Lunchtime at the Beach

Well here in the UK summer seems to have turned to autumn, which is bad news for most people, but as a windsurfer I'm absolutely loving it! We had really good wind and waves, as well as sunshine and warm(ish) water on Saturday at Overcombe.

So where's the fitness and fatloss relevance, I hear you say? Well, it's all to easy to turn to junk foods when you've had a hard (and cold) day on the water and most windsurfers feel the need for junk to keep their energy up. A lot of the guys (and it is a very male dominated sport) can get away with it, but I know I have to keep my nutrition tight regardless of the activity I do (and squeezing into a tight wetsuit on a regular basis is enough to give anyone a complex...) so I make sure I arrive well prepared and make sure that my healthy fare is sustaining and delicious enough to keep me energised and happy!

The picture shows the gorgeous salad I treated myself to while sat on the beach after a great session - a huge mixed salad with chicken and cottage cheese, topped with a dollop of pesto and drizzled with balsamic vinegar, yum. I stored it in a coolbox in the van so it was chilled, fresh & ready for me when I needed it - no queues in busy beach cafes or waiting to be served for me - and no paying through the nose for it either. Trying to eat healthily in cafes when you are as hungry as you are after a day on the water is a nightmare, too. As you can see, it may be a salad but it is certainly a lot more than you would ever get served in a restaurant (it's a v. big container!).

A win-win situation I think... As it is if you do the same and prepare your lunch to take to the office - if you have a tub of salad this big you can split it into 2 or 3 to keep you energised throughout the day (as recommended by Simon Lovell in his Lunch Box Diet).

This is part of a 'no excuses' strategy that I use myself and recommend to my clients. If you set your mind to it you can find ways to outfox all the fat-loss obstructing hazards that are always lurking somewhere and get awesome results. If you want to find out more then make sure you sign up to my mailing list using the form at the top of the page!