Happy Memorial Day weekend! I hope all of you wonderful people are having a relaxing weekend and huge thank you to all the men and women out there that have fought for our country! We appreciate you so much!

As I type this post, I am in the Austin airport waiting for my flight that isn’t for another 2 hours. This weekend was wonderful. I came to Austin to stop in at Paleo(fx), to hang out with my blogging friends that I rarely get to see, and to eat my way through Texas. And that’s what I did. I ate all the things. I honestly don’t remember the last time that I ate until I was uncomfortably full, but that’s what I did last night. Because the more I eat crappy food, the more I want it and the more I can’t stop myself. I can totally feel when I’m starting to get that little addiction to food: eating when I know I’m full and thinking about my next meal after I just ate. It usually happens when I’m going on vacations based around food. But at this point, I’m good at getting back on track as soon as I’m heading back home. By the end of trips, all I’m really craving is my sanity, working out, and eating meat and veggies.

But the thing about summer is these sort of events are ALWAYS happening. Whether it’s a vacation, a weekend at the lake, a road trip, a backyard BBQ. There is just always an excuse to eat sh*tty food. So everything you may have been working for this past winter and spring goes out the window and then it can be really hard to get back on track. But it’s also pretty easy to get around these situations. In the summer, we go to the lake almost every weekend. At this lake, I’m with almost all people who don’t eat paleo. So the meals that are there are usually pizza or pasta or burgers or fried chicken. Which is fine because I planned ahead. Remember (because I say this almost every effing Monday): “failing to planning is planning to fail.” Do you want yourself to fail? Answer: no. So here are some of the steps I take to make sure I keep my sh*t together most weekends/trips/vacations:

  1. Eat before you go somewhere. If you’re full or comfortable, you’ll be less likely to eat whatever the eff is around you.
  2. Bring snacks/meals. Snacks will keep you from eating too much, but if you also need to bring your own meal to keep you on track, DO IT. Who cares if people are going to judge you or be offended that you brought your own food. It’s YOUR body, you should be able to decide what you put in it. If someone is getting upset about it, it’s because they are insecure about what they are putting in their own body. You do you.
  3. Eat the healthiest options at the BBQ. There is usually always a meat and always a fruit or veggie. Eat those things that aren’t covered in semi-warm sketchy mayo. Sure, they aren’t going to be the tastiest things, but that’s life sometimes. You’ll have a sh*t ton of other life moments to enjoy food that won’t destroy your goals.
  4. Avoid the desserts or alcohol. Sorry to say it, but if your goal is weight loss and weight management, you have to steer clear of that crap. It will lead to cravings and addictions and crappy stuff. And if you feel like drinking alcohol with just water or soda water or whatever won’t destroy your goals, do some google looking around about alcohol and how it affects your hormones, metabolism and muscle growth. It’s a bummer.

Those are 4 simple things that will keep you on track in your summer. Sure, they are the most fun stuff to hear, but it’s just the truth. If you want your goals to come to fruition, you have to work at it. Every day. You’ll have to decide what is most important to you and forget about what other people say or think. Only YOU can be the one to make those decisions.

Sunday – Rest day

Monday

Front Squats: 5 x 2. All reps with a 3 sec pause at bottom. Adding. – I used 105#

Then Every 30 sec for 6 mins: 1 Squat Clean @ 70%. Think Speed!!! – I used 100#

Lastly – 7min AMRAP Of:

7 Unbroken Power Cleans (155/105). Must be unbroken! If you let the bar go during a set, you must start again from 0!!!

7 Burpees

I got 6+3 using 85#

Tuesday

6 Rounds Moving With Purpose: (16 min Time Cap)

6 Strict C2B Pull Ups

6 Strict Ring Dips

12 Double KB Front Rack Lunges (2 x 70/55)

I got 5 + 2 using 35# kettlebells, strict pull ups and strict straight bar dips

Then As Far As Possible In 10 mins:

40 Double Unders

3-6-9-12-15… Push Press (115/75)

I got through the round of 21 plus 10 double unders at Rx

Wednesday

Every 30 sec for 10 mins: 1 x Snatch @ 80%. All reps must have a 3 sec pause at knee. (5-10# more than last time) – I used 100#

Then 40 sec work / 20 sec Rest for 16 mins – For Total Reps / Calories

Burpee Box Jumps (24/20)

Assault Bike (calories)

Toes 2 Bar

Row (calories)

I got 168 reps total Rx

Thursday – Rest day

Friday – Rest day

Saturday – Workout at Crush Fitness ATX – basically like an orange theory workout!

At Home/Travel Workout:

3 rounds:

800m run

50 air squats

20 pike push ups

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  1. Jaynie says:

    Thanks for sharing the hotel workouts! Tonight my hotel had only treadmills- (ugh) but I made do with this little burner!!