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This is the life
 Posted by Trish Milburn Oct 18 2011, 12:01 am in eating healthy, exercise, fitness, Trish Milburn For the past week, I’ve been on vacation at the beach, a much-needed break after three very busy and stressful months. I love the Gulf Coast, and each time I visit I have a hard time coming home. And as I thought about it over the past few days, I realized that a lot of the reasons that I like it so much are actually good-for-me reasons. 1. The sound of the waves is relaxing and soothing. What better way to combat stress? 2. Walking on the beach is good exercise. One day I walked 1.2 miles up the beach to the point where the boats come out into the Gulf, watched a few of them pass through, then walked back. 3. Fresh seafood! I had grilled shrimp three times, and it’s so much better than what I can get at home. Also had grilled grouper. At the shore, you can literally buy fresh seafood right off the boats. 4. All that sunshine and warmth elevates my mood and makes me want to spend a lot of time outdoors. And no snow and ice to keep me trapped indoors during the winter. 5. A lot of the people who live in the condos along the beach seem to be very active. Each day I see people jogging in the pedestrian lane along the highway, and bikers in the bike lane. So I’m going to do all I can to achieve a goal that my husband and I have — to set enough money aside to eventually become snowbirds (people who spend their winters along the Gulf Coast). Have you ever vacationed somewhere that made you feel like you could live a more healthful lifestyle if you lived there?
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*sigh* very jealous. That sounds perfect. We love anywhere that’s by water, with fresh seafood and nice weather. I don’t know if it would have given us a more healthful lifestyle, but we loved Charleston for those reasons and others. (Not so keen on the hurricanes, though!)
We’re more healthful living over here than we were in NJ because of the way we’re set up to accommodate walking and cycling, plus good public transport systems. Though it’s changing for many people, the first option here isn’t to get in your car but to walk or ride, or even walk to the bus/train.
There is a huge trend now towards growing your own food – with people taking on allotments, land-shares or turning part of their garden over to home-grown (ours, for example, is a mix of flowers, fruits, veg and a lawn). Because we’re only a small island and land is at a premium, there are many shows which focus on how you can get the most out of even the smallest patch/patio.
I wish we were more set up for walking, biking, etc., but where I live there aren’t even sidewalks in most places. Not even enough road shoulder to safely walk. And urban sprawl is a huge problem in the U.S., I guess because in part we feel like we have tons of room.
Moving to a city with a subway system – and a good set up for walking – really made me start living a healthier lifestyle. Before that, I’d been in cities where you drive everywhere, and I got so out of shape. I lost 10 pounds just moving here because I walked so much more. It saves me from becoming a total slug too.
It kind of shames me to remember how out of breath I’d get during strolls around downtown DC when I first got here.
I can totally see how cities with good mass transit (and the incentive to not drive) would be beneficial and get people walking a lot more.
Hi Trish,
What a lovely post to come home to… We just got back from a weekend at the Smoky Mountains and I know exactly what you’re talking about! We love to hit the Florida beaches along the Gulf Coast and coming home is always difficult. The me-time is invaluable and I wish it could go on… but every location has its hiccoughs. Everytime we travel we always feel the grass is greener on the other side.
Anju
Oh, the Smokies are beautiful this time of year. Hope you had a great time.
I love going home to West TN. Fresh fruits and veggies abound. Sometimes I even run along the road although you know how hat goes. Someone always stops to ask you if you need a ride and then looks at you as if you’ve lost your mind because you’re running for the heck of it!
Great post–now I want to go to the beach.
I had to laugh a little at this, Sally, because my mom likes to go for walks around her little hometown and probably since she has one of those rolling walkers people are always trying to give her a ride. She finally started telling people no, that she actually wanted to walk.
I’ve never thought of it in healthful terms, but I’ve always wanted to live near the beach. I grew up a 15 minute drive from the ocean, but even that’s not close enough. I’d love to someday be able to live within hearing distance of the surf.
Good luck to you with the plan.
Thanks, Mary. There is just something very relaxing about being near the ocean. The farther I drove north, the colder and more dreary it got. Bleh.