Day 5

Well, Friday was a good day and a bad day. I did the third ravine hike again. that was really fun! after that, breakfast was an egg fritata. i didnt love it but i ate it all. after breakfast, we had a lecture on leaving fitness ridge. we got to chose whether we wanted to talk about food or exercise. i chose food. emily the dietician gave us some sample menus which is helpful. after that, i sat outside and talked to people then i went to stretch. stretch was good. tiffany taught it and used different stretches than the other instructors. after that, we had lunch. i actually cant remember what lunch was... sorry! after lunch, i took a nap and then went to class. i decided to go into resort mode friday afternoon. i was going to enjoy it and not work out. well, i went to circuit training at 2:30 and then took the rest of the afternoon off. i laid out by the pool for a while. at 4:30 i played water volleyball. it was SO FUN!!! I'm kicking myself that i didn't start playing earlier in the week!!! but we had a blast! after that was dinner. it was a boca burger!!!! SOOOO GOOD!!! man i love those things! after that, i met this girl who was going to good ol Golden Spoon so I jumped at that invite. After that, I came back and was going bowling at 7:00. Well, as I was walking to the lobby, I ran into Ed and he was talking about going to the movies to see The Proposal. He asked if I wanted to go so I ditched bowling and went to the movies with him, another Ed, and Sam, It was kind of comical that the guys actually picked that particular movie to see! The movie was great and I LOVED IT!!!!!! Soooo cute!

Saturday

Saturday morning was a little tough. I overslept and missed stop sign and breakfast! I finally got out of bed for lunch. As I was walking to lunch, I ran into Larry who was going to Subway. I ended up eating at Subway with Larry, Sam and Max. Friday night, I talked to Ken and talked about going to Vegas with them Saturday night. So after lunch, I showered and packed to go to Vegas. I couldn't decide whether to go or not. It was like good angel, bad angel' I weighedd saturday afternoon and lost 8 lbs and I knew I,d go crazy in Vegas... so I bailed at the last minute and stayed. So that afternoon, I hung out with Max most of the day in lobby just talkin to people. We ate dinner and it was an asian bowl with rice. it was pretty good but did NOT fill me up. At 6:00, Ed, Sam, Max and I went to the movies again to see Harry Potter. I,ve never saw any of the movies, but this one was TERRIBLE. man it was bad. Poor Ed, i kept asking me a ton of questions. I couldnt follow the stupid movie! After the movie, we hit up GS again. man that place is awesome!!! After GS, we came back to FR and sat in the lobby and hung out and talked. After that, Ed and I went for a swim.

Sunday morning

well, i got up and weighed in!! I lost 8 lbs and 5 inches! I was pretty darn happy with that!!! I ate breakfast, packed and now I'm on the shuttle writing this. We just got into Vegas and I'm 5 min from the airport! See ya guys later!!!

Day 4

Hey Everyone!! Well, today started not so hot but ended good!! I started at 6:15 like normal with the hike. I did moderate intermediate and we did Third Ravine. I LOVE that hike!! I was very happy! Megan was the guide so that was awesome! We got caught up on all the drama in both of our love lives! it was great! I made her tell me about mormon church too! it was funny. If I was going to be here longer, I'd have her take me to church with her. Anyway, the hike went great! I was very tired afterwards!!! After that, we had breakfast. OMG, it was my favorite!! FRENCH TOAST!!!!! yummmmm! with apples in between. HEAVEN!! after breakfast, i did some laundry, chatted with Sharon for a while and went to play tennis. That was great. I forgot to wear my watch but I bet I burned at least 500. It was a killer. Today was soooooo hot. By far the hottest day. I havent sweat so much in my life. It was almost unbearable! Oh yeah, on the hike I burned 1550 calories. after tennis, i hung out in the room and did not go to stretch. i was so tired from the heat!! after that i went to lunch and it was a blt. i had just bread and bacon which was good. and a salad. i didnt love the salad but i ate it. the soup was parsnip. it was shitty. i ate about half of it and couldnt finish it. after lunch, i took a nap. i was dying. at 2:30 i went to treading and ran on the treadmill. it was awesome!!!! i did sooooo good! THEN, I did ANOTHER treading class. I dont know what the hell I was thinking! Dinner tonight was great!!! It was a stuffed pepper. almost like meatloaf. it was VERY good. it also had steamed veggies and rice. very very good! i was happy i had it. today i talked to katie and i get a boca burger tomorrow night for dinner!!! VERY stoked about that! after dinner, i came back to the room for about 30 min, then decided to get the pro shop for hair gel and flavored water. im dying for some flavor!!

so i ran into a group of girls sittin out by the pool. i forgot to tell you about a guest. One of the guests here, Erinn, was the girl that was on the season finale of the biggest loser. she wasnt on the show, but her and another girl were trying out during the season finale to be on the next seasons show. well, she lost. fitness ridge owners were at the season finale and asked her to come to FR. so shes here. well, nbc is going to be at FR on saturday to film her working out! how awesome is that!!! sharon is going to be her trainer so you guys will get to see crazy sharon in action!!!!

im trying to think of other interesting things to tell you. all this stuff happens during the day and i think to myself, i want to mention that in the blog. but by nighttime, i always forget!!! sorry friends!!!!

i think thats it!! hasta manana!

Day 3

Well, my friends, i just wanted totell you thank you for commenting!!! i looooove reading them and im happy to know you guys are actually reading this!!!! :) so my day today was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did something bad and did a slow intermediate hike, but let me explain. they started this new thing where only 12 people can go on a hike and you have to sign up the day before. well, i decided that i wasn't going to do fast intermediate because it was too hard. so i was going to do moderate. well, i went to sign up for moderate and it was full. and the fast intermediate hike was going to be too hard. so i was stuck going with intro to intermediate. but, im not going to lie, Deb was one of the guides and the hike was Slots! It was sooooo fun because for once, I got to enjoy it and wasn't literally dying!!!!! Dad, that was the hike we did but going about 1/2 as fast. And I got to hang out with Deb!! I forgot to wear my heart rate strap that goes under my boobs so I couldnt do the calories which SUCKS!!! I was dying, I felt so naked. So I actually was energized for the day because I wasnt so exhausted. I didnt take a nap all day!! I went and played tennis with my roomie, Babs, this other guest named Wanda and Robin, an instructor. it was soooo fun. they were really good and we got a good workout. Oh, breakfast sucked. It was mueslix (hot weird oatmeal) so I got the cereal BUT THEY CHANGED IT!!!! i only ate like half of it. i was pissed. so after breakfast is when I played tennis. after tennis, i stretched. im being so lazy!! i havent gotten in the pool once and its because i'll have to work harder in pool than in stretch class. pathetic, i know.. but im hurting and my body is TIRED. anyway, after stretch i hung out side and talked to ppl then went to lunch. lunch was pizza and i normally like it but not today. they had red and yellow bell peppers and onions and chives on it with cheese. it took me literally 15 min to pick it off then i just couldn't choke it down. i ate about half of it. after that, i came back to my room and layed down, but didnt sleep. The other day Sharon told me to do 2 kickboxings so i did. I did that at 2:30 and 3:30 and it was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is my favorite class ever!!!! It was so fun!! I shared a bag the 2nd class with Julia and that was pretty fun too because the bag doesnt bounce around much when your hitting them which is awesome!! i lovvvvvved it. I burned 550 both times. oh yeah, tennis i burned 550 too! so after kickboxing, i did stretch again and hit the showers before dinner. dinner was cafe saladwhich is lettuce, rice, beans, chicken strips, mixed in the dressing and put in a tortilla. i ate the chicken and lettuce and it was pretty good!!!! then i hit the bedroom!!! im exhausted. its 8 here and im surprised im still up. im heading to bed as soon as i get this typed. so here are some funny things.

When i was here last time, I found out and A&Bs trip to Nashville and was upset. So I told Deb all about it on a hike venting and cussing like there is no tomorrow. Well, while venting I said, "ya know, id understand if he picked her over me because shes skinnier and prettier, but hell no! shes way fatter than me!!!" haha well I guess Deb thought was hilarious and told all her friends about it and they still talk about that story!! and Deb has told them all kinds of stories about the shit i say on hikes! hahah which makes me laugh

We did this one hike towards the end of my stay called Volcano. Well, I still have nightmares about that hike!!! It was the absolute worst hike I ever went on. During the hike, Deb and I got lost, it took 30 min longer than normal, i got stuck/stung by a cactus, fell at the end, and shed some tears more than once and literally did not think I was going to make it out alive. And I am not exaggerating. I think i took the afternoon off after that hike, it was that bad!!!! Well, I guess Deb had another guest out there that was even worse than me. Had NO business being out there.. should of been doing slow or moderate intermediate, NOT fast. anyway, when Deb and her finally finished, Paige asked her how it went. And Deb replies, "Well, remember Volcano with Betsey, like that only worse. She wasn't nice about it!! hahaha Deb told me that story today. it was funny. I guess they all still talk about me.

