The Good Mood "Diet" and Travel
Like most travelers, I tend to over-indulge, have that extra cocktail (or 3), nibble on cookies and order the basket of fries with a Guinness while on vacation. It’s easy to forget that being away from your “real life” doesn’t mean you won’t face the consequences of indulgence once you get back to that “real life”. Too bad my travel isn’t done on one of those virtual worlds like Second Life, then I’d never gain weight. Of course, I’d only get to see the sites through a computer screen, too.
But weight gain isn’t really the problem, a few days at the gym and lots of water usually reverses whatever I’ve done to celebrate my vacation (room service, candy bars, Scottish beers). It’s more the feeling sluggish, bouts of low energy, and overall blue feeling when I return home to Brooklyn. This feeling tends to also sprout up after a stressful week at work, a round of taxes (cringe), non-stop fighting of the neighbors upstairs, or trying to track down clients who owe me a check.
Motion Sickness - Tricks of the Trade
As you know, my father is a retired pilot, and my brother currently flies for Airtran. They could fly upside down, through turbulence, and without any ventilation and feel just peachy. I, on the other hand, break into a sweat at the first signs of bumps. Thus the flying gene somehow skipped over me.
Motion sickness is caused when your inner ear perceives movement but your vision doesn’t. It creates an inner disagreement that can cause nausea, increased heartbeat, sweats, and a myriad of other nasty side-effects. I’ve experienced all of them, and it’s not fun.
The Good Mood "Diet" and Travel
Like most travelers, I tend to over-indulge, have that extra cocktail (or 3), nibble on cookies and order the basket of fries with a Guinness while on vacation. It’s easy to forget that being away from your “real life” doesn’t mean you won’t face the consequences of indulgence once you get back to that “real life”. Too bad my travel isn’t done on one of those virtual worlds like Second Life, then I’d never gain weight. Of course, I’d only get to see the sites through a computer screen, too.
But weight gain isn’t really the problem, a few days at the gym and lots of water usually reverses whatever I’ve done to celebrate my vacation (room service, candy bars, Scottish beers). It’s more the feeling sluggish, bouts of low energy, and overall blue feeling when I return home to Brooklyn. This feeling tends to also sprout up after a stressful week at work, a round of taxes (cringe), non-stop fighting of the neighbors upstairs, or trying to track down clients who owe me a check.
Motion Sickness - Tricks of the Trade
As you know, my father is a retired pilot, and my brother currently flies for Airtran. They could fly upside down, through turbulence, and without any ventilation and feel just peachy. I, on the other hand, break into a sweat at the first signs of bumps. Thus the flying gene somehow skipped over me.
Motion sickness is caused when your inner ear perceives movement but your vision doesn’t. It creates an inner disagreement that can cause nausea, increased heartbeat, sweats, and a myriad of other nasty side-effects. I’ve experienced all of them, and it’s not fun.