*this post isn't finished, but I don't know when I'm going to be able to finish it, so I thought I'd post it 'as is' for now! * :)

Vacation.
Usually this word connotates letting loose, or indulgence, no? Especially in food. Not to mention while on. the. road.... I will say it like the boy scouts do... BE PREPARED!

Day 1.
Talked my husband into letting me get a 5 mile run in before we hit the road. Bless him. I quickly dumped the rest of the cottage cheese into a bowl w/ strawberries and banana and a few almonds and chomped away.


We left for our 7 hr. destination around 10am, car stocked w/ a weeks full of groceries. Jess had grilled several chicken breasts so they would be ready-to-eat in a moments notice. You know how it is when you are hungry and hungry NOW... (hence the be prepared) So true! So true. We stopped in the metropolis of Phx. to get the boys lunch, (Del Taco...if I were hardcore I would've packed sandwiches) and some snacks at Trader Joes - We got our favorite oriental rice cracker mix, sesame sticks, raw almonds, ABC mix (almonds, blueberries, cranberries & raisins), and I got some sugar-free choc. covered almonds to try, Jess got black licorice. We also purchased salads there and topped them w/ our grilled chicken and ate happily in the car. Fruit was readily available for snacking on the way.

When we arrived, I cooked up something quick because I was pretty hungry... Tofu tacos... Take your corn tortillas, spread w/ 1/4 avocado, add spinach, and top w/ grilled tofu, mexican squash, orange pepper cooked in yoshida's original sauce & thai peanut sauce.


Day 2-
Breakfast
1 egg, 1 egg white, broccoli, onion, mex squash:


Snack: banana, protein/water

Lunch:
Spinach, cucumber, 1/2 chkn breast, avocado on wheat. Broccoli, apple.


Dinner:
Tilapia cooked in Yoshida's, asparagus, couscous. Dessert was choc. sugar-free pudding.


Workout:
There was a little workout center there which was awesome.

Repeat 4x:
-(15) power squats
-(20) ea. leg -back leg lifts (I had no weights to use)
-(20) calf raises (again no weight machine)

15 min. on treadmill
-10min. at 11.0 incline, 3.8 speed
-5min. at 6.0 incline, 6.0 speed

Repeat 3x:
1 min. of russian deadlifts w/ 20 lbs. weights ea hand. (1 min. reast in-between).

10 min. on stairs (I did the 12 story builing up & down 2x)

-(24) walking lunges
-(15) pop squats (squat and when you come up, bring legs together. Jump back out when you squat down)
-(24) walking 'side to side' lunges
-(20) jumping lunges
-(24) walking lunges
-(15) jump squats

Day 3-
Breakfast:
Steel-Cut Oats w/ banana & abc trail mix, milk


Snack:
Protein shake w/strawberries & o.j. concentrate

Lunch:
3 egg whites, squash, broccoli, onion, 1 piece of wheat bread w/ natural crunch peanut butter.


Dinner:
White Turkey Chili w/ avocado on top.


Workout:
Took a run on the beach - the sand was soft! Whew. And my legs were feeling it from the day before. I think it was in the 4 mile range if I rememer right...