The other day Cody reminded me about when we called them drunk from Vegas. He said, I still remember you guys being crazy!

I made friends with this girl from Russia named Julia. She told me that in Russia, people dont smile out on the streets. If you smile, it means your being goofy or making fun of someone else. They only smile in their houses with their family or friends. Well, when she first got to FR, she NEVER smiled and thought it was crazy that everyone walked around here smiling. It took her 3 weeks and a steak from Ken to finally get her to smile!! Crazy huh??

Thats all I can think of for now. Im in very good spirits. I had a great day today. Its so weird because yesterday, i was thinking, thank god im going home. and today was so good i wished i could stay. but overall, im loving it!!! I talked to Paige today and told her that I was mad at her because she doesn't hike anymore, teach any classes or take people to the park for open gym! I was sad. theyre getting so big that all my fav ppl have taken management roles and dont teach much. which sucks but i understand!! well, thats about it.. looking forward to tomorrow! its treading with Sharon!!! Never had her for that class so im soooooo excited!!! im going to run the whole thing I hope!!!! BYE FRIENDS!!!

Day 2 - Tuesday

Well, today wasn't the best day... I was sooooo stinkin sore it wasnt funny.. i started off deciding to do the moderate intermediate hike instead of fast intermediate.. well once again that damn Deb dragged me to fast intermediate and we did Hielo.. which was a hike i did my last week here and it kicked my ass... well, i knew after stop sign, that i was not near fast enough to keep up with the fast... well, i kept up pretty good until we started climbin the mountains... it was BAD!!! i was pretty far behind but after we got the climbing over with i actually caught up with them. overall, it was an alright hike but it kicked MY ASS!!!!!! i did burn 1750 calories which is awesome. even back in the day when i was here i was only burning about 1500 so that's good. so after the hike, i was wiped. i went to breakfast and it was a blueberry muffin... it was SOOOO GOOD!!!! the last time i was here the muffins werent the best. they were really dry... but now they use a different butter substitute and they are soooo freaking good!!!! so after breakfast, i went to my room, took off my shoes and discovered MORE BLISTERS!! ughhh i am dying!!!! on the hike, Deb and I talked and we think my shoes are wore out which is why im all of a sudden getting blisters.. so I went out lookin for Cody. But, i opted for skipping open gym and doing core stretch and yoga because no shoes are required!!! i went to lunch and it was a turkey sandwich, salad and minestone soup. i liked the minestone soup. once again, a lot of shit in there i dont care for but i got about half of it down. for some reason, i could not choke down the turkey. my stomach wasn't happy with me.. i think it was the bread.. i dunno so i only ate the plain turkey. after that, i was feeling shitty. just SORE, down in the dumps, and tired. we had about an hour break so i slept. i woke up and went to intervals. thats one of my fav classes but i just didn't have it in me... which SUCKS!!! so after that i skipped total toning and went back to sleep. i know thats horrible!! i know i should of went but i just couldnt. which sucks because then i got even more pissed because i said i was hgoign to give it my all and its tuesday and im already skipping. so after that i overslept for stretch. so i ran in there and they were doing something crazy so i ran out, got in my swimsuit and layed in the sun for about 30 minutes!!! haha i told myself that its a vacation! i gotta enjoy myself sometime, right???

so after that, i showered and went to dinner. it was baked penne pasta and chocolate covered strawberries!!! both great!! i was starving since i didnt eat much for lunch! after that, i had a massage tonight at 7. it was freaking awesome and fantastic and amazing and perfect!! i have fallen in love!!! after that, i jumped in the pool to play some water volleyball. lets just say, my bathing suit is NOT made for water volleyball.. the girls kept trying to come out to play so i quit after the first game. i jumped in the hottub for a quick minute and headed to the room. im gonna be a skank and not shower again tonight.

so long story short.. today was hard! hopefully tomorrow will be better!!! sharon is trying to get me to do 2 kickboxing classes instead of circuit training.. im thinking about it! i just love her!!! she is my most favorite person here!!!!!!!!!

Day 1

Hey Everyone!!! So today was my first day! We get up and meet in the lobby at 6:15 and paige goes over the hike. it was sooooo good to see deb and paige!!!! deb didnt know i was coming back!! she was soooo excited :) anyways, we hiked stop sign.. and i was feeling very confident! welllllllllll, it KICKED MY ASS!!! i did horrible! :( 1 hr 16 min. very disappointing. i did run some of it but i just got so tired i couldn't run anymore.. and the last 1.25 miles killed me. i had to stop like 5 times.. it was miserable! anyways, i was very glad when it was over. i burned 1750 calories! which is crazy!!! that's a ton. after the hike we ate breakfast at 9:30. after breakfast we had open gym and i went to the park and played tennis with robin an instructor and 2 other guests, ashley and sam. that was really fun but it was sooooooo hot. they were staying until 12 but i left at 11:15 and went to stretch. i was dying from the heat!! so i went to stretch at 11:15 and then lunch at 12:45. lunch was chili and cornbread. the chili was alright. it had so much shit in there i didnt even know what most of it was. i only ate a little bit. after lunch was another open gym that was optional. so i skipped it and took a nap! but dont worry it was only from 1:15 to 1:45. at 2, we had intro to circuit training. they just took you around to all the machines and showed you how to use them. i only went because they got some new machines because of the new gym. so after that was over, i had circuit training. after that was step and pump. they ran out of steps so i volunteered to do circuit again. the first circuit i burnt 620 and the second on 500. i was so exhausted. after that was stretch. after stretch i ran to my room and showered before dinner. dinner was CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!! man i love when they have chicken. they also had asparagus (which i really like now!!!) and mashed yams. not a fan of the yams.. i ate them but definitely didnt like it!! after that, i chatted with cody and sharon a lil and hit the room. i have some monster blisters which are killing me!!! so i popped them with a needle and put ointment cream on it. man, that damn pro shop is taking all my money! i had to buy bandaids, neosporin, and a freaking sewing kit for the needles!!! UGHHHH

so im very tired but in great spirits!!! i still havent made in any super cool friends yet but shit its only the first day. i talked to ashley at dinner (the girl i played tennis with) and she said some of the guys are goign to a bar tomorrow night to watch the all star game so i told her i definitely wanted to go!! so hopefully i'll get to do that!!! but not much else is going on. i love every one that works here sooooooo much!!!! they are just awesome!!!! i cant wait to see what tomorrow brings!!!! hopefully im not sore! well, it's 7:23 and im already in bed and probably will be asleep by 8!!! hahahaha

Sunday night

Well my friends... I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY TO BE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It feels sooo good! I was nervous on my way here.. nervous about the changes.. worried no one would remember me... oh man.. i have been grinning since i got here!! I just love it here.. it feels like im home :) Ive been hugging people since i got here!!! Sharon had no idea I was coming.. and when she walked in the room and saw me, she literally yelled!! it was soo funny!!! i am soooo excited for this week!! im ready to give it 125% and killl myself!!! i already dont want to leave!! so if your reading this dad, i might not come back for another week!!!!

ken is still here so i went swimming with him this afternoon! that was fun!!! then I had dinner which was good! katie is preggo!!! she is soo cute!! she has a tiny lil belly!! after dinner, i played ping pong with trevor!!! it was sooo good to talk to him! he was filling me in on all kinds of stuff!!!!

OMG!! for whoever watched the season finale of the biggest loser. there was 2 girls competing to be on the show, well the loser is HERE!!!! how awesome is that! and after her stay, they are going to feature her on the show and say how people can do it on their own, and they dont have to go on tv!!! isnt that awesome!!!

there is a bunch of young ppl here!!! but, they are all stayovers and trevor said are pretty clickish.. but i'm gonna work my way in their group!! there are 2 young guys here too.. not the cutest but they look really nice!!! so im gonna be friends with them too.. notice im not giving the the choice... haha im makin them be my friend!! and max, the brother of mike from TBL, is here too.. i met him but he wasnt much of a talker! but it was only the first night! im going to start sitting with them at meals..

so long story short, its going great!!!!!!! butttttttt wait until tomorrow night when im dying from being sore i might have a different attitude!!!!!

