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In my last article I wrote about the benefits of 80-20 Nutrition. In this one, I’m going to show you how to make the most of your day off.
Recently, my wife won a radio contest, and the prize was a day of luxury at a fancy spa in Brighton. Brighton is the only place I can pick up copies of Triathlete and Inside Triathlon (both are imports) and it’s also a good place for sports stores, so I thought I’d tag along as well, at least on the journey up - after that, we were both on our own.
In advance, we decided that today should be our day off this week. My wife’s package included a free lunch at the spa’s not inexpensive restaurant, and that seemed too good to waste on lettuce soup and sparkling water. So, today became anything goes. Here’s exactly what that means.
On the way, we stopped at McDonalds. I had the Big Breakfast, a coffee (black, sweetener) and an orange juice. I didn’t take any pictures, but this is what it looks like:
After making some new running-related purchases in Brighton, I hit Pizza Hut’s all-you-can-eat buffet. I had a salad for a starter:
Then five slices of pizza and four slices of garlic bread for a main:
Washed down with two glasses of 7UP.
Man, it was good.
An hour or so after that, I went to Starbucks and had a tall soya cappuccino (with an extra shot) and a slice of their heavenly blueberry cheesecake.
To be honest, the cake was a little dry today but it was still good.
I then went home and ran what appeared to be an amazing personal best, but might actually turn out to be a technical error. (Okay, okay - is a technical error.)
Later, I had a kebab. And some chips.
What’s the calorie count of that lot? Who cares. That’s the point - it’s my off day. Okay, so today was a little extreme, and I don’t normally do this, but when in Rome, and all that. The point is that while my calorie intake today was probably double a normal day (maybe more), this spike in my eating habits will keep my body very much on its toes. Tomorrow - as soon as the clock strikes midnight tonight - I’ll go back to my very lean low-GI diet, and that’s what I’ll have for the next 6-7 days.
Believe me, this all works. It may seem a little nutty, but that’s why it’s so wonderful. 
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