Day 27 Race Day

Saturday!

Ok so i got about 5 1/2 hrs of sleep.

After we all got ready we headed down stairs to get breakfast at the Cafe
I ended up having a Banana and a Mixed Berry Smootie- very yummy but the smoothie was kinda big so i only drank half.

We took a Cab to a place near the race start line and then had to wait for Ellen to meet us with our race packets!

We got all ready with our head bands and numbers and then head to the starting line!

Us before the race- Freddi and Jamie were our offical camera people!
Sarah, Me, Ellen, Kim, Freddi, and Jamie

Streching it out!

I gave my camera to Jamie and Freddi so here are some they took!

Kim After the Race

Us at the finish Line!

Picture of our backs!

Us attacking Freddie and Jamie who wore BLACK!!

The cloud of color at the finale party (Jamie took a great picture)

Me, Sarah and Ellen Covered in Color!

All of us waiting to get Blown Off by the Leaf Blower!

My Spotted Head Band!

My hair was Spotted!

This was an Amazing Way To Finish my trip! I cant wait until the Color Run Comes to Colorado so i can get a group of friends and family together and Run or Walk! :)

Drove back to Campus with Ellen and Her Husband after grabbing a sandwich from Subway!

Made it back to Campus at around 2:30 and I had until 4 to shower and get ready! :(

Got done getting ready and said bye to My Roommate and read through her speech since she wouldnt be at graduation ( i was reading it for her!)

Headed to graduation and Jessica, Erica and Kristen performed for us!

After an emotional graduation, we took a couple of pictures and then headed to dinner!

Me and Ellen at Graduation!

Me and Jessica at Graduation!

Hayley, Jessica, and Randi after Graduation!

All of us hanging out after Graduation until Dinner!

This was a ling post but saturday was a very Busy Day! Going home tomorrow!

Day 26 updated w/ pictures

Today is Friday well actually right this moment it is already Saturday

Got up at 5:15am and went and Got my RMR Test Done it only took about 15 mins. I went straight back to my room and went back to bed until about 7:20am and then got ready

Breakfast = Pancakes with Turkey sausage

I didnt go on my hike again this morning- the trainers told me the hike was one of the toughest they have and they said with my ankle issue it might be better to just do the gym since the next day I have to do the 5K.

I had a life coaching session with Jen and No i didnt cry! A Lot of people have been telling me at the resort that in 4 weeks I should have cried atleast once but nope it hasnt happened! It was a really good session and I learned a lot about myself and why i feel and act the way I do!

After the session was lunch which was a Turkey Club Pita with a side salad. It was alright but all i ate was the Pita

After lunch we had a departing guest lecture! It was very Helpful

Then it was off to classes!

I only had time for one class so i decided to do the hardest which was circuit training! I didnt have much energy today so i most did resistence training instead of speed.

After that class I met Kim and Sarah to head to LAS VEGAS!!

We spent about an hour trying to send off a couple of packages at the UPS and Post Office before we actually headed out.

The drive seemed to take forever, our other two friends Freddie and Jamie had already landed at the airport and made it to the hotel by the time we got into town.  We are staying at a smoke-free Hotel called Vdara (good to have a smoke free enviroment before the race)

We were all starving by the time we got checked into the hotel and got to go to the bathroom and get a drink of water.  It is a friday Night IN VEGAS and we were trying to get reservations for 5 people within the next 30 mins it was 6:30pm. We finally got a reservation and it was for 7pm and it was 6:53pm and we had to walk next door. LOL

View from our room!

The place we stayed at Vdara!

After Dinner which I Had A STEAK and Fries :) we headed back to the room.  With me being the only one underage everyone had a glass of wine (good thing i dont like wine) and then we all decided we wanted to go to ride the roller coaster at New York New York! 

We headed down stairs and we were going to get a cab but to our surprise Sarah got us a Limo! :)
We had an hour to ride around the strip in the limo and yes we took lots of pictures.

pinkies up!