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Sunday afternoon

Well, my friends, I'm finally on my way back to Fitness Ridge. I'm in the shuttle now.. I definitely upgraded and took a much nice shuttle and I'm glad I did. It has leather seats, wireless internet, free refreshments (unfortunately no beer!) and captain chairs! Much better than being crammed into that nasty old shuttle I took last time. And, I'm happy to say this time, I'm not nauceous and about to throw up from being scared!!! haha Dont get me wrong though.. I'm still a little nervous. I took an entire week off from exercise so I wont do as well.. plus I have such high expectations for this week and I'm just afraid I'm going to let myself down. Plus, I'm afraid its going to be different for some reason.. I dunno. I'm just really nervous. but I'm sure as soon as I get there it'll be worth it. What if I dont meet anyone I like??? ugh.. I wish someone would of came with me!!!! oh well, i'm a big girl. i can handle this.. SHIT i did this for 6 weeks all alone.. i can handle 1 week. I'm also a little embarrased that I havent lost any additional weight since I've been gone.. I feel like I've failed... but, thats why I'm back.. I need a little refresher course... I hope I dont bomb tomorrow on Stop Sign... I have high expectations for that hike so I'm a little scared... Well, I'll update this again tonight after dinner when I meet everyone! Wish me luck... I'm SCARED!!!

Week 6 - 1 Day Left!!!!

hey Everyone. This is going to be short. I'm tired, exhausted, down, and not in good spirits. My damn roommate sucks and the snoring is not getting any better!! She kept me up from 2-4 am. I was so freaking tired this morning. We did Saddle and the hike was awesome. Soooooo tiring but well worth it! I was dead when I got back. I skipped yoga and tried to take a nap but that didn't happen. My phone kept ringing. Ugh! After that, I went to lunch. Lunch was pizza and I was so tired it was hard to stay awake at lunch. I ate about half of it. After that, I went and played tennis with Robin. Man, she's not very good! It's kinda funny playing with her. She's this awesome fitness instructor that's not that great at tennis! Anyways, we usually just volley back and forth but she wanted to play some games. I beat her twice!!!!! I was soooo excited! After that, I went to circuit training. By then, I was soo tired I could barely do it. After that class, I put on my swimsuit and took a nap at the pool. Dinner tonight was cafe salad which was good. It's full of chicken which i love. After dinner, I came to my room. It's 7:00 and I'm going to sleep as soon as I finish this!


I'm so sad. I want to come home but I'm going to miss everyone so much. I already cried once today when I was talking to Sharon. Tomorrow is going to be a really hard day/night. Tomorrow night i have to say bye to Sharon and Trevor and Friday morning I have to say bye to Deb and Paige. =( Ugh, I'm soooo sad! I love these people so much!

Week 6 - 2 Days left!!!

Hey Everyone! First off, thanks to Stephy and Grovesie!! I love love love your comments!!!

So, it's my last week and it's soooooo bittersweet. I'm super excited to get home but I'm going to miss everyone here sooooo much! I'm already getting upset! You just get so close with these people and you get attached! I'm mainly talking about the employees here at FR. I'm dreading telling everyone bye!!!!!! =(

Anyway, last night I fell asleep at 8:00 and didn't get outta bed until about 7:00 this morning! So I definitely got caught up from the night before! I wore earplugs to block out the snoring. Since I fell asleep first, I couldn't hear her. I did wake up once and she was going at it, but I quickly fell asleep! So, I was definitely happy about that! Today's breakfast was a muffin so I had cereal. The hike was Paradise Rim or Hilo. Ohmigod!!! The Hilo hike they drop you off at the bottom of Stop Sign, then you have to hike to Paradise Rim, climb the damn cliff, then do the Paradise Rim hike!! Oh man it was a killer!!! I burned 1400 calories which is a lot. I normally only average 1200-1300 so I was happy! After that, I came back to the room, made a couple phone calls and went to Yoga. That was good, but a little boring. After yoga was lunch. We had turkey sandwiches which i love! But lately, the food hasn't been tasting very well. I've only been eating about half. I dunno if i'm getting sick or it or what. After lunch, Paige and I played tennis. It was awesome, as usual. I love her sooo much!! and I love when we play tennis. We did really well today! Some people you just click with on the court!! We planned Thursday to leave earlier so we get more time. Now, we only get about 30-35 minutes! After tennis, I went straight to Cardio Intervals. The class was great as usual. It kicked my ass and I ran some in it so that made me happy! I burned 500. After that was total toning. It went great too. I think Sharon's gonna miss me. She kept laughing at me and talking to me. I said, "yourrrrrr gonnna missss me" and she said, "i know, don't remind me!" hahah I looooove her!!! I'm gonna cry like a lil baby when I tell her bye! She is amazing! After that, I skipped Stretch and laid out for about 30 minutes. Didn't get too much sun but it was relaxing! I went to dinner and it was lasagna and chocolate covered strawberries! Delicious! I did eat all my dinner. After that, I got in the hot tub for about 30 minutes, showered and now I'm in bed watching Biggest Loser! I'm exhausted. Tomorrow's hike is Saddle which is incredibly tough!!! Only the advanced and fast intermediate do the hike! I'm scared shitless!!!! I talked to Paige and she told me she left Deb on Intermediate for me!!!! That made me happy! :) See, I just love these people. I'm soo scared to come home. I want to because I miss everyone so much. But, I could definitely come back soon for another 2-3 weeks. I'm definitely planning on coming back in the fall. I just love this place! So, anyone that wants to join me start saving up! It's an amazing place and you learn sooooo much about yourself! Ugh, I'm getting upset. I don't want to leave sometimes! :( I'm so scared I can't do this when I get home. Oh man, I'm freaking out! I'm going to just stay! Kidding, but I'm shaking in my boots! Just like ol Stan! Eeeeeeeeek! Okay, I'm alright! I can't wait for Friday to get home!!! I can't wait to have Benny JJ and Brady Bear pick me up!!! I missssssssss them! :) Ahhhhhhh exciting! I talked to Kris tonight... I miss him!!! I'm ready to come home! This place just isn't the same!

Week 6 - 3 days left!!!!

Hey All!!! I have had a very interesting night/day. Last night, my lovely roommate snores like a freaking freight train! It was pure hell! So, by about 11 pm, I grabbed my blankie and headed to lobby. I was going to sleep on the couch in the lobby! I got settled in on the couch and almost asleep and Trevor wakes me up. He was like, what the heck are you doing in here? So, I explain that her snoring is atrocious. He's so nice! He tells me how awful he feels and comes up with a brilliant idea for me to sleep in the massage room on the table. So him and Eric take me in there and get me situated. It was funny. It was like they were tucking me in. haha Trevor even turned on the massage cd so I had soothing music. It was quite comical! But, I quickly fell asleep and had happy dreams. Despite a couple of times where I got a lil crazy in my sleep and almost fell off the table! I woke up and went to breakfast. It was eggs again. I ate cereal and was off to conquer Stop Sign one last time!!! I was soooo happy with the results! I started with vengence! And, towards the end, I didn't think I could beat it. Well, about the last half mile, I looked at my watch and realized I could actually beat my time! So I kicked it into high gear, Sharon got me running and I beat it by 2 minutes!!!! I was soooooooo happy! I literally hit my knees as soon I got there from exhaustion and excitement! As soon as I get there, the van is leaving to shuttle people back down to last mile to do the hardest part again! I literally hit my knees 20 seconds ago and they are yelling at me to get in the van to go back down! As I'm being forced into the van, I'm yelling at Sharon "I hate you!" I get out and head back up that damn hill. I walked half the way up with Deb!! My favorite guide everrrrrr! I was so proud of her! She ran a marathon this weekend and got first in her age group! She told me that mile 15-22 were as steep as our last 1.3 mile on Stop Sign! WOW! She's awesome! Anyway, I hung out with her and found out she was doing Intermediate all week so I was happy! I was afraid Paige would move her to 101 or Stop Sign. I made it back up that damn hill, turned around, headed down again and got to the van right at 10:30. I burned 1800 calories!!!!! Is that not absolutely ridiculous!!!!! I was dying I was sooooooooooooo excited!!!! After the hike, I hit my bed and took a nap! I was soo tired from not sleeping the night before I skipped yoga. Lunch was a burrito which I only ate about half. I didn't particularly love it but oh well. My first class today were Circuit Training. I decided to kick it up a little bit and burned 650 calories in that class! That is the most ever! I highest was 550! I was soooo happy! I ran the whole 2 minutes every time on the treadmill so I was super happy about that too! I was drenched in sweat. I literally looked like how they look on the Biggest Loser. It was just pouring off me! After that was Kickboxing. I also kicked it up a notch in that class and burned 620! That's also another record!!! I was just setting all kinds of records today!!! Anyways, I went to stretch, showered and went to dinner! We had chicken and wasabi mashed potatoes! probably my fav meal!!! After dinner, I went to the front desk and got ear plugs for tonight. I also went and sat in Trevor's office and talked to him. Sharon came in and we all hung out. I just love her!!! She is probably my favorite person here! I talked to them until about 7 and came to the room! I'm typing this and going straight to bed! I'm exhausted!!!! Bye everyone!!! Cant wait to come home and see everyone!!

