Today was then end of our 10th cruise.
The rule of thumb on these things is that one will gain an average of about 5 pounds. To pull off this feat in one week, one must consume double normal caloric intake, and would then only gain 4.
People eat a great deal on cruises. I keep up with the best of them.
On our first cruise, which was only 4 days, I managed to lose two pounds. It being our first cruise, I was at every activity I could find, including exercise classes, and dancing. We also walked our feet off in every port, and snorkled like pros.
In all the other cruises, I acted like a normal person, and gained weight just like everybody else.
Not this time. I ate like a madman. Walked in the towns a bit, and danced in the evenings. Nothing special to burn the bad stuff away. I pushed only a couple of times. Did about 10km of running on the silly treadmill machines. In Skagway, I took things up a notch. Everybody went shopping, or touring, and I went running. Put in 20.8km.
What was the end result?
I gained 0.4 pounds on my lovely trip to Alaska. I call that breaking even.
Running is a good thing.
I am a 68 year old retired teacher living on the west coast of Canada. I spent over 30 years as a student of Karate until my knees stopped liking it. My current passionate activity is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, which I've been at for about 13 years.
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