Colorado!

This will have to be a multi-day blog, as I am out skiing in the beautiful state of Colorado.  Seriously... how did I come to be a resident of Illinois.  Folly of follies.

At any rate, vacations are always err... "interesting" for diets and fitness discipline.  Here is the goal: always eat healthy at home (and we're staying in a beautiful home, thanks to friends, so we'll be staying in quite a bit), always watch portion sizes, and ski really hard.  When we go out to eat, I'm allowed to be a little more relaxed, although still looking for a healthy option.  As far as beer... it's vacation.  I'm not having tons of beer, but I want to be able to enjoy some good craft brews here and there without worrying about it.  I'm hoping I can keep diet under control enough that I'll be burning significantly more calories on the slopes and have some expeditious weight loss.

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Okay... That post was from a few days ago.  Ha.  Too busy having fun with friends and skiing to post on a blog... I think we're all okay with that.  Believe it or not I have not been flooded with reader emails lamenting "Dude, where is the blog today?  I've been reading every day, NOW what am I supposed to do?!?"

Anyway, at this point the vacation is wrapping up and I can begin to evaluate my efforts out in the glorious mountains.  Three amazing days of skiing... and I went pretty hard at it.  Chalk up three days of what I can honestly call "all day interval training".  Not necessarily incredibly aerobic... but a great work out.  Distance: ?

As far as eating... I did NOT go with the healthy choice when we went out to eat.  I couldn't find any in-between that looked good, so I just ordered something that I knew I really wanted... beer battered fish 'n' chips, with a Breckenridge Brewery IPA to wash it down.  Delicious.  Not healthy.  Also, I've been snacking a lot at the house, sometimes healthy snacks, but definitely some chips and dip here and there.  Breakfast and slope food were both very healthy... Overall grade: Food: C+

Weight?  At the risk of seeming uncommitted, I didn't actually bring my scale out here.  But I weighed myself on Thursday before I left, and the magic number is 231.6 lbs.

Oddly, I feel like I've actually gained weight this trip, despite the skiing.  I was really hoping to be below 230 when I got home... I guess we'll see...