Day 16 Monday July 18th, 2016    Starting the Countdown to come home - Downhill Slide

It was tough waking up this am.  My alarm woke me up - it's been awhile since I haven't woken up on my own.  I wasn't sure what the hike would bring with SO many new people.  It's crazy - they have a promotion on right now for the week - 4 to a room for a set price - great deal but they are over capacity and understaffed to deal with it.  The spa manager is now a hiking guide, trainers are food servers etc.  So they are making with work, but just so many people around compared to last week!

HIKE -  1 1/2 hrs moving time  - 7.9 km it was the assessment hike.  They knocked me out of the fast van ;(   I am in the next van and we did the same hike - just backwards, met in the middle and drove each other's vans back to the resort.  I was at the front with the hike guide ( 1 in the back too)  We had to wait several times for the group to bunch back up which was a bit frustrating.  At the end of the hike - I did an extra 10 minutes up the road and back to wait for the back of the group to come in.  So hopefully tomorrow we can go at a decent pace - I like the hikes that we are doing this week, so that is good!

BREAKFAST

BIKE RIDE - 20 km  1 hr 10 min hard work -  went on another amazing bike ride.  I challenged myself on a few hills enjoyed the ride down and turned around and went back up - because I CAN! I didn't read my schedule good enough - I missed kickboxing ;(  I was sad, I love it!  The others options I didn't want so I figured I would bike.

TREADMILL - 30 min watched Netflix

LUNCH -

Exercise Bike - got in another 30 minutes before the afternoon cooking demo

COOKING DEMO - The shrimp pizza for supper was so good - got to see how he makes them and the Chicken Parmesan was so good - excited to make it at home too. I am going to shopping and get some of the ingredients we may not have in Canada.

CIRCUIT TRAINING

COURT CHALLENGE - LIKE BOOTCAMP - we had to pick up a weighted ball and hold it over my head and walk outside.  I chose the 16 lb ball - and guess what? I should be @16 lbs down by now - it was so hard carrying that around - amazing to think about carrying that ball around and up the mountains!  Good eye opener!

WATER CLASS - I did water jogging for 30 min and a bit of toning and then we got a seat a bit early and salad bar for supper - it's like sardines packed in there when everyone eats!

DINNER - My favorite meal - an amazing Shrimp Alfredo Pizza - so good! And Pineapple Sorbet!  Just fresh pineapple puree frozen - it was soooooo good!

Got my toe nail polish changed out for $10.  I changed it up - now they are sparkly bright blue.  I don't imagine it will last long - the sand and sunscreen is hard on the toes!

Other than my crappy attitude about the new large group ( i'll work on that) it was an awesome day. I enjoy doing my own thing. I know what I need to do and can just get it done!  Upset stomach when I eat food ??? Hopefully that goes away soon.  Back to the Bachelorette! Monday night treat.