Day 14 - New Room

Today is a full day of rest.  I slept in a bit, had a leisurely breakfast and finished packing up all my things because I am changing rooms.  For my last 2 weeks here I am having a private room and for some reason even though the rooms are the same I had to change rooms.

Pictures of my room before I settled in and spread my stuff all over the place

Beautiful view from my room overlooking the pool 

I didn't have any plans for today, so I tagged along with some other guests here and went to the movies (I know I was just there on Friday) and saw Thor.

New guests arrived today and tomorrow starts my 3rd week.  I cannot believe how the time has flown by.  The days seem long, but the week goes by quickly.

Oh, my leg is doing much better and when I did laundry on Saturday I made sure I checked my pocket before`I put my clothes in the wash.

Day 13 - Race Day

Today was different than other Saturdays here.  Today there was the Ivins  Fitness Festival, held in conjunction with the St. George's Iron Man.  There was a 5 and 10k held and everyone here at Fitness Ridge participated and were encouraged to do the 10k, as we all hike that almost everyday anyway.  I walked the 10k as did a lot of people.

The course like everything here had plenty of inclines.

Crossing the finishing line!

Myself, Barbara, Emily, Malini, Stacey

It is getting pretty warm here now, I think the last 2 days it got up to 90.

After the race we were done for the day and I did some exciting laundry.

At dinner this evening there was graduation ceremonies for all the departing guests.  Unfortunately for myself the people I have been hanging around with are all leaving this weekend.  I am sure I will find new people to get into trouble with this coming week.

Day 12 - Movie Night!

Today I decided I would not go on the hike scheduled with my group, but I would go on the West Canyon hike.
Same hike I did last Saturday, relatively flat and very pretty.

As for the Lasagna tonight I can not comment on how good it was or wasn't.  Five of us had planned on going to the movies and it ended up the movie started at 6:15, meaning we could not make the movie and have dinner here. We knew we had a bit over 400 calories we could , so we went to Subway, it was very yummy.
The movie we saw was Something Borrowed, I would have to say that it was not that good, but it was nice being off the resort.  Don't worry we did not have any popcorn, but we all did enjoy our diet pepsi. (here we only have water and herbal tea to drink)
After our movie it was still early so of course shopping was on the agenda and I bought myself this really pretty red purse.

Day 10 & 11 - Struggling = Success

Yes, I know I did not post yesterday so today I will double my efforts.

That was the best dinner I have had since I have been here!

This morning I was all ready to go on the hike today but my leg said otherwise. I wasn't too happy about it, but after being convinced I stayed back from the hike and was in my room resting with by leg elevated.  I watched last nights Biggest Loser and a couple episodes of the Big Bang Theory.
I did do the rest of my classes, kick-boxing being my favorite (I did that twice since I can't go in the pool).
After dinner a few of us went out and did a little shopping.  It was so nice getting off the resort for a little while.  I bought some cool Nike flip-flops that has memory foam insoles...very nice and squishy.
Tonight I had an other acupuncture appointment and she worked on my knee and also my leg. I am sure that will help.

New friend Sophia 

Thursday I did go on the hike and my leg is looking a bit better.

Apple Cobbler was yummy


 

The hike I went on this morning was called Third Canyon and it was different than all the other hikes I had been on so far. It was very rocky and was not my favorite as I am still a bit nervous about falling again.

my hiking group

Besides not really enjoying my hike I also was having a bad day.  They do say that usually sometime during your stay here most people have a melt down day, well today was mine. When  I got back from the hike a couple of the trainers talked to me about some of things that were bothering me. Everyone here is so great and supportive.  One of the trainers Nicole said to me that outside here when we struggle it is equated with
being weak or being a failure.  But here when we struggle it is equated to success in that the way we are able to change our bodies and mindset is through our struggles. (I am guessing that I am very successful here than...lol)

My friend Emily knew I was having a bad, so she bought me these beautiful flowers, she is no nice.

Day 9 - Trip to Urgent Care

Now, a week ago I fell during one of my hikes and scraped my leg up really good.  Well, it is not looking very good right now and I decided it was time for me to go to the doctors.
But first I did the morning hike (don't want to miss out on a chance to burn some calories).

Best dessert ever!!

The hike this morning was Stop Sign. The hike is all on pavement and 4.5miles. Now one thing I must point out is that the elevation of the hike is 1000ft, with the majority of the incline being on the last 1.25 miles. I made it to the top.

After the hike I decided I had better go the doctor with my leg because it is actually looking worse than when I first fell.  Doctor decided I needed to go on antibiotics and give me a different antibiotic ointment along with telling me no pool and to elevate it whenever I can...haha!
Fitness Ridge was great, they drove me to the clinic, picked me up and took me to Walgreens to get my prescription filled.
Funny, I felt like a kid in a candy store when I was at the drugstore, but I didn't buy anything but my prescription.
Now for some good news and some bad news. First the bad news is that my ipod is toast, the good news is that my friend Tracy sent me her ipod so now I have music. Thank you Tracy for helping me keep my sanity here (I know...I know, that is if I ever had any sanity in the first place.)
I ended the day today with another lovely massage, it was wonderful.

(P.S. don't tell my mom about my leg or the visit to the urgent care clinic. I don't need her worrying any more about me than needed)

Day 8 - Kickball

So, its my second Monday, which means the pain begins again.

The salmon burger was so good!

Monday morning means we all go on an assessment hike based on our performance last week or if you are new on the form you fill out. Today my van went on Barrell Roll, it was a nice hike.

Today was the first day I did not have to attend the post lunch and dinner lectures.  So after lunch I had the choice of going into the gym for an hour or playing kick ball with one of the trainers. I chose kick-ball.  We started off by riding some bikes about 0.5km to a park.  I haven't played kick-ball since I was a kid, it was so much fun and we laughed so hard.
The rest of the afternoon was some real work, core training, h2o intervals and circuit training. I am going to be sore tomorrow.

Day 7 - Day of Rest

So, Sunday is here and that means no exercise. We are encouraged to rest, get some extra sleep, read or something along those lines. If you want you can take a bike out for a ride or something like that, but your body needs the rest from all the work we have done this week and the work to come.

So, needless to say I did just that...NOTHING!  I slept in a bit, as breakfast is served today from 7-9am and at that point we also pick up our bagged lunch for the day to eat at our leisure.
I watched some tv, had a nap, read and just hung around the pool.  It felt very strange to do nothing, almost like I was skipping school.
Today all the new guests start arriving around 1 so it was nice talking to a few of them, realizing that they were feeling the same way I did only 1 short week ago.
I now feel like a veteran around here and with that I do not have any lectures to attend after lunch and supper, however I am expected to do any extra hour in the gym after lunch and the trainers also expect more from you because they know already what you can do.
Tomorrow the butt kicking begins again!