Week 6 - Day 36

Yeah baby!!! I've lost 30 lbs!!!!!!!! I'm finally feeling skinny!!!

I'll update more later!


Sunday 8:06 pm

Hey everyone! Saturday night was really fun! I went to Chucks and actually didn't eat all my calories! I was proud of myself! After Chucks, we went to the movies and saw The International. It was really good. After that, we all came home and went to bed. We were going to lose an hour of sleep so we all wanted to go to bed early. I had to be at breakfast at 7:30 to eat with Kris before he left.

Well, it's Sunday morning now. I got up at 7:30 and met Kris in the lobby. We hung out and talked to everyone for a while. He lost 56.5 lbs in 8 weeks!!! Isn't that crazy??? I have been begging him for two weeks to show me a picture from his week 1. He finally emailed it to me this morning and I about died!!! He looks soooooooo different! I immediately called him and freaked out! Anyways, we met back down in the lobby again, hung out, and then said bye! It was so sad!!! I was crying. It was terrible. Actually, Denae and Sharon were crying too! We gave him a "wall" goodbye. We follow them outside and stand on this brick wall and wave goodbye. Yeah, it's really corny but sweet! We sat outside for awhile and talked and cried. Yeah, it was a pretty depressing morning! After that, I sat in the lobby and worked on a puzzle and hung out with McKel, the front desk girl and Denae. Yeah, they're my only friends left. Kris was officially the last friend I had here. =( Ugh! I could cry thinking about it! Anyway, all afternoon I spent in the lobby working on the puzzle. It was actually pretty fun! I like doing puzzles and I get to talk to everyone! I went to dinner at 5:30. I think FR is losing their touch. They were 25 minutes late with dinner! We had "warm pasta salad with vegetables". It was good besides the veggies in it! After dinner, I hung out in the lobby again, talked to Sharon some more and then hit the room. I called to check on Kris to make sure he was still alive and driving. He was in Arizona. That was my day! Pretty boring and depressing, huh? Lets just say, I'm definitely ready to come home!!!!!

Week 4 Pictures!!!

Week 3 Pictures!!!

Me and Maria at the top of a mountain

That's the huge mountain I climbed at Camelback

There I am at the top!!!

Just a random pic

Here we are doing the Hokey Pokey at the top of a cliff

Here we are conspiring to do the Hokey Pokey




Here I am at stop sign!!! That damn hike

Kickboxing.. I have a terrible look on my face

Us climbing down

Here's another one of us climbing

Here we are at the top of another mountain!!!

Week 5 - Day 34

2:30 pm

Well, today I got up for breakfast. It was cold cereal which I love. It was freezing cold this morning and rainy so I did not do Stop Sign. I went back to bed! Which is terrible now I feel like a lazy bum!! I finished watching my movie today. I went to lunch at the regular time which was hummus. I hate the damn hummus. I was calculating up my calories and I actually get to eat 875 calories tonight at dinner! But I'll probably only eat 800. I'm excited! that's sooo much food at Chuck's!!! I'm looking forward to going to Chuck's tonight for the last time. I love that place! Today at lunch, I was trying to convince Chris to move to Illinois and work on our farm! haha I think he thinks I'm crazy!!!!

Week 5 - Day 33

Hey Everyone! Sorry I didn't write yesterday, I just wasn't in the mood! Anyway, Friday was a good/tiring/sad day!! We had french toast yesterday with strawberry and peaches in between the 2 pieces with a strawberry-peach sauce on top instead of syrup. it was sooooo good!!! oh i loved it!!! i told katie how good it was and how she needs to keep making it!!! anyways, after breakfast we had the hike, Camelback. I really like Camelback. It's a fun hike. Last time we did Camelback, I did really well. But, today, I was just dead. It kicked my ass and it made me mad!!! My ankle was killing me from yesterday's fall. My body is exhausted. I'm frustrated!!! Anyways, I did make it through the hike. We actually had a faster group than normal so we climbed this other huge hill! I almost didn't do it but I'm soooo glad I did. I'm going to post all the pictures from the past couple of weeks that I haven't done. Anyway, after the hike, I was beat. So I took a nap. Lunch was chili topped baked potato. it was alright. the potato is huge but there's not much chili on it. anyways, lunch was fun. chris and doug make me laugh! after lunch, i sat outside by the pool with chris and we just hung out and talked. the classes today were circuit training and hip hop. i went to circuit training and it was good. doug was yelling at me when i was on the treadmill "come on betsey kick it up, lets go a lil faster!" haha it was funny. then, when i was on the eliptical, he'd say "what level are ya on" i replied 10" and he yelled "i wanna see 12" hahah it was so funny! definitely kept circuit training interesting!!! it was a fun day. after that, i skipped hip hop and did open gym. after that, i came back to my room and got ready for dinner. i actually fixed my hair and dressed up. i had 3 different people tell me I either looked really pretty or they loved my hair! So that definitely made me feel really good about myself and put me in a great mood! dinner was a boca burger and corn on the cob. I LOVED IT!!!!!! that's my favorite meal here!!! after dinner, chris wanted to go to GS and that's always good with me!!!! So we went and it was great as usual!!! I'm going to miss GS so much when I get home!!! After GS, we came home. I put in a movie and watched about half of it and went to sleep! That was my day! It was a good day but tiring!

Week 5 - Day 32

7:45

Well, I didn't get much of a nap. Susan was finishing packing and I was talking to her most of the time. Its soooooo sad. I do not want her to leave! And, I'm getting sad thinking about Chris leaving on Sunday. UGH! I just hate this! Anyways, lunch today was some black or white bean soup (something like that) and a tomato and onion sandwich. I only ate the bread. After lunch, Susan left which sucked. Chris, Clare and I sat in the lobby after and talked to Sharon. I was telling her about my crazy hike today! Paige and I went to the park today at 1:45 like usual. We had a blast! I just love going. I ended up burning 575 calories in 45 minutes! That is just absolutely crazy!!! It's so funny. When we have about 3 minutes left, Paige will say, "ok, 2 more volleys" and then after 2, she or I will say, "okay one more" well, those 2 turn into about 10 because both of us don't want to quit!! Anyways, we both had a great time and I had to run straight to treading. I freaking hate that class. I was already exhausted from tennis and now I have to go to treading. UGH! Anyways, I was talking to Paige about how I can't get my heartrate up as high in class than I can when I play tennis or hike. She told me to go down a level or 2 and increase my RPMs. I normally do a Level 15 with about 65-75 rpms. She told me to level to a 13 with 85-90 rpms. Well, I did that but still only burnt about 450 and my heartrate was high but not as high as normal. So after class I was talking to her again and she told me I have outgrown the bike and have to move up to the treadmill or eliptical. so i'm definitely dreading next weeks class. Anyways, I gave treading every last ounce of energy I could possibly exert so I quit for the day and went to my room. I literally did not think I was going to make it through my shower. Yeah, i was that tired. So I took a nap and almost did not go to dinner I was so tired but my stomach was telling me it was time to eat. Treading makes you extremely hungry afterwards and i only had bread at lunch and nothing else so I was dying. i was going to eat a orange but i did not even have the energy to eat it. I know I sound pathetic but I challenge all of you guys to come here and do what I did today! it was pure exhaustion! Dinner was really good. It was stuffed chicken and wild rice which i love!!! After dinner, we went to GS for Clare's last time. They shorted us 63 calories for the day and the dessert was 157 so I could get a small GS which was awesome! I got peanut butter cup and cake batter!!! We talked about having game night tonight but I was so tired. I'm going to bed as soon as I get done typing this which is 8:00 my time! I'm dyyyyyyyying!

