfast-

Whole wheat english muffin(100 cal)

egg white, spinach, asparagus (80 cal)

Lunch-

Roast beef sandwich(250 cal)

2 pieces pizza(250 cal)

 P.M. Snack-

1/2 apple (40 cal)

chocolate covered raisons and  almonds (350 cal)

Dinner-

5 oz grilled chicken(250 cal)

Salad- spinach, tomato, carott(65 cal)

Dessert-

1/2 Banana split( 200 cal)

Wine (300 cal)