My Journey With Health And Fitness – A Couple Of Fun Days

This morning I went for a very early morning 2 hour walk (by early I mean 5am). On my way back from the beach I looked at the sun coming up over Mount Baker and thought how can the day get any better than this. Then an elderly gentleman stopped me and said I just want you to have an awesome day, you deserve it. I don’t know this gentleman other than to smile and say good morning to him but he really lifted my spirits. Apparently the day could get even better.

Yesterday was ‘Pirate Pack’ Day. For those of you not in BC a 100+ year old franchise restaurant normally sells Pirate Packs to kids but every year they do a fundraiser in which you can purchase various adult hamburgers and it will come in the pirate ship that normally the kids’ meals come in. From that the restaurant donates $2 from each adult Pirate Pack to a local ranch that caters to children with disabilities. I have bought a Pirate Pack for this fundraiser many times over the years and always look forward to it. Yes, I went slightly over my daily calorie goal but to be honest I managed both my breakfast and dinner calorie intake to offset my lunch. Really, I was not that far over and it was really fun.

Today was an even better day. As mentioned I did an early morning walk but had to skip bootcamp class. My sister and I hit the road at 8:00am to go to a restaurant in Bellingham, WA we used to go to with our family when we were kids. There we had kind of an early brunch or late breakfast (I had a small breakfast before my walk) and it was fantastic. Then it was off to Seattle to see the Titanic Exhibit. We had seen a Titanic Exhibit about 20 years ago but this one was quite different though equally as enjoyable. The only issue we had was GPS problems but still we got there. It was so worth the drive and I would do it again if the exhibit came back.

It was then on to the long drive home. We had planned ahead and stopped at a casino for a bit of a break on the way (ok, really it was to do some gambling) and to have a light dinner. Both of us enjoyed ourselves as it had been a long time since we had been to that casino. Afterwards it was an easy 40 minute remaining drive and the Nexus lane at the border was super quick so pretty stress free day.

Yes, I ate some things over the past 2 days that normally I would not have and especially not 2 days in a row and today I really didn’t work out nearly as much as I usually do but you know what? I still managed to burn more calories than I took in which is the point of what I do to keep myself from gaining weight. And besides, it was a fun 2 days and well worth it for a short period of fun. Now back to the grind again tomorrow.