EVERYTHING in moderation....including moderation!

Well here is my first post in a while. I have been in Montreal on holidays since last week visting friends in the area where I grew up. It is just great being "back home" and immersing myself in the culture, food and lifestyle of the "La Belle Province" once again. The purpose of the trip is primarily to just get away from the day to day tasks and responsibilities of being a small business owner and part of the greatest fitness team I have ever been around! While I am an incredibly proud Hamiltonian and choose to live here and raise my family here, there is something about going back to your roots. I also feel it is important for my kids to be exposed to those roots as well.

Whenever I take a break like this, I like to let things go (just a little bit) and enjoy myself. It feels like I have been living on crepes, bagels, beer and Montreal, "all dressed" pizza (That stuff in Ontario really isn't pizza!) since I have been here. I have managed to work in a little activity and spent the day on Ste. Helens Island at La Ronde, the local amusement park on the Expo 67 site with 4 kids. That is a workout I tell you! Today, we are packing up to head back to Ontario to Pigeon Lake, North of Peterborough. Before we will leave, however, my wife and I will be doing a workout in the pool and then doing the "Century" workout that we developed at The Studio for limited time and limited equipment. We are on vacation, but, don't want to lose all of our fitness in 10 days. Doing just a bit every other day can be very powerful in terms of maintaning your strength and fitness for when you are ready to get back to the real world and really hit it.

Basically, I live by the credo of "EVERYTHING in moderation, including MODERATION!" I eat healthfully, exercise and basically do all things in moderation MOST of the time, but, on New Year's Eve I will drink too much Champagne, on my birthday I will eat too much cake, when I visit my friends I will sleep too little and when I am in Montreal I will eat too many bagels, brochettes, pizzas, smoked meat sandwiches and whatever.......

Remember why we train and eat well in the first place. To enjoy LIFE! Just do it in moderation (most of the time).