If you’ve ever been on a cruise, then you’ll already know that they mean tons of eating, frozen drinks, and for most people, weight gain. When we set off on the JOCO cruise, I didn’t want to set myself back by over eating, drinking too much, and not working out. My plan was to drink only red wine, as frozen tropical drinks pack tons of calories. And red wine has definite health benefits (although I'll admit that I may occasionally over state them). I also planned to try to have salads as much as possible, and to remain active.
I was mostly successful, although I did indulge in one frozen mudslide.
My trainer, Julia, gave me a routine of squats, planks, and pushups to do daily. This routine took me less than 15 minutes, and was a good compliment to whatever the main activity of the day was.
When we were at sea, the main activity was typically running on the ship’s track. On the track it took 4.5 laps to run one mile. The longest track run I did was 6 miles or 27 laps around the track. While the ship was moving the wind was blowing at about 45mph. The wind tripped me (blowing my feet around while running), blew my shirt up, and when running directly into it I felt like I was running in place. A group of sunbathing women next to the track cheered me on as I passed them during every lap of the 6 mile run. I was pretty happy for the entertainment.
Independence of the seas, you can see her track toward the top, right edge of the ship.
Despite the wind, I was pretty happy to be running outside, especially since winter in New York has be pretty unpleasant.
The ship’s gym was quite large with a lot of equipment, so on days when I just wanted to take a short run without the wind I would use the treadmill.
Both the gym and the track afforded some beautiful views of the open ocean, which was pretty neat and different from the scenery at home!
The view as we left Haiti. Kayaking that day was easy, so Alek and I also did a 5k on the ship.
Port days were a different story, we did some kayaking in St. Kitts and Labadee, Haiti. In San Juan we walked for much of the day roaming around San Cristobal and playing with all of the cats that love to hang out in Old San Juan. At St. Maarten, we swam with a dolphin. These were all really fun activities. Since a picture is worth 1000 words, I’ll leave you to enjoy these photos rather than providing further descriptions. We haven't yet taken the photos of kayaking off of the GoPro, so I'll share them some other time.
A lighthouse at El Morro.
The lawn at El Morro.
Caaaats!
How did it all work out? I came back one pound heavier than I left. It was a setback, but not nearly as bad as it would have been if I had indulged in all of the frozen drinks that the ship had to offer.
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