Vacation: The Ugly Truth

This shouldn't take too long, since I didn't do anything.  OK, so that's an exaggeration, but let's just start out with the ugly truth: I gained 2.8 lbs in the last six days. There, I said it.  I'm back up to 195.8 lbs.  And I'm not happy about it.  It is my own fault.  I gave myself an unwarranted pass on drinking soda over the last week.  If it wasn't eating out or at the reunion itself, it was the long car rides through the Midwest that just had me back to mainlining Coca-Cola.  I fell off the wagon.
So, exercise wrap-up for the week:
Wednesday-- I lifted weights for about half an hour between dropping Layla off at the kennel and picking up the world's second-smallest car, the Toyota Corolla from Hertz.
Thursday-- I had promised to upload photos of me working out in the gym at the Hawthorne Suites in Toledo, but, well- here's the photo of the gym:

I don't want to be too harsh, because aside from the gym, this place was pretty nice.  They're more of an extended-stay hotel that let's you stay for one night.  They have full kitchens, a pool, gym, and hot breakfast every morning.  Basically, they're a hotel that can't piss their customers off, because their usual customer is staying for at least a week and will take their business elsewhere if they don't get what they want.  This translates into a very responsive staff and a pretty pleasant stay- even if it's only one night.

But anyway, I didn't workout Thursday. 

Friday-- I'm really proud of this- I woke up at 6am CST and ran about 2.3 miles.  Then I walked several miles in Chicago with my wife, my brothers, and their significant others.  So, I did exercise Friday.

Saturday-- Was the reunion.  Now I did climb all over the playground with my son, and I did play a game of pickup football with some of my relatives, but I can't really lay claim to serious exercise.  I wasn't sedentary though.

Sunday-- Walked all over Ikea Schaumburg (the best home furnishing store on the planet) and the huge mall nearby, but still, no exercise.  I did think about exercise though, when I bought my first new pair of running shoes in quite some time: the New Balance Minimus shoes.  Stay tuned for a full review!

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Monday-- I did run about 1.5 miles in my new shoes on Monday night and I swam a few laps in the pool at Hawthorne Suites in Toledo (we stayed there again because we liked it so much). 

Tuesday-- We got home tonight and I ran 2.3 miles in my new shoes.  

So all in all, I did OK for a vacation, (just over 6 miles) but just not as good as I had hoped.  So the next few weeks are going to have to be intense.  I'm going back on my no-Coke diet (sorry Coca-Cola) and I'm going to have to step up my game to lose my vacation poundage and get back to where I need to be.  So stay tuned for the pain and for my full review of the NB Minumus!