There and back again

So I've been to Arizona and am now back home again.  We went on Sunday, May 13th and returned on Friday, May 18th.  We has such beautiful weather the whole time!  Thank god I love the heat because it was +39 or +40 every single day.  I spent a lot of time just relaxing, laying in the sun, hanging out in the pool (and playing volleyball in there with my nephew) and having beverages :)  Our morning drink was champagne (a small amount), diet Minute Maid lemonade (a small amount to flavor) and diet 7-up - it was delicious and low fat.  In the evenings we would switch to vodka and diet pepsi.  But I ate really well the whole time and got some exercise everyday.  I can't sleep in when we are there, so I was up by at least 7:00 am everyday and would go for a walk around 8:00 am, carefully watching for any snakes or what have you, lol.  The streets there are so nice to walk and of course they are generally empty because by 8:00 am it's already nearing 30 degrees and most people are smart enough to stay in, lol.  The one day I didn't walk in the morning was because we were going to the Phoenix Zoo and we walked around there for 3.5 hours.  It was fantastic, I loved the whole time there and seeing so many different animals.  Here is a link to my album on Facebook if you are interested in seeing my pics:

Phoenix Zoo


Anyway, the trip was good (other than when people annoyed me, but when doesn't that happen? lol) and it's always nice to get home.


I am happy I was able to stay on track while I was away with my eating and exercising, now here's hoping the drinking didn't completely do me in!  I will be happy to stay even when I weigh in tomorrow.  But whatever it is it will be fine, I am so ready to keep going in the right direction that right now I can't see what could possibly derail me...did I just curse myself by saying that out loud?  Nah, lol.


Even though I don't really feel like it, I am off to work out - I really don't like when MFP doesn't show me having earned any exercise calories.  Tomorrow we are going golfing, I think we might walk 18 holes, so I certainly won't need to use my treadmill or bike.  I'm looking forward to it and hope I can last the whole time, I will be tired but that's okay, I just need my body to hold out.



I am currently nursing a sunburn but I can't really be sad about that, it just reminds me of how great the weather was, so let the peeling begin, lol.

Goodbye Weight Watchers

Okay, I am officially done paying for WW online.   Thanks to Ayla, I am finally loving My Fitness Pal.  I tried it last winter and for some reason didn't really care for it, I guess I felt like I was starting all over, having to enter a lot of the foods I eat, etc.  But when I went back in recently I suddenly didn't mind it and even had already put in most of the foods I needed.  And I was ready to stop looking at food as points and start seeing their whole value.  Now I am aware of what my daily intake for calories should be but also the same for fat, carbs, protein, fibre, sugar and sodium.  I had no idea how much salt was in the food I was eating!  I have eating twice as much as I should have been.  So in a couple of days I was able to change a few things I eat and suddenly I have having no trouble at all staying in my limits.  MFP even has a great iPad app...and it's all free!

So thanks Ayla :)

Using MFP made me quantify things in a way I never had before.  I knew what my highest weight was...I knew what my goal was...but I never looked at the difference between the two.  In all I need to lose 185 lbs...185 LBS!  Son of .... okay, that's okay.  The good news is that I am 69 lbs of the way there.  I can't wait for the day when I can say I have lost 100 lbs and I can't wait for the day when I have less than 100 lbs left to lose.  I have a lot of work to do but oddly enough it feels very attainable right now.  It won't be easy, but I will do it.

Working out has been great lately, my body likes me again! lol  I am not getting nearly as sore as I was, I can actually run two or three days in a row without losing the ability to walk, it's been so great.  And now that I have purchased a HRM I am getting a much clearer picture of the calories I am burning and that is awesome.  I am burning twice as much as my exercise equipment was telling me and that feels sooo much better.  

So thanks Ayla :)

We are leaving for Arizona on Sunday...only 6 sleeps :D I can't wait!