Being back in the "States" again was fun and a bit interesting. Had to smile...15-minutes off the plane waiting for my baggage - my bag of cut-up celery and carrot sticks that I was munching on was rudely snatched away from by a woman customs officer. "We'll have none of that around here, sir." I had prepared for the 7-hour flight to Hawaii with a lot of healthy food and fruit which worked out pretty well. I will say that it's easy to go to sleep at 10:30pm feeling slightly hungry then being stuck on a plane where you can't fall asleep and have another 6-hours to go. Probably one of those mental things.
From Oahu, we transferred to an inter-island Hawaii Air flight and made our way to the Fairmont Orchid Hotel which is where the wedding was. After a cloudy, humid summer in Tokyo, it was refreshing to finally catch some good sunlight and dry air with blue-skys. Sunsets were amazing. We also saw some sea turtles and dolphins with the kids. Played a round of golf at the Mauni Lani - cool volcanic rock formations marked the out-of-bounds territory and several of the holes bordered the ocean. Fun.
The Mai-Tai indulgences aside, I will admit staying authentic PCP was challenging on the diet side but that my food choices overall were much better than they would have been say 6 weeks earlier. In particular, one needs to really make efforts to get ample vegetable supply. Fresh-fruit is awesome in Hawaii - specifically the mango, papaya and guava. I was able to make it to the gym 6 out of the 7 days I was there for workouts ranging from 15 to 45mins each. So with a fun week and several discretions notched on my belt, time to focus and hit it hard now for the second half of PCP. Let's hit it! -rp
did i miss an indulgence or is this your first???
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