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25 January 2012
Deb and I usually go to Hawaii in February. It is how I deal with the Minnesota winters. My thinking goes like this. Once I get past Christmas I look forward to our vacation in Hawaii. When I get back from Hawaii it is almost March and the snow starts to melt in a few weeks.
Sadly, we will not be able to go to Hawaii this year because we are starting a new career and focused on our TRANSFORM conferences in February. Since I can’t go to Hawaii I thought I would comfort myself by posting on the Top Ten reasons not to go Hawaii.
10) Chickens.
There are hundreds of chickens running around randomly on the island of Kauai. I’m talking real chickens, not rubber chickens. When I saw all the chickens I thought, "Why doesn't somebody eat these chickens?"
I asked a lady about the chickens. She said, "There are no mammals around who like to eat chickens".
"What about people? Don’t Hawaiians like to eat chicken?” I asked.
"It's illegal to hunt chickens in Hawaii." she responded. So, the chicken population on Kauai continues to grow.
The biggest problem with all the chickens is not the chickens, but the roosters. We all know how much roosters like chickens. (If I were a rooster I would definitely live in Kauai.)
One of my favorite things to do in Hawaii is to leave the balcony door open so I can hear the waves when I fall asleep and therein lies the problem. I start hearing all the roosters crowing at 5:00 am, which is much too early to wake up when you are on vacation.
Don’t go to Hawaii if you like to sleep in when you are on vacation.
9) Banana Pancakes
There is this restaurant on Kauai called Eggerberts, which I have dreamed about for the last 5 years. (The last time I was in Kauai was five years ago, for our 20-year anniversary.) At Eggberts they have really, really good banana pancakes. Eggberts makes banana pancakes just like my Grandma Andrina used to make them.
Many of these so called pancake houses do not know how to make banana pancakes. They think if you just throw some fruit on top that qualifies. To truly make banana pancakes you must cook the bananas inside the pancake, so when you bite into the pancake you taste the hot mushy goodness of the banana.
Why is that a bad thing you might ask? Because I have been doing really good with my fitness routine and making smart choices about what I eat for the whole month of January and the banana pancakes messed me up.
The moral of the story is: If you want to lose weight, do not come to Hawaii.
Come back tomorrow for more bad news.
I’m not going to Hawaii, but I am going to Valdosta Georgia this weekend. I hope to see you at our TRANSFORM conference.
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