I'm Back!

Boy did I miss you! I will tell you, I had NO partners in exercise crime on this trip! Oh well!

So, where to start? Not on the scale! I'm giving myself a week off. I ate dessert every night. It was a delicious, delicious vacation. My favorite was the chocolate melting cake. It was cooked just enough to form a crust and the inside was molten chocolate. Served with vanilla ice cream. AMAZING.

But I did manage to run! And I was pretty proud of myself, truth be told. Because it would have been very easy to blow it off.

The first day I ran on the outside track, and that was really fun. Bart said it was 'another notch in my running belt' to run outside in the middle of the ocean. Yep! I only did the track that one day because the distance was a tenth of a mile so I had to go around a million times to get anywhere!

The gym was very nice, with treadmills facing windows so I could see outside. And it had a lot of different cardio equipment and many weight lifting machines as well as free weights. It was always pretty busy when I went in. That was good to see!

I ran all but two days and I just did 3 miles each day. Oh, not true! One day I did 2 because the pitch of the ship made me run uphill! I figured 2 was enough! And then one day I ran just shy of 4.

I also lifted weights - just arms.

They didn't have pilates, as it turned out. We asked and they said they canceled them. But they did have other classes (I didn't take them). They had yoga and spinning and boot camp. Three people signed up for the boot camp classes but all crossed their names off. I can only imagine it was the 8 am start time!!

I'll have a San Diego based report for you tomorrow, I promise!

Brrrr!

Pretty sure my blood turned into a slushy for a period tonight! It is cold! So, I will tell you that I did a lot of FAST walking!

I did run this morning. The hotel has a little gym. That is great! Downside is that it is in a different building. BRRRRRR! Also, that room was crazy hot! And they turned down the heat for me. So I only put in 5 miles, not 6. But I was really hot, my lips were sooo dry, and I was bored. So 5 is good. I'm still ahead of my goal. And, boy, the clock is ticking on that goal!

I ate healthy today, too! Yay!

I'm back!

I'm sorry I abandoned you and I hope Mom gave you my message. I didn't have connectivity in Vegas, so I could not do any posting.

Dang, did we have fun! It was great. Lots of walking - my feet are amazingly swollen. Lots of eating. Funny - my stomach is amazingly swollen too! Back to healthy eating tomorrow.

I only ran once on the trip, but it was really enjoyable. I ran outside because the hotel gym was $22 per day and I just couldn't justify that for 40 minutes of use! So I made a little route and ran 3.9 miles. It was early but it was HOT. Sunday I just woke up too late and I thought the heat would get me and then today we left so I didn't have time.

The big question is will I run tomorrow??? I'm so darn tired I really don't know. I'll play it by ear.

I had a great time but I'm glad to be back!!

Wisonsin!

Ran two miles today and walked one. With Ang!! Super cool. And then we went to the lake any played in the water and had a lot of fun. I'm worn out, let me tell you.

Weight is good. Eating is good. I was hungry before bed and had a few nuts. Cause I'm staying with nuts!