Week 5 - Day 32

11:39 am

Hey Everyone. Today so far, has been quite the day. I woke up feeling tired and blah. And when that happens, I do NOT want to hike. I was just not in the mood. In fact, I almost didn't hike. I contemplated staying in the gym and then thought, that's no fun. I decided to hike but wasn't in the mood. When Paige gets up to explain the hike, she says, "it's a very challenging hike". Well, mentally, that just got me down and i thought, i can't do this. i literally just didn't have it in me. Clare was doing 101 today so I jumped over there with her. Well, my good ol buddy Deb (the hiking guide) runs over, grabs my arm and says "absolutely not you are NOT doing 101. you are going with us" i'm like, noooooooo. she literally dragged me out the door with her arm through mine and forced me to do intermediate which is Volcano. I have heard horror stories about Volcano. I'm just not mentally prepared for this. It was the most difficult hike I have ever did in my entire life. Physically, emotionally, mentally. It was ridiculous. I stumbled in a cactus and got it stuck in my big toe. So my foot was sore for most of the hike. Then, towards the end, I completely wiped out and fell. I rolled my ankle so now I have a sore ankle. When I fell, I was soooo tired and emotional, I started crying. Not from the pain but from everything building up. It was the first hike where I literally did not think I was going to make it. I know I say all the time on the hike, "oh i'm dying.. or oh i'm so tired" but this was completely different. I was completely spent. By the end of the hike, I had absolutely nothing left. I got back to the van I checked my calories. I burned 1750 calories. That is the most I have ever burned on a hike. That is literally half a pound which is amazing. When I got back to the van, I almost started crying again when I told Deb about my calories. Its just really emotional when you complete something so amazing and yet, feel so exhausted. We got back to FR and all my friends were hanging out in the lobby. They all heard about the cactus and were checking on me which was really sweet!!! Danae came up and talked to us and she heard about the cactus and was checking on me!!! I was thinking, Man, News travels fast in this place! I was talking about how I fell and it seems like everyone fell today! Susan and Jeanette both fell 2x! So I felt better about that. I talked to John (in reservations) and I get a new roommate on Sunday which sucks. I don't want a roommate. UGH! Now i'm laying down and i'm going to take a nap before lunch. I'm EXHAUSTED!

Week 5 - Day 31

Welp, another day has gone.. it was a half good, half bad day! i woke up in a bad mood. i started out on the hike in a terrible mood. and let me tell ya, when you start off a hike in a bad mood, it's going to be a long and exhausting hike. well, the hike sucked and i was exhausted afterwards. when we got back from the hike, susan had a text that her aunt died. so she has to leave. well, i'm very very upset. i don't want my roomie to leave me! now im going to be all alone on my last week... i'm so glad i booked my ticket for friday and not sunday. anyways, after the hike we skipped yoga and aquacise so we could hang out. then we went to lunch and she gave everyone the bad news. after lunch we sat outside by the pool and talked for a while. we headed to the room and i watched her pack for a while. i went to the classes today. i felt like a dork. sharon came up to me outside in between classes to see what was up and i started crying! sheesh... i'm pathetic. but i quickly sucked it up. anyway, when we were telling McKel about susan leaving and how i'm upset, McKel told me she'd be my new friend next week! hahaha anyway, after all the classes, we showered and got all dressed up and Me, Susan, Chris, Doug and Clare went to Red Mountain Spa to eat dinner!!! It was so good! I drank 3 beers and was a lil drunk! Chris drank 2 glasses of wine and got giggly. it was so funny! we had a great time! after dinner we played Taboo which was also fun. After taboo, Chris, Susan and I layed in the lobby and just chatted and reminisced. It was fun. Chris promised to take care of me for the remaining 3 days! haha anyways, that was my day. pretty depressing but it got better towards the end! tomorrow is gonna suck! i don't wanna say goodbye.... i hate saying goodbye to people!

Depressed!

Ohmigosh. We got back from the hike today and Susan had a text from her brother. Her aunt died. She's flying back home tomorrow and not coming back!!!!!! I'm soooooo sad!!! UGH! She leaves Thursday and Chris leaves Sunday! I'm going to be alll alone next week! ohmigod!!! I'm about to start crying right now!!! :( :( :( :(

Week 5 - Day 30

Hey Everyone. Once again, I had a fantastic day!!! I really do enjoy life here! And, I have the best friends! I literally laugh all the time! Anyway, today started out like normal. For breakfast, we had a parfait. It was better than the usual parfait, but, it doesn't fill me up like the normal breakfasts do! Anyway, after breakfast, it was time for my FAV hike!!! Third Ravine!!!! AND, it went awesome!!! I stayed with fast intermediate the entire time! I was so proud of myself! AND, I met a new guide named Megan and I love her!!! She's really hyper and really positive. We got along fantastic! She was with me the entire time so it worked out well! After the hike, I was flying high! I was in the best mood ever! I went to yoga and I can tell I'm getting better at it. After yoga, we all hung out outside. It was soo nice outside! We are just loving the sunshine! We went to lunch and lunch today was a turkey sandwich! Katie (kitchen worker) is awesome! She remembered to make my sandwich plain before I even asked! After lunch, we hung outside again! Then we went to the park for open gym. It wasn't as much fun as I expected. Paige and I played with this married couple and they weren't very good. I didn't burn as many calories as normal. I'm going to quit telling people how fun it is that way Paige and I can play by ourselves. hahaha that's terrible, huh?! I wanna play sometime with Chris! He is really good! And he hits hard! I think we'd do really good playing against each other. After open gym, we got back about 5 minutes late for our first class. I ran into cardio intervals late but I had a lot of energy. I decided to hop on the eliptical and give it a try for this one class. Well, I hear its a killer. I think, "ahhhhh, i have some energy, i can tackle this machine. lets try it, why not!!!" well, let me just tell ya, that damn machine kicked my ass!!!! it was good though! i actually think i prefer the treadmill over that eliptical! anyways, after that class i went to total toning! It was the same, hard but good. I decided to skip stretch so I could shower. I ended up talking to Susan the entire time. hahaha and we called Chris a couple of times. It's so funny. He's in the room right above us and the walls are SOOO thin here you can hear anything! Well, I went up to Chris's room and called Susan and had her talk in a couple different tones to see if Chris can hear what we say. He thinks we're CRAZY. Its so funny. BUT, we talk about him and sometimes don't want him hearing... sooooo.... hahahaha well, i showered and went to dinner. Dinner was enchiladas and chocolate covered strawberries and both was awesome!!!! After dinner, we sat outside again and talked to Chris. We then went upstairs to Chris's room and he played his guitar a little bit for us. After that, we came downstairs and turned on the biggest loser and just hung out. It was a good night! I'm ready for tomorrow! Sometimes, I get kind of mad. During the day, all these funny things happen and I want to mention them in the blog because they'll make everyone laugh but I can never remember them by the end of the day! OH well!

Week 5 - Day 29

Hey Everyone!! Despite my parents leaving and breaking my heart, I've had the best day! I am in an awesome mood!!! This morning I got up for breakfast at 7:00. We had an Egg McMuffin which i kind of like. I give it about a 5 out of 10. They use egg beaters, which I like, but I need some cheese to balance it out! Well, of course, you don't get cheese here!!! Anyways, I ate it and went back to my room. My parents and I were going to hike on our own today so I didn't have to be ready until 9:00. So I went to breakfast at 7:00 am in my pjs. My game plan was to go back to bed. Well, I got back to bed and couldn't SLEEP!!! I was so mad but oh well. So I messed around, got online, booked my plane ticket home, and just hung out. I went down to the lobby early to work on the puzzle and kill some time. They showed up at about 10ish and we went to Chuckwalla! I'm sooo happy my mom finally got to do a real hike with me! They both loved it which was awesome!!!! So that was really, really fun!!! After the hike, we ran some errands and went to Subway!! After that, I took them to Golden Spoon!!! They finally got to taste it! And.... they loved it!!!!! After GS, we headed back to FR. It was time to say bye :( Ugh, I was dreading it.. I loved having them there so much!!! But, it is nice to get back to a routine! I like my schedule now :) Well, Chris told me last night he wanted to say bye (which i thought was so sweet!) Anyway, We got back to FR and I called Chris. He came down and said bye and then I said bye and I had to go to class.. :( I didn't cry. I was very proud of myself!!! I think my momma was about to cry too! haha after they walked out, I was walking to class and Chris was standing outside and I was like, "I NEED A HUGGG" hahaha he thinks i'm crazy! Anyway, I went to Circuit Training. It went really good. I really pushed myself. I forgot to wear my watch today so I was mad about that. I went to Kickboxing after that and I gave it everything I had. I literally beat the shit outta that bag! Inbetween classes, I went to my room to get my calorie watch. I burned 575 calories! That is the most I've ever burned in that class ever!!!! I was soooo happy! And, for some strange reason, I am in a great mood! I've noticed I'm always in a good mood here! I don't know why. I mean, I'm a relatively happy person but I'm never in a bad mood here! It's strange... Anyways, I went to Stretch today, which is something I never do anymore. But I'm going to try to do that all week. It is really relaxing and it feels good! Anyways, dinner was potato salad and bbq chicken! The chicken was awesome!!! The potato salad, not so much... Oh well. After dinner, we played Taboo and once again, had a blast!!! Now I'm back in the room and watching The Bachelor! I'm not sure about this show anymore. I've heard some bad rumors about what's going to happen!!!

