Asia 2017 Vacation
Asia 2017 Vacation
Asia 2017 was amazing! My wife and I visited Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Bali, Indonesia. The food was incredible!
In summary here is the strategy I followed for 15 days
- I used Intermittent Fasting to control my food intake and usually did one big meal a day
- Since I couldn't track calories because I wasn't in control of my food, I did my best to stick with lean proteins and avoid deep fried items and limited desserts. That's not a big deal to me anyway as I don't gravitate towards those items.
- To fill in the time from waking to eating I would mostly have water and coffee in the morning. I still drank beer throughout the day usually past 11am, but that's still not enough to undo my caloric intake limit.
- For activity we did TONS of walking. I was more active overall on vacation than when I am at home. I only spend 3-4 hours in the gym a week at home and just lift heavy. No cardio so I am very sedentary in general. While we can't out exercise over eating the walking everyday on vacation definitely helped offset the food intake.
And here are the results. I gained a whopping 2 pounds!
It's not easy BUT it also isn't overly complicated to do. I just needed to plan my day and be accountable for what I was eating with lower calorie choices and made sure I was filled up so no unnecessary binging would go on.
Here are the day to day logs if you want to see exactly what I ate.
Day 1: In the Air and Singapore
Day 4: Kuala Lumpur and off to Bali
Day 5: First Day in Ubud, Bali
Day 9: Volcano Hike to See the Sunrise and Salsa Night
Day 10: Last Day to Explore Ubud
Day 13: Seminyak and Potato Head Beach Club
Day 15: Flight Home and Quick Stopover in Chicago