Week 4 Day 2 Tuesday

Well mi amigos, its Tuesday!!!!!! I had a great day today! We hiked a horrible hike! Well, it would have been a great hike minus the mud. I'll start from the beginning. It rained all day yesterday so the hikes on Tuesday were pretty muddy. Our trail was iced over at the beginning. We started out and after about 30 minutes, people were bitching and complaining about it being slippery and afraid of falling. So, Sandy decided to do the reverse. We backtracked and did the reverse which is all sand. It wasnt bad though because the sand was frozen. I was so excited. It was Kiersten, Karen and I in the front and we definitely took off! We were sooo far ahead of everyone and that made me feel great!!! :) For once, I wasnt the very last! :) Then, we made it to the top which Sandy (the hiking guide) didnt expect because we had such a late start. Then, once we were at the top, we RAN back down! That was pretty tough because the trail was pretty narrow. I was also excited about that! Then, after we were headed down, we passed the other people in our group again! Once we got done with the trail in the woods and we were out in the open, we hit the mud. And, this mud was TERRIBLE!!!! My shoes are covered completely in mud. It was terrible!!!

Anyways, enough about that hike. I got home from the hike and was starving. So I had to eat a banana! After that, I started my laundry and worked on cleaning my shoes! I had to buy a toothbrush to get them clean! Lunch was chicken salad so I had toast with almond butter and bananas. yum yum yum!!!! It was so nice out we ate outside. After lunch, we all went to the park and played tennis. That was awesome, as always. Karen, Mark and I stayed for the 2:30 class and played more. I burned 824 calories in 1.5 hours. I think that is pretty freaking good if you ask me!!!! After tennis, I went to cardio intervals which was fun. I ran 6.6 mph!!!!!! I was very very happy about that! :) After cardio intervals, I went to pool class! Sharon was teaching it and I asked for an extra hard class. and I kicked my butt. I even had to stop for a minute because I had a pain in my side. What a great feeling! :) After pool, I showered and met JT for dinner. We ate outside again for dinner. Dinner was meatloaf. It was actually really good! After dinner, I sat outside and talked to our little group until about 7:30. I love the nights when we all sit around and talk! :) After our little chat, I booked it home to watch BL and blog to you all! :)

Only 2 more days and Im comin home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

Week 4 Day 1 Monday

Well, its my last Monday! Mondays are always hard. I normally dread them but Sunday night I was actually looking forward to it. I was ready to hike! So, Monday, I wake up in a pretty good mood and get ready all excited to hike! I look out the window and its pouring down rain. and down went my mood! I went to breakfast and sat by JT. I decided I was going to hike my butt back to my room and go back to bed. It was so rainy and nasty out. THEN, I got the bright idea to find some raquetball courts!!! We found some at the St George Rec Center and were off!!! We had sooo much fun!!! JT destroyed me! He beat me the first four games! Finally, he felt so bad for me he switched to his left hand and I finally won a game! haha but I burned some killer calories and had a blast! It was rainy all day until about 3:30. Mid morning, I had the bright idea to change my plane ticket home to Friday instead of Saturday. Lets face it. My fun meter is pegged out and Im ready to come home. I miss my friends. Im lonely here. The new guests suck. My roommate is a weirdo. She doesnt speak. She does not have one thing sitting out anywhere. She did not hang up any clothes or put any clothes in the drawer. Weird. Even JT doesnt like the new people. It is a weird group.... But, Im looking forward to busting my ass for the next 4 days and going all out! Im ready to finish this adventure strong!!!

Week 3 Day & 7 Saturday and Sunday

Betsey doesnt really like to exercise on Saturdays... So I woke up and ate breakfast with everyone. Then, I headed back to bed! Lisa woke me up to tell me bye... Thank God I was tired so I didnt cry or anything! That was hard. I was happy when Darlene and Merinda got home from their hike so we all hung out. We ate lunch together and ended up talking in the kitchen for like 3 hours!! It was fun. The stuff we talk about... its craziness! :) We decided we needed to get out Saturday night so we went to Applebees for dinner. It was sooooooo GOOD!!! We all three stuck with the 550 calories and under part of the menu. I did consume 3 beers and they were the best 3 beers EVER!!!!!! After dinner, we had very very exciting plans!!! We went to a MMA fight in town with Mark, Karen, and Bernadine. It was SOOOOO fun!! They literally beat the crap out of each other! There was a knockout in 51 seconds. A punch to the side of the face and he was out!!!! It was crazy, but definitely FUN! The fights got over at about 10:45 so we headed back to FR. We all sat outside and talked until about 11:30 then we went to bed.

