25: Summer Vacation!

Summer, summer, summertime! Ah, summer vacation, a time to rest, relax, rejuvenate, enjoy the great outdoors, and the many hours of daylight. Summertime is also a time when your eating goes sideways, and your food environment gets destroyed. In today's episode the Nutrition Grouch explains why he is taking the summer off from podcasting (he'll be back in the fall) and discusses how he is going to handle his eating environment during his two big summer trips to Wisconsin and Buffalo, New York. Some of the topics on today's podcast include: How common are single income families? (0:56) Self-conscious on the playground: my 24:1 woman to man ratio (1:37) Stephen Hawking teaches high school algebra (2:31) Why I’m taking the summer off from podcasting (3:42) Let’s just say I don’t like social media (8:38) I’ve decided that I love Christmas cards! (9:14) My worldview/philosophy on life (11:00) We have too many (social media) friends but not enough good friends (12:01) One big game of status seeking (14:02) I control everything about the foods we have in the house, from start to finish (17:25) The importance of fridge and pantry super organization (17:37) Variety is not the spice of life (20:29) Baked goods are my kryptonite (22:41) But dad, you can’t set soda on fire, it won’t burn (23:06) We eat out once every 10 to 14 days (24:10) My diet is not the poster child of healthy eating (24:55) A tightly controlled food environment allows me to drink beer and eat Cheez-Its (25:14) Gaining 5-10 pounds in Buffalo, takes 1-2 months to lose (25:31) The 5 phases/time sections of vacation eating (26:05) The food trap I tend to fall into the week before a trip (27:12) There’s nearly a 100% chance I’m buying overpriced airport McDonalds at DIA (28:17) 959 miles from Wisconsin and 1500 miles from Buffalo (30:22) Buffalo is very food centric (32:59) Eating strategies for my Buffalo food environment (36:01) Visiting family is not a true vacation (38:19) The long trip back home from vacation (38:52) Get back into your weekly meal cycle, ASAP: a bridge meal can help (40:03) Exercise recommendations for your trip (42:46) My 48-72 hour exercise adaptation window and getting to the gym 2.5 times/week (42:46) My personal obstacles to exercising (44:38) Go to the gym the day of your trip (47:04) The battle between present self and future self (50:57)