Proper preparation prevents poor performance.
That was the takeaway lesson from my weekend away in Snowdonia where I despite walking over 27,000 steps on Saturday, I Iweighed in at 88.4kg on Monday. A net loss of 0kg from my weigh in last Monday. While I put a lot of time and effort into planning my route up Snowdon and what kit I would take with me, I didn’t do any planning regarding what I would eat before, during and after my trip.
I thought, I would be able make some decent choices based on what was on offer at the hotel restaurant but that turned out to be far from the case.
Friday night before the hike was a disaster.
We arrived late at the hotel to told that the kitchen was closed and our only chance of food was the local Chinese takeaway up the road. It was far from ideal, but as you can imagine after a five hour drive with no stops, we were hungry. The options were’t great so I just tried to ordered the highest protein options on the menu which ended up being chicken satay skewers and teriyaki steak with a side of boiled white rice (which I only ate half of).
Saturday morning I skipped breakfast as I prefer to hike on an empty stomach.
During the 18Km hike up Snowdon via Crib Goch I had three flap jacks and a lucozade to keep me going, and then two more lucozades afterwards to help me recover. Saturday night I had a lamb burger and chips for dinner. Sunday morning I had a full English breakfast ahead of our five hour journey home but still managed to get to the supermarket before it closed so I could make sure that I’m prepared and ready for the week ahead.
I suspect I’m holding a little bit of water weight after all the sodium and sugar over the weekend.
My weight should drop after a workout and a few days back on my diet.
Had I taken then time to check the hotel restaurants opening times and menu I could have made some better food choices and avoided this setback.
Still, no real damage was done, I learned a valuable lesson and I’ve back on it as of yesterday!