Week 5 - Day 28

Ohmigosh, I cannot believe it is week 5 already!!!! I can't believe it.. Time is flying by!!!! Today, I woke up at 8:45 for breakfast and was definitely feeling a lil rough! I ate breakfast fast and then headed right back to bed. I fell back asleep until noon when I finally got up and showered. Mom picked me up at 12:30 for lunch at Subway. haha I think they are getting tired of subway by now!!! I was so excited. I got a salad and it was only 300 calories! I had an extra 100 calories to spend on CHIPS!! My first bag of chips in 4 weeks! It was awesome! After subway, we went to 2 malls and walmart to buy some things. After that, we drove around and I showed them the entire stop sign hike! They couldn't believe it! Dad said there was no way he could of completed the entire stop sign hike! That made me feel better! hahaha at least I can beat him at stop sign! anyways, we made it back to FR at 5:00. I talked to Danae and arranged for Mom and Dad to eat with everyone at FR so that was really good!! We had the awesome pasta tonight that I love!!!! It was just so nice to have my Mom and Dad there and see how I have been living my life for the past month. We skipped dessert and went to Golden Spoon. I was pissed. They were closed!!!! I have been talking about this place non-stop and they were closed!!! After that, they brought me back to FR and I headed to my room. I packed up a lot of clothes I'm not wearing here and stuff I don't need and am sending it home with my parents. Chris and Clare are leaving this coming Friday and I'm dreading it. I had saying goodbye! I refuse to make friends with anymore new people this week because saying goodbye sucks so bad!!! Anyway, That was my awesome, amazing weekend!!! I loved it!!!!!!

Week 4 - Day 27

Hey Everyone! I have just had the absolute best weekend ever!!! I LOVE my parents being here!!!!!! Saturday, we got up and had cereal for breakfast. Saturday morning = stop sign hike which SUCKKKKKS! I woke up not feeling too well... I was afraid my sickness was coming back! During the stop sign hike, Dad started not feeling well and getting weak. I still wasn't 100% so we didn't do so hot on Stop Sign. In fact, we didn't even finish. We did get to the first stop sign which is 3 miles. So we turned around and walked back to the car for a total of 6 miles. So, I was pretty happy with that considering we are both sick! After that, my mom took us both to the doctor. Dad had a sinus infection and I had a bad cold. They were worried I had influenza which would put me bedridden with no exercise for a week! Thank God I tested negative for it. He did tell me I should of came in on Thursday when I was my sickest. And, also told me I should not be exercising if I am feeling as sick as I was. But anyway, I got some drugs and am feeling better! After the doctor, we ate at Subway which was good as usual! After that, the parents went back to the room to nap and I went back to FR. I just hung out, cleaned my room and watched a movie. I got ready and we went to Chucks for dinner! That's always a good time. We sat with Chris, Susan and Clare. After dinner, me and the parents went to the movies and saw Paul Blart: Mall Cop. It was soooooooooooo FUNNY!!!! I loved it! The other 3 just went home, they weren't feeling so well. After the movie, I went back to FR and met Susan in the lobby. Her and DeAnne were renting a car and going to Mesquite to gamble!!!! I immediately got excited and said HECK YAH I'm going too!!!!!!! So we took off to Mesquite and gambled the night away!!! I got sooooooooooo drunk it was awesome!!!! I had a blast!!!! I actually did really well at Blackjack. I walked away winning $50!!!! I just had a blast!!!! We didn't get home until 5 am! It was crazy walking into FR wasted drunk! Of course, Trevor met us at the door. I was trying to hide the drunkenness!!! haha So I crawled into bed at 5 am!!! It was a gggggggggreat day!

Week 4 - Day 26

Today was the best day ever!!!! My parents got here!!!! Oh, first off, breakfast was amazing today!!! It was french toast with baked apples in between and drizzled in this apple sauce stuff with cinnamon. Ohmigosh it was good!!!! Anyway, back to my parents. They showed up at 7:45 today just in time for the hike! Dad and I took off on our hike today. It was Slots, which is always fun!!! We actually ended up doing fast intermediate today! I couldn't BELIEVE I actually kept up with the fast intermediate group!!! I was soooooo excited!!! I was really, really proud of myself! Dad did sooo good. He kicked my ass on the hike! I was really proud of him too! I actually burned more calories on that hike than ever before! 1550!!! I couldn't believe it! After the hike, I gave them the tour and introduced them to everyone which was fun! Then we hung out in my room for a while! After that, they took me to lunch and Subway. After lunch, they went back to the hotel and I went back to FR. All my friends were still at lunch so I joined them and we decided to skip open gym and work on the puzzle! haha we call it burning calories with our brain!!! haha While we were going the puzzle, Al and Kendall were getting all their stuff together to leave. Ohmigosh, when they finally said bye, it was a major tear fest! Ohmigod I cried. It was soooooooo sad!!! I miss my roomie soooooo much already!!!! After that we were too depressed to go to class so we finished the puzzle and went to our rooms. Pathetic, i know! So I didn't exercise at all this afternoon!!! For dinner, my parents and I went to Red Mountain Spa. It's a local spa with a restaurant that has the calories on the menu. I had a steak, mashed potatoes and 2 beers for only 550 calories!!!!! I was soooo excited! The steak was awesome!!!! It felt sooo good to have a steak and beer!!! After dinner, we played Taboo with Chris, Susan, and Clare!!! Ohmigoshhhhhh, we had soooooo much FUN!!! We had a blast!!! I loved it!!!! So, I had the best day ever! I love my parents being here!!!!!

Week 4 - Day 24 & 25

Hey Guys. Sorry I didn't write this yesterday. I was feeling TERRIBLE! Yesterday, I did the 101 hike which was on a road called West Canyon. ON this road, you go your own pace. So, I can go as fast as I want and not have to stay back with the rest. I liked it alot but on the way, I noticed I kept coughing and not feeling well. By the end of the hike, I had to slow my pace waaaay down and I could tell I was not feeling right. We got back and I did the core strength class instead of aquacise. By the end of that class, I was feeling light headed and getting dizzy. I had to sit down at the end. I went to lunch and just felt terrible! I could tell I was getting sick. We went to the park and played doubles tennis with Robin (the instructor) and Chris and Susan. That was really fun. After that, I went to kick boxing and literally couldn't do it. I had to sit down a couple of times and I just knew something was up. So I went to my room for the rest of the day. When I got to dinner, everyone told me I looked terrible. So Clare feels my head and tells me I'm really really warm. So I of course called my momma to see what to do. So, I bought some drowsy cold and sinus medicine, doped up, and went to bed at 8:00. The next day, Thursday (today), I spent the entire day in bed. I did get up and go eat but I came right back and went straight to bed. I didn't start feeling better until after lunch. By dinner, I was feeling a lot better. Hopefully, I'll be back to 100% tomorrow! My parents will be here!!!!! OH- and I got another care package from BETH todayyyyy!!! I was soooo happy since I was feeling sooo shitty!!!!

Week 4 - Day 23

Hey Everyone! Today, again, was a good day! I got up at 6:50 like usual and made it to breakfast at 7:05. We had cranberry muffins so I opted for the cereal. Which was great like usual! I love the cereal. The hike today was Paradise Rim. That is the same hike we did for our first off-road hike ever! My first Tuesday at FR. So, I was thinking that it was going to be pretty easy. I was able to do the hike 3 weeks ago and I'd be good at it. Well, hell! That hike kicked my ass!!! I did burn 1300 calories though! It was so hard! It got me down in the dumps. I've been here 3 weeks already and I really thought I'd be at fast intermediate by now. Hell, I could barely keep up with the regular intermediate. It kind of pissed me off. I'm mad at myself. I know I'm getting stronger. I can feel it. But, I'm just not happy with my hiking. I was planning on being advanced by the time I left. Well, shit, I'm not even at fast intermediate. So, that kind of sucked. And, for some reason, at the end of this hike, I was absolutely wore out. I could barely walk. I was good, oxygen wise, but my my legs and body was just spent. The weather was fantastic today! I was able to hike in just a long john shirt, tee shirt, and pants! And, I was dying from being hot! I never sweat so much on a hike. My sleeves were wet from wiping the sweat off my face! It's supposed to be nice all week so I'm very very happy!!! After the hike, I went back to my room and just laid down.