Sunday SUCKED!!!!!!!!! I got up at 7 to say goodbye to Merinda and Darlene. I managed to not cry until I got in the privacy of my own room. Then, I proceeded to cry like a little baby!!! ughhhh. I was pretty upset so I did watch our DVD from the week. That made me smile! They had the cutest picture of me crossing the end of stop sign and then me hugging Seth. It was sweet. Then, I was bored so I went to the gym for about an hour. That went well. After that, I had plans to go to the movies with Mark and Karen. We all agreed to be ready at about 11:45. We invited this other lady Bobbi to go with us. She said she had an appt at 12:00 and it would only take a couple of minutes. Our movie started at 1:25 and we had to eat at Subway first. WELL, she kept us waiting until 1:00. I was furious!!! We all were starving! That was so rude!! So, by the time we got to Subway, it was 1:20 so we had to see the later movie. Anyway, we saw "Take Me Home Tonight". It was cute! It was a good, cute, funny movie that made you laugh. Something we all needed because we had to say goodbye to our friends! :( After the movie, we went back to FR and it was dinner time and time to welcome the new guests!!! The new guests suck. :(

After dinner, Mark and I got in the hottub to relax. That was nice. Then, it started filling up with people I dont really like so I got out and went to bed!

Week 3 Day 5 Friday

Sorry I havent written lately... Ive been busy! I am trying to remember what even happened on Friday. We hiked Camelback again which was fun. "The L" almost killed 3 people on our hike today so they asked her politely to leave FR. You know it was bad if they asked you to leave!!! The hike was great. I enjoyed hiking with Deb all week. After the hikes we said bye to Seth. The first of many goodbyes....... :( ugh it was sad! I almost cried! Friday is always fun because its water volleyball time!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was 65 degrees and beautiful out!!!!!!! It was a perfect Friday!!! Im trying to remember what we did Friday night... I think we just ate at FR and then had couch time! Everyone went to bed pretty early so that sucked... but it was a great Friday!!!

Week 3 Day 4 Thursday

Well, today started off fantastic! They had my favorite breakfast ever!!! It was PB&J with strawberries and bananas on it! It was sooooooo GOOD!!!!!!! We did stop sign today and Deb had a little surprise for us! Normally, they have a van go to the top of the stop sign and wait on us to finish. Once we finish, we just walk out to overlook to kill time until its time to leave. OR, they drive people to back down the steep part and they can redo the steep part or go back down the path. Well, the surprise was, they were not moving the van from the bottom of stop sign. We had to go all the way up and all the way back down. I pretty much thought they were crazy and smoking crack! I never thought I could do it. The first part went really well. I was 2 minutes ahead on my speed at mini stop sign. Once we started up the steep part, I was BEAT!! I did not want to power ahead but that damn Seth was yelling at me to hurry. He literally kept me going! I told him the time I wanted to get there, and he pushed me until I made that time!!! It was sooooo hard!!! I was right behind Mark and Karen and they waited until I got close and we all crossed together! It was sooo sweet! ANDDDD, I beat my time by another 4 minutes!!!!!! I was sooooo excited!!!! I couldn't have done it without Seth pushing me up that hill!!! Once we finished, we all powered back down that hill. We got all the way back to the parking lot for a total of 8.6 miles! Yes, my friends, I hiked 8.6 miles!!!!!! I cant believe I did it!!! So, I was extremely happy until I got home and took off my shoes! I have blisters out of this world!!!! I have a huge blood blister on the bottom of my foot! I actually have several. Im not quite sure why but they are killer.... I cried they hurt so bad! :( I went to see Sharon to ask what I needed to do about them and she put me on bed rest for the rest of the afternoon! :( Im so pissed and mad!! So, Im spending my afternoon icing and elevating. :( Wish me luck!

Week 3 Day 3 Wednesday

I just want to start off by saying today was a great day!!!!!! We did a brand new hike today called Pinnacle. I think its awesome that they wanted to try out a new hike on our group!!! You have to have a special sort of group to do a new hike because its different and you might have to back track sometimes. So, we were all very excited that they chose us!!! We took off and had a fantastic hike!!!! I literally climbed a mountain higher than I have ever climbed in my life!!! If you stood where were started and looked up to the point where they said we would end up, you would have never believed it! The next time I do stop sign I am going to try to take a picture so you can see the start and end! It was nuts!!! The absolute best hike I have ever been on! It was extremely rewarding. It was also a little bit scary at one point! The mountain was soooo steep at one point, Karen was sliding down because she lost her footing. That was pretty scary. And, since it was a new hike, they werent quite sure the best way to go up. So, we would go up some, figure out it was too steep, then try a different way. It was crazy! We literally had to use arms and legs and hold on for dear life!!! Craziness!!! After that, I was stiff and sore so I stretched. After lunch, I played tennis for about 2 hours. I did pool class which is always fun. Seth and I went out to dinner last night and had STEAK!!!!!! It was awesome!!!! AND, I did it without cheating!!! I had steak and a beer!!! :) After we got home, we sat on the couch in the lobby with everyone for a while!!! We had a great night! It was so fun!

