This blog was started as a journey in my training for a 60 mile walk in memory of my Mom! This blog continues on in my attempt to change my lifestyle & addiction to food through weight loss, diet, and exercise.....ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Friday, July 1, 2011

Day 5

Today's hike was BRUTAL!  The hike went straight up with very few flat spots.  They say "what goes up, must come down".  That's true because on the way down the mountain...I fell!  Oh well...I survived and it wasn't the end of the world but the views on this hike...it looked like I could see the end of the world.  Here are some of the pics from today.  I will have to load a few at a time on several posts.

I forgot to take the picture with the eggs.

The vegetable soup

The vegetable soup after I added carrots and bean sprouts.

Lunch....I didn't eat the brussell sprouts.

Dinner...Salmon burger.  I already ate half of the burger.


Day 5 - Schedule

I forgot to post my schedule from yesterday (Thursday).  Here it is:
6:00 am                 Core/stretch
7:00 am                 breakfast
7:45 am                 Hike Descriptions
8:00 am                 Leave for hike
11:15 am               Stretch (This is GREAT after a hike.)
12:15 pm               Lunch
1:00 pm                 Announcements
1:15 pm                 Planning Strategies
2:30 pm                 Treading (I will have to exmplain this class later.)
3:30 pm                 Total Body H2O
4:30 pm                 Ball Works
5:45 pm                 Dinner
6:15 pm                 Menu Planning (Our classes have been changed around this week.)

I burned 4,488 calories in 13 hours and 34 minutes.

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
6:00 am                Stretch
7:00 am                Breakfast
7:45 am                Hike Descriptions
8:00 am                Leave for Hike
11:15 am              H2O Intervals or Cardio Intervals
12:25 pm             Lunch
1:15 pm               Budget Review (Calories)
2:30 pm               Cardio Disco Jam
3:30 pm               Liquid Moves (pool)
4:30 pm               Circuit Training
5:30 pm               Dinner

I hope everyone has a GREAT day!  I am kind of sad that my time here is coming to an end but I am ready to get home to see my family!!!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Day 4...this should be it on pics.

Here are the rest of my pics from the day.
The gate at Julia Roberts' house.

Another view of her house.



I made it to the van.

The chicken soup at lunch.  I added alfalfa sprouts.

My turkey sandwich.  It had a lot of turkey on it.

The gym with all the equipment.

The gym where all other classes are held.

This isn't the best picture of me but I am with Sam from Season 9 of The Biggest Loser.  He is now a trainer at the resort.

My dinner.  The stuff on top with the ketchup is the insides of  a stuff pepper.  I didn't want the pepper.  It was groud turkey.

Another salad

The vanilla pie.  Delicious!

Day 4...more pics of the hike.

I told you that I took many pics on the hike.  Here are some more including the ones of Julia Roberts' house.
You see where the beach ends on the right side, top.  We went around that to the other side...walking on the beach.

More houses


Julia Roberts' house.  I will have a few more up close later.


Our hiking group.  The guide in the yellow was CRAZY but hilarous!



This is a close up of that pic I took earlier.



A dead lobster

These steps were BRUTAL!!!


Made it back up to the top from around that point.  My feet got soaked because there were rocks everywhere and I couldn't outrun the water.

Day 4...finally...The Beach Hike!!

All I can say is wow!  The views were gorgeous!  I am going to have to load the pictures on several posts because I took so many.  The first pics will be of the morning and breakfast along with the day's menu.
My granola cereal with almond milk.  It wasn't bad at all.


At the start of the hike.  I was crazy and walked the beach instead of the blacktop at the beginning.  It is hard walking on sand!

This beach is where they filmed "Baywatch"!

The beginning of the hike.

One of the houses that overlooked the Pacific.  They are gorgeous.






Day 3...the rest of the day!

Here are a few more pics from lunch and dinner.
My salad.  It looks like alot of calories but it wasn't.  With the dark balsamic vinagrette, it was only 100 calories.

This was GREAT!  BBQ Chicken pizza!

Dinner...Chicken Salad...yum, yum!!!

The Mango Sorbet.  It was okay.