for whatever reason people come to me they say hey listen I'm going on
vacation going on this wicked nice cruise cuz I got a lot of money at
don't worry about it make six figures for vacation and listen I don't want to get
fat I don't want to lose all my strength I don't want to lose on my progress cuz
he's the deal like listen it's no big deal I I count my calories like pretty
strictly except for at night after dinner and then during the weekends and
then I really don't track them at all but occasionally one day out of every
month I'll track it pretty loosely oh I go to the gym all the time like at least
two times a month so basically a month at what should i do what should I I
don't want to lose it all can you give me some insight and let me tell you
something I mean I'll tell you what I tell these people I say listen if you
are willing to sacrifice all your gains if I go on a vacation fine that's on you
but basically no no one has ever built a great body no one has ever been happy
with how they look and gone on vacation mind you're out of your mind you go on
vacation and have a great body but listen I'll tell you what you want to go
on vacation fine just make sure you bring your tape measure bring your scale
with all your food where you go to the where the buffet way every bring it back
there with you and put your measurements around bring your gym bring your shake weight
your Zumba instructor bring everything with you because you can't go
on vacation without all this stuff basically you gotta make your vacation not a
vacation okay I don't know a funny voice aside let's actually talk about what to
do when you go on vacation with your nutrition with your strength training
because this is a very common question and a lot of people are very nervous
they actually don't want to gain extra body fat they don't want to lose all
their progress they don't want to ruin everything that they've worked so hard
for and really it's a very simple fix and the reality is this but the way that
I phrase this goes think about one week of perfect dieting one week of perfect
exercise you do everything right not one calorie out of place not one
workout miss maybe even hit an extra workout did you completely change your
body in that week did you lose tons of body fat did you gain tons of muscles
was your life like actually changed in any meaningful way from that week yes
there's no of course not and you know that logically right now what's going on
is vacations coming up you're getting
nervous because you see that possibility of not being able to stay on track and
just thinking about it you get emotional it's normal it's a human normal human
reaction you get emotional you get worried
when you don't say something out loud it's an emotional thought it's easy to
take over what I want you to do is you stay out loud logically okay I'm going
away for a week does that mean I'm gonna ruin all my progress no it's not because
when you say it out loud it sounds fucking stupid and you know it relax
you're going on vacation let vacation be vacation if you want to work out by all
means do it I work out on vacation because I feel better for it I like it
but no way in hell am I going to worry or be concerned or get pissed at my
family or my friends the people that I'm with if I don't get a workout in no way
am I going to go out to dinner and not enjoy myself because they don't have the
calories or because I think maybe I ate a little bit too much so I don't want to
have dessert it's fucking vacation I'm gonna relax
and enjoy myself you know why I'll tell you even more importantly because when
you get back to your regular routine you're going to regret not having it
you're gonna regret not indulging over vacation because before you know it
you're going to be wanting and craving and being like dammit I wish I had the
fucking french toast because that looks really delicious and Jill had it and
look she still looks fantastic right come on it's vacation go out have fun
you don't need a binge you don't need to go all out balls out you don't need to
do anything that is crazy but have fun enjoy yourself you're gonna
get back on track as soon as you're back home doing your regular routine and just
like you didn't make all of your progress in one week
you're not going to lose all of it either
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