Week 3 Day 2 Tuesday

I forgot to mention some stuff about Sunday night and Monday night. Sunday night I organized a "hot tub party". haha We all met about 7:00 and sat around until about 8:30. We had so much fun and as always, had interesting and hilarious conversation! :) There was quite a few people show up. I bet at least 10!

Monday night I hung around the computer room and sat on the couch with Karen and Jerry for a while. I bet I sat with them until 8:30.

Okay, now on to Tuesday. Today started off a little bit slow. I was sooo tired and did NOT want to get up! In fact, I even laid in bed and contemplated not getting up! But, of course, I dragged my butt out of bed and to breakfast. Our hike today was Third Ravine. That hike is one of my favs! It went great! I finally get to hike with DEB!!!!!!!!!!! They finally put her with our group and she told me she is with us for the entire week. I was so proud of myself. Normally when we climb the ravine, I have to stop a couple of times throughout the ravine to catch my breath. I powered through this time without stopping one time!!! I was really happy. Once again, Seth and I hung in the back together hiking and chatting with Deb the entire time. The hike went great. Everyone gets along fantastic and we are all soooo happy and energetic besides one extra person they put with us. We call her "The L" aka Lucia, pronounced Lou-chi-a. She blows. She bought 16 weeks here and is a complete and utter bitch. She is a spoiled rotten bitch from the city. She's 39 and acts about 12. Today, I finally told her "you are not a very nice person". She just looked at me and then looked again. UGH! Everyone in our van does NOT like her. OH well. After the hike, I did stretch. I was so tight! Im not sore but just really tight!

After lunch today, I skipped open gym and spent open gym on the phone with home/work. After that, I went to cardio intervals, total toning, then 4:30 pool. Cardio intervals went great!!!!!!! The first climb I matched JT incline-for-incline. That sucked!!! We had it up to a 15 incline going 3.3 mph. Ya'll should go try that! I thought I was going to fall off! I literally was hanging on! The next time I went with speed instead of incline! :) I also did a all-time best! I ran 6.5 mph on the treadmill! I dont think I have ever ran that fast in my life!!!!!!!!! That made me very, very happy!!! :) It might not have been for very long, but at least I did it! :) Total toning was fine. I was so tired from cardio intervals, I was exhausted for the rest of the day. Pool was fun! A little more low key than normal. I ended up going to the shallow end and swimming laps instead of participating. Seth did pick me up and body slam me while dunking me. I bet he got me 3 times today! It took me and Lori to take him down once!! haha After pool, we did a little hot tub time and then showered for dinner. Dinner was edamame and a BBQ chicken sandwich. I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After dinner, Lisa, JT, and I hit Golden Spoon which was heaven. He also took me to a gas station for diet pepsi fountain soda!!!!!!!!!! I was literally moaning it tasted soo good!!! :) We got home right at 7:00 and all met in his room for The Biggest Loser. We are trying to plan our Friday night because it's our last night all together! :( Im going to cry like a little baby!!!

Thats about it! Here is a couple of other interesting things that I have forgotten to mention.

* I also went 10.5 mph on the elliptical! I have never been that fast either!

* My roommate is hooking up with another guest here so I have a private room which is awesome!!!

* I miss home and my dogs!!!

* Mom- you can delete all the biggest losers, bachelors, and parenthoods. Call me when you get a minute and we'll go over the other recorded shows. :)

BYE EVERYONE!!!!!!!! MISS YOU!!

Week 3 Day 1 Monday

Hola amigos! Monday started off good. I was in a great mood and definitely ready for the week ahead! I was not nervous or dreading it. I was actually extremely excited! I was definitely pumped up and ready to rock it! For Mondays hike, they put me in the fastest group at the ridge. That made me extremely excited and nervous!! I was happy but freaking out inside. It is so mental so much.... Anyway, it was an assessment hike and went good! I was able to keep up with them for a little bit! But, we did a hike called Hell Hole which was really cool. I liked it. We all wanted to be with the same group as last week, otherwise known as Van #5 or "Blue Balls"! (hahaha loooong story) So, we all told our guides the people we wanted with us and we hoped for the best! After the hike, a guide informed me I were considered "fast intermediate!" That made me extremely happy and pretty damn proud of myself! After the hike, Lisa and I made a little compromise. I would do the cardio class after the hike instead of stretch or pool and she had to go to open gym with me and play tennis! So, I did this cardio class and it went GREAT!!!!!! I'm finally getting back into "jogging"... I wouldnt exactly call it running! :) Thats exciting! After lunch, I went to the park for open gym. I played tennis with Karen which was fun as always! We came back on time and I did circuit, then a core class Ive never done before, and pool. As always, 4:30 pool class was a blast!!! We always dunk each other and have a blast!! If you have noticed the theme of this post, its FUN!!! So far, its only been a day, but its been great! I just looooove this place! :)