I went to yoga today instead of the pool. I really need to start going to the pool class. I burn about 150-200 calories more but sometimes I just don't feel like it. Yoga was good. I like the class when Paige teaches it. After yoga, Susan, Chris and I sat outside in the sun until lunch. It felt sooo good to be in the sun! Lunch today was a turkey sandwich which I love!!! OHMIGOSH! At lunch, I got two different packages!!!! I LOOOOOVE packages!! You guys have no idea how good it feels to get stuff in the mail! My momma sent me an awesome cookbook! and Kimmy sent me a ton of stuff! Everyone was jealous!!! They kept telling me how nice my mom is and how lucky I am to get stuff all the time! I was soooooo happy! It was funny. Kim sent me this clapper thing. I am constantly saying, "I'm so excited!" So, I got that clapper out and started clapping it, and said, "I'm so excited"! Well, Chris makes fun of me for saying it all the time because he says I'm always excited, so I told him I was going to carry around the clapper and everytime I get excited, I'll get it out and start clapping it! hahahaha I thought he was going to die! He told me he was going to take it away from me and throw it off a ledge on the hike! hahahaha

After lunch, I went to open gym. Paige took us to the park for tennis! Which I LOVE!!! I literally look forward to that every day! Its supposed to be nice all week so I'm planning on going every day! And, I burn a shit ton of calories. It was so hot today, I was dying!!! The sweat was just pouring off of me. I burned 500 calories playing in only 40 minutes! That's a ton!!! And, I had a blast doing it! That is one thing I plan on doing when I get back home. I'm going to try to find someone to play with! After that, I got back to FR and I got another package! It was my pictures I ordered online! I was soooo happY! I showed them to everyone and pointed out who everyone was! After that was cardio intervals. I normally love that class but I was so pooped out from tennis, I could barely do it! My face was so red from being outside and being hot. I looked pretty scary! I did alright in the class. I still burned 400 which is lower than normal but I was happy. After that was total toning. I also like that class but man, it kills my muscles!! They are screamin by the end!! I burned 330 which is normal. It's not alot because you focus on your muscles and not necessarily raising your heartrate to burn calories.

After that, I skipped stretch so I could shower and look at all my new gifts!!! I loved it! I immediately popped in one of my new Crystal Light packets and chugged it!!! I'm soooo sick of plain water!!!! (Great gift Kimmy!!!!) I looked through my cookbook and hung up all my pictures on my wall. It makes me SOO happy to see pictures of everyone! I love it!! :) That was the best idea I had. I actually patted myself on the back! hahaha I know, I'm cheesy. I went to dinner and it was baked pasta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I had cheese on it!!!!! Ok, it was soy cheese, but it still was awesome that it was covered in cheese!!!! And, for dessert, was the beloved chocolate covered strawberries!!! Ohmigod those things are good! Susan doesn't like then so I took one of hers! I have to tell ya, by that third one, they were getting really sweet! She actually offered me her 2nd one but I couldn't eat it! Two is the perfect amount! After dinner, I hung out with Chris and Susan for a while sitting out by the pool. It was so nice out! Then, I went to my room and watched biggest loser online and then now I'm watching biggest loser on tv. I love that show.

I'm really happy here. I feel comfortable and I like my all my new friends. I love the people that work here! They are really awesome. But, I'm not extremely happy with my results. I don't know if I expected too much or what. I think I'm expecting too much. But, after working out for 3 weeks, I thought I'd be running circles around people. But, I still struggle every day! I still can't run for shit. But, also, part of that is my fault. I should spend extra time in the gym working out on the treadmill and building myself up. But, my God, after 5-6 hours of exercise, I really don't feel like putting in more time. But, maybe I should. Then, I think I'll try to run on the hikes. Well shit, I'm so tired on the hikes I can barely walk, let alone run. So, I think I need to kick it up a notch. I don't know.. ugh! I'm happy. I'm a lot stronger and I'm totally aware of that. So, I know I should just be happy with that. I was talking to Paige about the hike earlier. I was telling her how I thought I'd be farther. She told me that this week's group is a really fast group so I shouldn't be upset and compare myself to them. So, I know I'm kind of being whiney. But overall, I'm still happy and in a good mood. I'm just going to try to do well this week and we'll see what happens when I get weighed and measured this weekend! Wish me luck for the rest of the week!

Week 4 - Day 22

Well, today I woke up in a great mood!! Breakfast was the egg and english muffin. I ate it. I don't particularly like it but I ate it. Man, I'd pay $20 to get some cheese on that!!! Anyway, today we did Stop Sign. I was really energized and ready to go. I just felt really happy today! I'm half way done and had a great weekend. It got all the crazy cravings out of my system and I'm ready to give it my all! Sooo, on Stop Sign i shaved 3 minutes off my fastest time. So, I'm down to 1 hr 14 min. I'm not making as much progress as I hoped to make. I mean, I literally gave it my all! I guess I still have three more weeks to go. I'd like to do it in under an hour but you have to run most of it and I just don't see that happening. Anyway, it rained AGAIN! UGH! I'm sick and tired of getting wet on that damn hike! Anyway, after the hike, I went to my room to get warm clothes! I talked on the phone to my momma for a while and then I headed to Yoga. We had a new instructor and I hated it! I did not like her at all. After yoga, I hung out with Susan and Chris and we went to lunch. Lunch was these lettuce wraps with something inside. I only ate 2 out of the 3. The soup was turnip something. I only ate half of it. After lunch, I came to my room. I skipped open gym and cleaned my room. It was kind of messy. I went to Circuit Training first. Cameron (the owner) was teaching it. Well, let me tell you, he KICKED my ass! I work hard in there but shit... I'm on the treadmill the second station and he comes over and jacks the incline up to 8! I looked at him, and said, "Are you kidding me?!" and he said, "haven't you been here 3 weeks?" and I said, "Yes" and he replied, "Ok, just give it a try but you can do it" I was like OH SHIT! So, then I get to the eliptical. I'm on level 10. He kicks it up to Level 12 and tells me to keep it above 5.0 mph. Once again, I said, "You've got to be kidding me!" and He just smiles and laughs! So, I did everything he told me to. And, I've got to admit, I burned 150 more calories than I normally do. I burned 550. And, by far, worked harder that time then any other time in that class. So, I guess he knows what he's doing! I did do my walk/run thing on the treadmill and I think it's helping. I really want to be able to run, but, I'm just not a runner. Paige says some people just aren't runners. After that was kickboxing. I can tell I'm already getting better in that class and can do more. When we're supposed to be doing stuff in slow motion, I speed it up. I was dead after that class. I burned another 520 in that class! I skipped gentle stretch so I could mail some stuff and shower before dinner. I ended up talking to Katrina on the phone forever! She made me laugh soooooooo hard!!! ohmigod it was a funny conversation. After that, I went to dinner. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! It was a barbeque chicken breast! ohmigosh, I thought I died and went to heaven!!!! After dinner, Al, Susan, Chris and I went to Golden Spoon! They made fun of me because I ate my yogurt really slow! I was savoring it! On the way there, I was talking about how I'm in a good mood. And Chris was teasing me asking when I wasn't in a good mood! I thought, Oh buddy.. if you only knew I can be a bitch! but they were all teasing me because I always say "I'm so excited!!!" hahah but today was just a great day!!! I loved it! OH, when I was hiking this morning, Paige walked up and said, "guess what! tomorrow is supposed to be really nice, we're playing tennis, right?!" I was excited. I think she really likes playing tennis with me! So, I guaranteed her I'd be at open gym! So, I'm looking forward to tomorrow!!! I told her about my parents coming! She changed the hike on Friday to Slots because I like it a lot better! I'm in a good mood!!! Now I'm watching the bachelor! I'll talk to you guys later!! Thanks for all the comments! I looooove reading them!!!

Week 4 - Day 21

Wellll, I survived Vegas! I'm sure a lot of you were worried. But, I made it back in one piece!!! Man, I definitely needed the trip! I'm very happy I went and pleased with the decisions I made while there! I got back and started my laundry. We had lunch at 12:45 like usual. It was chicken salad. I didn't eat most of it. It just wasn't settling well in my stomach. At lunch, Susan suggested doing a puzzle. At first, I was a lil hungover but decided to give it a try. MAN, We had a blast!!! It was sooo fun! We did it in the lobby so it was fun to check out all the new guests coming in. I wanted to laugh and say, "hahahah if only you knew what you were in for!" But, it was fun! Plus, we got to scoop out the newbies! We worked on the puzzle until 430 then split to get ready for dinner. Dinner was pasta. They have pasta every sunday night, which i love!!!! it's soooo good! At dinner, we were telling Chris all (well, not ALL!) our crazy Vegas stories! We were laughing so hard!! He thinks we're crazy!!! After dinner, we finished the puzzle! It was really exciting! Leah (the front desk girl) took our picture with it. She let us leave it up on the coffee table for a couple of days! Everytime we walk by it we comment on how awesome it is! hahaha After the puzzle, I headed back to the room. I booked my parents a plane ticket to come see me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooooooooooo excited!!! I can't wait to see them!!!!!!!! I've told EVERYONE that they're coming!! I can't wait! =)

Ohmigosh! When we were doing the puzzle, Cody handed me a letter. JJ sent me a letter that Brayden wrote me! I literally started crying. It was sooooooooooooooo sweet! I absolutely LOVED IT! It made me sooooooooooooo happy!! I also got a package from Katrina!!! That made me sooooooooo happy! I love care packages!!!

