{"id":417,"date":"2013-06-04T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2013-06-04T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:37:26","slug":"to-the-high-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"To the high seas"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a year ago that my mother died. I was in the middle of my weight-loss phase and one of the last things my mom said to me, in a rare moment of lucidity in her last days, was how good I looked.<\/p>\n

When things have become tough during previous diets I have always lied to myself that I\u2019d get back on the waggon later \u2013 when life is less challenging. This time last year I decided that even though things were very tough, I would stick rigidly to my healthy-eating plan and I gave myself the opportunity of proving to myself that even when things are hard, I can still keep the commitments I\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n

We leave tomorrow for the rest of the month in Europe. We will be cruising around Scandinavia and Russia with Royal Caribbean on The Brilliance of the Seas<\/a> and then spending time in London and Edinburgh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am a bit anxious about how I will cope eating at the buffet with food-on-tap 27\/7 but I think I will manage not to go overboard. I am packing protein bars for the plane trip and will always keep a stash in my daypack so I don\u2019t ever get too hungry. At R15 to the Pound, I plan not to eat out at all in the UK but rather to take along a lunch box with salad and chicken pieces from the supermarket.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll send you a postcard when we arrive.<\/p>\n

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