Greek holiday foodporn

First of all I need to apologize for anyone who sees this and then loses their motivation to stick to their diet or clean eating plans.

Greece had some amazing food that I really enjoyed and I just wanted to share some pictures with you:

I didn't gorge myself as much as I could have because the main reason I was in Greece was to go to a friends wedding so I was very conscious I had to fit into my suit at the end of the week so I did hold back a bit.

This photo sums up Greek food, everything seems to be cheesy or fried or both! This is onion rings, fried squid, fried cheese and cheese stuffed peppers, all awesome!

                                                  

Stuffed tomatoes and peppers, I thought it made a great photo?!

                                                   

A lovely relaxing Greek beer, nothing beats a beer on holiday especially sat by the beach watching the sun go down.

                                                   

A typical pre dinner appetiser of fresh bread and dips. 

                                                   

Haribo in smurf shapes? I was pretty amazed this was actually a thing!?! I managed to resist buying them as amazing as they were.

                                                   

A traditional Greek dish that's not cheese or not fried which is a slight surprise, Moussaka, very enjoyable.

                                                     

These are possibly the best crisps I have ever had! I always love finding new flavours and varieties of UK foods when abroad. 

                                                   

The revelation of the holiday fried Saganaki Cheese, just a joy of melted, fried cheesy goodness.

                                       

Unfortunately my four cheese pizza didn't live up to the promise that I thought it would bearing in mind how enjoyable I had found the other cheese dishes.

I hope this hasn't set you tummy rumbling and your taste buds going too much?!

I hate to think of all the calories, but I know I will have burned them all off soon enough.

Running in Greece

So a holiday in Greece presented me with the question eat, drink and be merry and to hell with my running, or try and maintain some level of fitness during the holiday.

I plumped for the second option and although I managed only 2 4K runs I wad pleased I had done some running and put some effort into maintaining my fitness.

I found the change in climate, scenery, terrain and surroundings really refreshing.

My route took me along tracks on to roads an finished with a few hundred metres down the beach.

The route presented a few decent slopes and a couple of short, steep, sharp inclines.

The runs added to the refreshing and relaxing feel of being on holiday and I guess your only a real runner when you can say that!

I suppose running is for life, day in day out wherever you are and whatever situation you find yourself in.

Today was my first full day back and needless to say I got out for a good run.

And although my belly felt heavy from the pizzas I have eaten on the last two nights I didn't feel any drop in my fitness and felt good to start sweating out all the alcohol and cheese I had consumed.