I can't believe 3 weeks are already gone. I'm over half done! It's crazy. You know, while I was in Vegas, I actually missed this place! I kept thinking, I wonder what everyone is doing... It's strange. You kind of grow to like it. And, I'm making the best friends!!! I love everyone so much. My last week is going to be sooo sad! Another thing is they have you on a very strict schedule. Everything is the same, every day, every week. So, when they mix stuff, or change something, it pisses you off! And, throws you completely out of whack. Or, when you get a new teacher, it's just really strange. Well, that's it. They're kinda boring, sorry!!!

PS: KATRINA - you're still my #1!!!

Week 3 - Day 19

Hey All! I'm finally getting around to blogging. I've been busy from Vegas!!!!! So, the hike today was Camelback. I was a lil nervous because I thought 101 was hard! But, it went great!!! I did really well and was really proud of myself. I also climbed up this HUGE mountain! Only 2 other guests did it with me. Everyone else was scared! BUT, I did it!!! The other two people that went up with me were guys!! OHmigod!! They took some pictures of me up there so I'll post them! Everyone was cheering me on because I literally flew up the mountain. Fletch told me I climbed it like a cat!!! hahaha I was literally on cloud 9 I was so happy! Clare pulled me aside and told me we're going to skip lunch at FR and grab subway! So, once again, I got very excited! I have been CRAVING subway! So, after the hike, we cleaned up, and headed to VEGAAAAAS!!! We got there at about 1 pm and was at the bar at 2!!! Needless to say, I got drrrrrrrrunk! And, it was VERY fun! That's all I'm going to say about that!

Week 3 - Day 18

Well, today was a good day!! Breakfast was french toast and I took the cereal option. The hike today was a weird one. They said that it was very, very loose rock. Yesterday's hike also had lots of loose rock and it was downhill so it was extra hard on your ankles. Well, I don't even have bad ankles but mine were a lil sore. So I opted for the 101 hike. I know, but I just was in the mood for an easy one. Well, it was great!!! I loved it!!! The trail was really easy, but beautiful. AND, I still burnt 930 calories! I never really got out of breath. Only 2x which was exciting. OMG, we get to the top of this major hill to the overlook. And, this older lady calls everyone over in a group, tells us to strip down and get in a circle. SO, we're all getting kinda scared at this point, like, what the hell is this lady talking about! She says, "we're doing the hokey pokey"! I was like, no way. So we all get in a circle, and by God, we did the entire hokey pokey. It was sooo funny! I was DYING laughing!!!! I loved it!!!!!!! After the hike, I came back to my room and chilled for a little bit. Then, I went to aquacise. That's always a good time! After aquacise, we had lunch. Lunch was a tomato and onion sandwich on wheat ciabatta bread. Well, lets just say the only thing I could eat was the bread. So, I was hungry. After lunch, I went to the park to play tennis with Paige. Once again, SO FUN! It is the highlight of my day! I just love to play tennis! AND, we play really well together. Plus, we rode bikes over there which was fun too! In fact, even Paige told me she looks forward to it! So that made me happy! After that,I had to go straight to treading with NO break! I was beat. As usual, treading was a killer. Pretty much can be defined as pure hell!!! And, if ya ask Danae, "it's only 16 minutes of hard exercise, only 16 minutes"! Well, let me tell ya what, that's BULLLSHIT! I feel bad for the new comers because when she says that, they don't have a CLUE what they're in for. I can't wait until I get back, I'm going to make ALL of you fellow exercisers out there do a treading class! After treading, I came back to my room and made a few phone calls and researched some plane tickets for Mom and Dad. I'm determined to get them out here next weekend, no matter what!!! After that, I went to dinner. We had stuffed chicken with wild rice. I was very excited about this but hell, that chicken breast couldn't of been 2 oz. I mean, it was ridiculous. And, the wild rice wasn't the best. But, it was filling. All i can think about is REAL FOOD!!!!! After dinner, Chris and Susan talked me into hanging out and playing games. I needed to pack for VEGASSS! So, I packed as fast as I could and met them in the lobby. We played Scattergories and it was SOOOO fun!!! We had a blast!!! This guy named Tony also joined us. So we quit doing that and Tony and Susan wanted to get into the hot tub. Well, hell, I can't pass that up! So we got in the hot tub until about 9:30! Finally, I was getting tired and still had to type this up so I jumped out and headed to my room. That was my day! It was a really good and fun day! I'm very happy!

OH yeah! While I'm in the hot tub, Ken is telling me NOT to go to Vegas. He thinks its too early for me and I'll undo what I've already done. So, I'm pretty much scared shitless. We all know I love to eat when I'm drunk. AND, I've been having these ridiculous cravings for real food. OH DEAR GOD!!!! Now, I'm feeling really guilty and I want to back out! I just don't think I can handle it. It's too early. Susan and I talked about coming home on Saturday and not staying Saturday night. But, I don't know if she'll still want to do that... I don't know.. I'm freaking out!!! You know when I get nervous and talk about a mile a minute and ramble.. that's what I'm doing right now inside my head! UGH! Wish me luck!

Week 3 - Day 17

Hey All!!! Soooooooo today was another good day! It didn't start off so hot. I got to breakfast and it was a fruit and yogurt parfait. It was just alright. It's soy yogurt and it's good, but nothing spectacular! We went on the hike today and it sucked! I went with the regular intermediate (NOT FAST) and I had to jog to keep up with them. I was about dead by the end! We did climb up this MASSIVE big rock and took some awesome pictures so that's good. AND, I didn't like my group much besides Maria. I really like her. The hike was just kind of shitty. Plus, it was really cold! We got back and I took a lil nap which was much needed. Besides, it takes me a while to warm back up. I have to change all my clothes because they're wet with COLD sweat and it's miserable! Went to core stretch today which sucked. Lunch was Asian Pizza. That was actually pretty good. It had chicken on it so I was stoked!!!! But, it had all kinds of crazy stuff on it. So I just picked alot off and then just ate without looking! The soup was squash soup and i couldn't even choke it down!! Oh God it was bad. Even Chris didn't eat his and he'll eat anything! So for open gym, I went to the Q&A session instead of the park. And, this secretly made me happy! Robin, one of the instructors, was the person going to the park. And, when she saw me walk into the Q&A room, she was like, "What?! Your not going to the park? I was hoping we'd play tennis again!" That made me happppy! So I explained to her that I really wanted to listen to the questions but I'd definitely go any other time she wanted to go. So after that was kickboxing again! I'm so glad they offer kickboxing 2x a week now. That is an awesome workout! I was cold all day so I had on a long john shirt under my teeshirt. Well, hell, I quickly got warmed up and the sweat was just pouring off me! After kickboxing was Circuit Training. Now, that class... I'm just now sure what I think about it. It is one of those workouts where you get out of it only what you put in. I can go through the entire class and not break a sweat and burn 300 calories. Orrrr, you can give it your all and work like crazy and burn 450. Well, I've decided I've got to get over my fear of the treadmill and start running. So, I walked in there thinking, I'm giving this my all. Well, hell... I was dead by the end of it! I can't run for very long.. I get out of breath soo easily. So I've started walking fast the first minute on the treadmill and then run the second. Well, I love it! It works out great!!! And, it's helping me with this running delima. So, I burnt about 460 in that class, which I was happy about. So, the morning sucked for me but the afternoon was great! After that I skipped stretch so I could shower. So, I showered and went to dinner. Dinner was a salmon patty which I don't eat. So I ordered the boca burger which I LOVE!!! and they had Israeli cous cous. Which I have NO clue what that is but it's pretty damn good. It's like little, solid, circle noodles. and I love me some noodles! It was strange. We skipped dessert and went to the Golden Spoon!!!! Man, that place is awesome!!!! I had cake batter which is amazing and it's only 88 calories! His dessert was 150! After Golden Spoon we went shopping again for Vegas! I finally got everything I need so I'm good to go!!! I'm sooo excited about Vegas!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I need to get outta this place! I hope I can handle my late night food cravings and my next day hungover cravings for grease!!

Bye ALL!! LOVE YA!