In case you were wondering, I am still going to weigh in on Friday mornings at Easy Fitness (or at home if necessary) for consistency. I was up this morning to about 164. I’m not too worried as I ate a very salty meal out last night and also had a couple cocktails. I’m staying the course for the most part.
Today was spent Jersey Shore-style, getting my GTL in, before I leave for Cabo at 6:00 a.m tomorrow!
If you are like me and have no life, you know that in Guido terms GTL stands for Gym-Tan-Laundry, made popular by the manifestation of proof our society is doomed, the Jersey Shore. But GTL is more than just Gym-Tan-Laundry. It’s really symbolic for that nurturing act of taking care of the shit that makes you feel good about yourself.
Neither Gym nor Laundry occurred today, but boy did I tan. In case you hadn’t noticed in prior photos, I practically blend in with the walls I’m so white these days. I thought that it might be nice to look a teensy bit brown for my vacation and I purchased a Groupon to Glo Studio a couple weeks ago in anticipation. Today I claimed it.
It turned out what I purchased wasn’t the typical “stand in an automated booth” situation. Nope, this was was much more personal and involved me standing butt nekked in a room while a very tan (but sweet) woman stood a little too close to my lady parts and hosed me down with sun-in-a-can. It seems like an odd job to have, spraying naked bodies all day, but she seemed happy to do it. I’m a nudist at heart, but even this was something new and different for me.
I am damn glad I didn’t fall into her “if you want to look like you have a solid tan, go medium” spiel. Never trust professional tanners. I went with “light” and I’m close to bordering on oompa-loompa. Also, I’m rubbing off brown on everything I touch, which is SUPER sexy.
But despite that , the finished product is fantastic. All these years I thought I needed to lose weight and all I needed was a goddam tan! I swear it dropped 15 lbs right off of me. I thought about asking her to paint on some ab muscles, but realized they would smear they got caught between the actual belly rolls.
<—Actual photo of me now.
Anyway, got me some nails done, got me some new shoes, finished up some work. DIDN’T swim, but don’t tell Coach Brad.
And now it’s time to get packing done, which is the WORST!
VACATION PLAN
The day after I get back from vacay, I have to do a 25 mile timed bike ride in order to stay on the team. Practices are picking up. There’s never really a good time to take a full week vacation when Ironman training.
So I’ve been pondering and here are my vacation plans to minimize the damage that can easily be done on a tropical vacation:
- Some sort of activity daily, including 3 runs (I got my GPS watch packed already!)
- Eat a good healthy breakfast
- Limit my salt intake when doing tequila shots
- Sprint every swim to the swim-up bar.
- No burritos
That’s about all I’ve got. I think I’m covered. Unless you have additional suggestions?
Not sure if I’ll be able to post while I’m away, but I do plan to get some maintenance training in and will be doing my best under the circumstances 
I fell for the ‘go medium’ spiel, the day before a flight to Virginia Beach for a wedding. The lady at the studio was like ‘you look great’. Walked to my car, looked in the mirror, called Andie and said, hmm pretty dark. Drive home, walked up the stairs to my room, caught a glimpse of my self in the mirror and almost fell over. Andie walked in my room after she heard a scream & actually FELL over laughing! Too damn dark! NEVER fall for the medium!! Have a great time in Cabo!