Wednesday July 27th, 2016

( Happy Birthday to my Son Craig 15 today)

I CAN SEE THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF THE JOURNEY

A much better day today!  Emotionally, physically and mentally!

HIKE - only 2 of us! Rose & Myself and our 2 hiking guides, so we got a private hike - It was amazing.  Red Mountain trail - but we skipped a bunch of yucky sand ( still got a lot of it though!) so that we could climb the summit and scramble around.  We  were literally on the edge 1500 ft above the canyon floor - it was awesome & I didn't slip and fall and die, so that is good!  LOL

I can't tell you how amazing it feels up here - it's so beautiful!  The feeling of accomplishment is pretty awesome too!

This is Roses' picture.  We sat ... yes sat with our legs hanging on a ledge ( with a very sturdy ledge underneath it and it was tilted backwards ... so fairly safe)  Probably about 1500 ft down to the canyon floor.

sitting on the edge ( not even thinking about jumping off... ) So peaceful!

BREAKFAST

I noticed another girl crying at breakfast, she has been there for 3 weeks with me.  I didn't say anything to her, just gave her space.  After she was talking with someone else, I mentioned I could take her driving in the convertible with the roof down and do swimming in the Gunlock Resevoir and she perked right up.  Got her and another girl out of the compound and we did a fantastic 1.3 km water jog, noodle swim in some amazing cool water   ( did this instead of open gym and missed a cardio class... got back just before lunch)

LUNCH

I went and rode the bike for 20 min to make up a bit of the cardio class we missed ( but we did get an extra 20 min of swimming over top of the class we missed)

LASTING CHANGE - LECTURE   CLIFF

Cliff is an awesome instructor.  He's been at Movara for about a year.  He lost 60 lbs over the last 6 years and became a fitness trainer.  He had a heart attack and both his parents died from health related issues.  It was great hearing his story.  The most important things that I took from his lecture were:

- Work that needs to be done is from the inside out

- Knowledge is Power... only if you do something with it

- You need to find your WHY!   Why do you want to lose weight ( Cliff doesn't like the phrase losing weight.  When he loses something he usually finds it again and he doesn't plan on finding the lost weight again.. Good point!  So he got Rid of some weight.

- Do what you enjoy as far as exercise and you'll be more likely to stick with it!

- abs are created in the kitchen, not in the gym

- use a smaller plate, it'll give you the illusion of having a full plate

- stay accountable and get some good support

- weight is NOT a MEASURE of progress!

KICKBOXING - Awesome as always - my shoulder did not get sore during the burn out the shoulder drill - loved that!

STRENGTH CIRCUIT - I chose the treadmill instead - burned 500 calories walking briskly

AQUA ZUMBA OR STRETCH  - I rode the exercise bike for another 30 minutes for 300 calorie burn and then went and did stretch on my own

This is a selfie of my fat crying after biking - the gym has a/c and it's set at 20 degrees.  I don't know why I sweat so much.  I am probably drinking  6 - 7 litres of water a day!

SUPPER - I didn't eat my dessert.  It wasn't appealing to me, so I went to the grocery store - Harmon's .  It is the most beautiful store I have ever been to.  Look at the items you get at the till to grab - Tuna snacks, healthy energy bars, fruit, water, nuts  ..... sure different than our checkout lines!

I got a dark chocolate bar and ate 50 calories worth ( there was dark chocolate in the dessert tonight at Movara) and a bowl of mixed fruit, blueberries, pineapple, blackberries, grapes, strawberries - just couldn't leave them at the store!  It was an awesome dessert I enjoyed at home. 

All in all it was a great day. I'm in a much better frame of mind, the hike really helped it was so awesome. Tomorrow is my last "hike".  It should be in amazing scenery in snow canyon again.  Lots of climbing up and down.  Emotional Eating lecture, some time to get extra cardio in and an 80 min deep tissue massage with an amazing therapist and then touch up my toe polish ( sand is very hard on it - shoes and socks are always full of fine red sand)

ps.  jumped on the scale today - weight is not a measure of progress.... but I finally saw the 230's on the scale ... whoop whoop!  20 lbs "that I got rid of " I'll go with Cliff's words on that.  Very happy with that!