Back from Vacation!

Man, I love the mountains. Something about the air and the exhilaration of it all. The family took a trip to Golden for my cousin's wedding and we had a fabulous time!! I did a little biking with my brother, but what I was ready to do was some hiking and some white water rafting! Wheeeee! Cold creek runs right thru Golden, and right by the Coors brewing plant , it is a gorgeous river full of kayakers. I was ready to jump in! My girls loved Colorado and seeing the mountains, and are ready to go back. I tell you, *THAT* is somewhere where I could happily move to. I am a midwestern girl, so Colorado would still be true to my roots! LOL

Even though I was active all week long, we won't mention the delish, but not so hot for me, food I had while there. I am not even going to jump on the scale until this weekend, until I have had time to flush all this stuff out of my system.

I've also decided that in order to buckle down and get serious, I have to stop looking at this whole thing as "the last 2 pounds." When that's not *really* my goal. My goal is to be consistent and to take my body to the next level. I figure if I concentrate on that, those pesky 2 pounds will be but a memory.

So I am giving myself 6 weeks--actually I decided to make it 7 so it takes me to August 1, which is a nice clean number.  I am scheduling my body fat composition follow-up for August 1, and I am going to devote the next 7 weeks to training. Training for the rest of my life. Training for the long term. Just training.  (I love that word and what it represents!)

Anyone want to join me for 7 weeks, and challenge yourself to see what you can accomplish?

2 Pounds

Did you know that there is such a thing as a 2-pound apple fritter?  Yep!  One of my best buds (who's lost a bunch of weight as well) was a bad girl one day last week and ate an apple fritter.  She got on the scale the next day and had gained two pounds!  I almost fell to the ground from laughing the way she told me the story!   But get this, she lost those 2 pounds soon after having some very "fibrous" meals .. a high fiber bran muffin and this very grainy, barely type mix that she makes a rice dish with (both from Trader Joes).  Anyway, her body responds well to that stuff and *poof* ...2 pounds were gone! 

And thanks...can't wait to feel better and get back to Sin City

Well, ok.

Maybe a little push in the right direction isn't so bad.

I "hid" my friends list because it got so long that you had to scroll waaaaay down to see all my info. Plus I've been using Google Reader, which I love.

Ice cream and Popsicles are HUGE in our house; just not my thing...unless its that darned HG.