The Mickey Challenge

Posted Aug 18, 2006 by jriley

Updated Aug 21, 2006 at 09:42 AM

I just spent the last three days at Disney’s Vero Beach and Boardwalk resorts to celebrate the Men’s Team’s bowling victory.  (heh heh, see the Splitsville video link above to see the Women’s Team get crushed).  My wife and I went out to eat several times, had a few drinks, and even a dessert or two.  We balanced that with a lot of walking on the beach and a thorough gym workout, yielding a net result of no loss, no gain.  I’m still at -17 pounds.
Some non-diet-related details:
We learned a lot about sea turtles at Vero Beach, and even met one named Crush, Jr. (after a Disney character in “Finding Nemo”) just before he was released into the ocean.  He had washed ashore a few months earlier, very sick from swallowing plastic and other debris.  Things that shouldn’t be on ANYONE’s diet!  Disney’s ‘Living Seas’ crew nursed him back to health, and sent him on his way with a small beacon attached so they can track his movements.

Since we moved to Florida four years ago, we’ve been very happy to see how much support and protection Florida’s endangered and threatened species are getting, especially the sea turtles and the manatees (we have one of each on our license plates).  Keep up the good work, Floridians!
Next on the endangered list:  about 20 pounds of Shamu-fat around my waist.  Stay tuned for the latest bulletins.