Eating and drinking to sustain the economy

So where was I? Oh yes - the bathroom scale has to be packed for every trip, after the holiday in Std 9 where I picked up 10kgs in 2 weeks. (And just for the record, I did not accompany my friend and her family to any of the nudist beaches during that holiday. In fact, in order to escape the ordeal, I hired a bike and puffed and panted my way from Fish Hoek to Cape Point and back again. That's 35kms up a steep hill. Chased by cyclist-hating psychotic baboons all the way. And then 35 terrifying kilometers down a steep hill on a bike with shoddy breaks. For someone who has the athletic ability of a handicapped sloth,it was not pleasant).

So I know what you're thinking... I need more willpower when I go on holiday. Or you're thinking, "So what? Diet before you go, enjoy the holiday and then diet when you get back." And both of these are excellent suggestions. But this is why neither option is feasible...

Put me on a cruise liner or in a Club Med resort, tell me that I can eat and drink as much as I want to, and I will. In fact, it's my duty. If those nice people at Club Med or Royal Caribbean go to all that effort to order, transport and prepare tons and tons of amazing food, who am I to turn my nose up at it? If they have to use cranes to lift crates upon crates of rum aboard, then it's my moral obligation to drink it. Because let's face it, I'd hurt their feelings otherwise. Also, think of all the people who would lose their jobs if we didn't partake of these pleasures while on holiday: chefs, waiters, barmen, truck drivers, factory workers, farmers, etc. It boggles the mind. All that joblessness could cripple the economy!

Besides, it's important to nourish yourself with healthy food when you're on holiday. And what could be healthier than fruit? Take a pineapple, for example. That has been cut up and then placed in a blender. Liquefied and then poured into a glass. (With oodles of white rum and coconut cream added). Nothing could be healthier, that's what!!! It's a no-brainer. Except maybe having two of them, and then having a strawberry daiquiri, or ten afterwards. These drinks are full of vitamins and minerals, which are good for you. They're also unfortunately full of calories too - at least 650 calories per cocktail, which is more calories than a Big Mac. Which means that 6 of them during the course of a long, hard day on the beach, adds up to almost 50 slices of bread. Before I've even put any real food into my mouth. Arghh!!!!

So now you know why I'm able to pick up 2kgs a day if I'm not careful...

Next time, why it won't work to just allow myself to pile the weight on during the holiday and then lose it afterwards.