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!!!