Holiday mood never ends for some?
So whats your attitude to training around holiday times? This is of course relevant this time of year and can make the difference to your progress and especially your mindset.
You are probably one of two types of people.
You cant wait to get away and not do any training.
Or
You take your trainers with you on every holiday and without fail, you always slip a couple of workouts in.
The mindset to take your trainers away with you is very powerful for your forward momentum, and demonstrates how important being in shape is for you.
On the other hand, if its your only holiday and you have been flat out training all year long, its good to have a break from your training and indeed, you are likely to come back fresher and enthused about the challenges ahead of you for the rest of the year.
So you have to balance which one works for you, and time your breaks to suit your schedule.
If you attitude is the first one, you’re glad to get away from your training because you’re really not into it anyway, then you will be likely to heavily over-indulge every day on holiday. Have you noticed when you come back, you promise to start back training but it somehow gets “put off” for the slightest of excuses!
This is when your mindset gets damaged and even when you do get your first workouts in, your eating is going to be all over the place and you really struggle to get back into proper eating again. In fact, the sugary and fatty foods you consume on holiday never really go away and getting back to eating to complement great health and fitness never really gets going.
The best attitude to have (in my opinion) is to enjoy your holiday, be laid back but try and do some activity, whatever it may be. You will NEVER keep your normal schedule up and who would expect you to do that that anyway?!!!!!
Doing something will work for you big time and give you a slight incentive to eat fresher foods and not the rubbish that’s going to make you feel lousy anyway. Of course you’re going to feel amazing if you eat as you do at home but you’re on holiday, so enjoy yourself.
What im saying is its all about balance, and you don’t need to trash yourself just because you’re on holiday, it should be fun but nothing wrong with putting some good food in there too, along with something active every couple of days.
This keeps you in shape and gives you momentum to start early when you return from holidays.
Don’t let 7-14 days of holidays turn into 6-8 weeks of lousy progress, we’ve all been there so lets make it happen this year!!
Your right there Keri, I came back last Friday and am going again 2mo, havent bothered to train this week and DONT REALLY WANT TO. I am tired ALL the time, I put 5 lbs on last week, took my trainers but didnt use them. I get all fired up for a couple of days and then I lose it, MOTIVATION that is, I think I need to commit to a program and the only way I can see me doing that is to go back to a Gym. Steve never stops texting me to go back to him, he text me last week just as I arrived at the hotel, is that an omen or what. Hi Deb, I see we have the same prob, I know the answer is to be patient “it wont happen over night” but why not, goin off again 2mo, Birthday weekend, enough said. Having probs with heart rate, speeding and slowing down, breathless and lightheaded, they want to fit me with a box for 24 hours, had it before, know its the weight. Must sort my head out, Keri is right as usual, but that does not help me do anything. Enjoy your weekend.
you need to sort it jean, the last thing you want is a doctor ordering you to do x, y and z to get healthy again, you’re better than that and the sooner you get in some kind of routine the better, you’re not invincible and its time you thought of all the fun you can have running after your grandchildren.
theres a million reasons to get yourself off the floor again, and you know it doesnt take you long to get back up to good levels, theres no time to waste!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Maybe that is exactly what I do need, a doctor to tell me to do x y z Ke, Kathy just found out mshe is DIABETIC, that has shook her
we’ll i’ve ben up and down for ages now and just felt like treading water for a while.Hopefully all well be well when i come back from our break down the Gower (soem bloody nicer weather would be a start) so i can get back into the swing of things.Going to try soem siwmming after the hols to.Will be going in the sea a lot no matter what the weather’s doing
so i’ll write to you all when i get back 
have a great time cyril and come back strong!
every reason now to end your lack of workout madness, its just not you! let me know when you get your first workout in!
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Have a good time Cyril and Jean !!!
Did workout as promised.
3 reps of the following :
12 x arm curls (4kg)
12 x arm lifts to side ”
15 x squats
20 x press ups
20 x sit ups, knees up
20 x elbow to knee sit ups
Felt good after it and although it’s not a lot , it’s a start.
Will do couple of miles walk tmrw and do workout alternate days.
Cheers, Debx
awesome debs and great to see you getting going again, let me know your improvements