As much as I wanted to finish my
FASTer Way to Fat Loss® program on a high note, it was just too much to keep up with while on vacation. I didn't stop the program all together ---> I did as many of the workouts as I could and I continued to extend my fast until nearly noon each day. What I didn't do was track my macros or post to the online group each day.
You may have noticed that I also had trouble blogging ;)
I'm not bummed out though. I feel like I did what I could and still enjoyed every moment with the girls for two weeks. Those two weeks were the absolute best. Our days were filled with fun and I savored every moment just being there with my family.
Here are the highlights:
We had a
Sparkler Party on the beach to celebrate the 4th of July. We started with a traditional summer cookout at the house, complete with cheeseburgers, corn on the cob and baked beans. Then we walked to the beach sporting our festive tees from
The Daily Tay. We didn't see a big fireworks display, but our party was over-the-top fun!
We took the fast ferry over to
Nantucket for a day. After grabbing breakfast sandwiches at
Fog Island Cafe, we went on a bike tour around town with
Nantucket Bike Tours ---> highlights of the tour include
Brant Point Lighthouse, Steps Beach, Lily Pond, Old Mill and riding through quaint neighborhoods (highly recommend doing this!). We grabbed a taco lunch at
Easy Street Cantina (loved it!) and took our rented a jeep for a ride out to
Sankaty Lighthouse and stopped by the
Oldest House. Before leaving, we walked around town enjoying some ice cream from
The Juice Bar, souvenir shopping and even spotting a celebrity from Long Island!
We hopped on the
Shining Sea Bikeway in North Falmouth for an afternoon ride. Our 16 miles took us through salt marshes all the way to ocean views at
Quissett Beach. My knee was a little cranky, so we turned around about 2 miles from the end of the trail in Woods Hole.
One afternoon in
Woods Hole we walked the trail out to
The Knob, strolled around town with ice cream from
Jimmy's Sandwich and Ice Cream Place and stopped to see the
Nobska Lighthouse up close.
We love
Old Silver Beach and spend most of our mornings there soaking up the sun and our evenings taking in the sunsets. This year we celebrated our favorite place with a fun photo party in our favorite Cape Cod gear and brand new OSB tees. The girls made sure to include their brother, who was stuck in Colorado working, in the fun.
We had one major rainy day which I spent at the Cape Cod Mall picking up a new pair of fitness shoes. I think
these will work perfectly for hiking and Bodystep. One cloudy afternoon we took the
Cape Cod Railroad Coastal Excursion. It was an out and back narrated trip from Hyannis to Buzzard's Bay. Along the way we saw
cranberry bogs and kettle hole ponds, great salt marsh, Cape Cod Canal, Sagamore Bridge, Bourne Bridge and an osprey nesting platform.
On our last night on the Cape, we took a sunset sail aboard the La Liberté out of Falmouth. Before the two-hour cruise aboard the schooner, we had one final dinner at Simply Devine Pizza Co. where you can get gluten-free pizza.
The Workouts - During the two weeks, I was able to fit in some
FASTer Way to Fat Loss® workouts such as sprints, HIIT circuits, bike rides for low intensity, and a few runs to the beach.
The Meals - Some days I followed the meal plan and some I didn't. I offer myself plenty of grace since it was our official vacation. It's hard to be back in the US and NOT indulge in some of our favorite things.
The great thing about carb cycling is that you can make it work for you, even if it's not always perfect. We didn't have access to a gym or even free weights, but we exercised every day. Instead of taking results measurements at the Cape, my plan is to repeat the final two weeks and then do a proper results post.