April

I’m sitting in Christy’s living room (I love being able to say that!) looking at the amazing view, and just a mere 5 feet away, Christy is on her laptop.  I did I mention that she has an AMAZING VIEW from her living room?  I’m so jealous.

And we are both SORE.  (Christy more so than me probably!)

Because, this has been no ordinary visit.  Oh no.

On Wednesday we went hiking at Lost Maples State Natural Area.  We hiked about 5.5 miles and 1.5 miles of that was basically rock climbing.  I’m not joking.  And here’s the kicker…are you ready for it?  Christy carried Mia in a pack on her back!  Seriously.  She’s my hero for that.  And just as a note, we did all of that in 4 hours!! (Maybe a little less!)

Yesterday, we ran.  (Because we have that thing called a 5K coming up this weekend.  You’re running with us, aren’t you?!)  We ran and walked about 3.7 miles in around 42 minutes.

How’s that for exercise while on vacation?!

I’m so freaking proud of us, I could smack Christy. ;oP

Here are some shots from our hike!  (Not the rock climbing parts though, we were just focused on making it up the mountain!)

I’m going to blog my weigh-in over here today.  I admit, I’m not all that excited.  I know, a loss, is a loss.  And trust me, I’m grateful I didn’t gain, but man, this shrinking thang has gotten tough.

I know what the biggest problem is.  I’m doing okay with food.  I’m trying to remember to log in my points, but I don’t always remember.  I know that defeats the purpose, but I’ve been tracking in my head for over a year now, so old habits die hard.  My problem is that I’m not doing as high intesity work outs as my body is used to.  I’m trying to build up Kelci’s endurance so that she can jog with me, so I’ve been doing more walking than running.  So, the solution is to add more cardio, right?  Sure, but the problem is I just don’t have the time to do that.  I know I just have to be patient.  I know w are getting close to running more than walking.  In fact, I think next week will be good to start running her more.  Patience right?

So, yes, right now I’m frustrated.

Please forgive me for no upbeat, uplifiting posts today.  Please?

Last week’s weight: 144.2

This week’s weight: 143.8

Is that right?  My schedule got all wonky, so I’m not sure if I’m behind or on schedule.  Here’s how my week went since my last post.

Wednesday:  I wanted to take the shepherds for their walk.  Janet had plans for the early part of the evening, so she said she’d let me know.  So, I waited for her only to end up not going on our walk.  I know that was suppose to be a “rest day” on the challenge anyway, but I really should have went ahead and worked out because I knew I had bowling on Thursday.  But I didn’t.  Boo.

Thursday:  I set my alarm to get up early.  I had really good intentions to get up and do it, then sleep didn’t happen.  (Did you guys know, I don’t get a lot of sleep?  I average 4-5 hours a night. BAD.)  So, I decided 45 more minutes of rest was more important than working out.  Thursday evening was bowling, so that was something.  (Did you also know you can burn around 120-150 calories an hour bowling?  It’s true.)

So, that leads to today.  I did the work out with the dancing, whichever one that is.  Now, folk, I have good rhythm.  I’m a pretty good dancer, but you put that exercise in front of me, and I lose all coordination.  Why?  Yes, I paused the exercise and shut the blinds because there is no way in hell I was going to let someone see me bobbling around like an idiot.  And dear god, WHY did we have to have more inline skating? And YAY!  More inline skating!  We all know how much I love that!  (My thighs are still on fire.  I know it’s good for me, but still.)

I love the upper body combo exercises though.  A terrific way to burn a ton of calories!  Good onya EA for those!

Tomorrow, Janet and I are taking the dogs on a 7 mile jog/walk.  I’m dragging my tail out of bed at 7:30 on a day I could sleep in.  I want to.  I have discover how much fun Kelci is to have out and about and this is Janet’s last week here before she moves.  So, I will gladly trade sleep for that.  Then I’m going to do the next EA work out.  If any of ya’ll are ahead, please tell me that there’s no more inline skating…PLEASE?!