Very Funny Story behind this!

Jamie, Freddie, Kim, Me, Sarah

The limo dropped us off at New York New York and we went straight to the roller coaster.  It was an intense ride and the pictures were really funny!

Oh man I look like I hate Roller Coasters! It was a crazy ride!

By the time everything was done and we got a cab back to our hotel it was already 11:45pm :(  We have to get up at 6:30am for breakfast and then RACE TIME.

Well im heading off to bed, ill post once i get back to the resort around 2pm.  I am sad that my adventure has come to an end but I cant wait to come home and see you all and share everything I have learned!

Total Calories Burned = 3,071 :)

Good Night, Love and Miss You All! :)

Day 25

To start this was a good day other then the fact that I stayed up until 1am this morning and had to be up at 7:15am :(

Food for today:
Breakfast was a piece of toast with peanut butter with a banana
Lunch was Mushroom soup which i didnt really eat and a Turkey Sandwich (amazing like always)
Dinner was Stuffed Peppers- Really good (I didnt eat the pepper part but it was still a lot of food)

I ate mine before i took a picture so i took one of jessica's and she was across the table so it was a little off focus

Dessert was the most amazing dessert here! I took a picture last time i had it and was just going to post that again but i decided to take another picture (the only difference is this one had different fruit on top then the last one I had) Its  called the Dessert Parfait!

YUMMY!

Ok so i hiked Stop Sign again today but since i ate my breakfast about 10 mins before my hike instead of 45-50 mins before i got sick about a mile into my hike- BUT I STILL FINISHED THE 4.3 Miles and in 1Hr and 19Mins!

After lunch today I had a personal training session with Sharon and yes it is true she is tough and yes she did kick my butt- we worked upper body and the core needless to say I WILL BE REALLY REALLY SORE TOMORROW! :( 

Classes:

Treading- Ran on treadmil for the first part which is about 9 mins and then i did the bike for the last part!  Still Sweating like none other

Then I had Ball Works- We do exercises with the stability balls and yes after my personal training session WAS REALY HARD THIS TIME! But I still got thru the class and got a great workout!

Total Calories Burned: 3,693 :)

Well im off to get my free Mani/Pedi and then off to bed

I have my RMR Test at 5:30am meaning I have to be up at 5:15 :( Breakfast isnt until 7:15- maybe ill come back and power nap after the test

Goodnight All

P.S. I leave tomorrow around 4pm to Las Vegas to Prepare for the 5K! Oh and ONLY 2 More Days!

Day 24

Happy Wednesday! NOT!!!!!

Today is what everyone here calls HELL DAY including the trainers

Ok so my hike today was Stop Sign and I did get to go and I even bet my Time from Last Week- I got to the top in 1Hr and 17Mins :) only 2 mins better but still an improvment

Came back after the hike and took a nice long shower- after I had what is called a VO2 Test it measures your heart rate and tells you what is the best rate to burn the most calories and or the most fat. It was a good test and will really help when i get home

Total Calories Burned today = 3,838 :) Not including what I did on the VO2 test!

Breakfast was toast with peanut butter and a half a banana, in case you are all wondering what It looks like I took a picture:

Yes this keeps me full!

Lunch was a Veggie Burger and Almonds!

Dinner was a Cafe Salad which is a wheat tortilla with rice, black beans, chicken, and lettece! SO FREAKING GOOD!!

Dessert was Golden Spoon which is frozen yogurt~ 100 calories of heaven!

Classes:

1st was Mountain which is where you increase every 3 mins either speed or incline if on the treadmil you do the 14 times and then the class is over! :( It hurts so much and a very hard class

2nd and 3rd class was kickboxing :) Love this classes and a great workout!

Tomorrow is a new day but it very well could be my WORSE! :( I have my hike in the morning and then after lunch I have a personal training session with the thoughest trainers here (Sharon) for an hour and then 3 more hours of classes one of which is treading (my favorite class but almost as hard as Mountain) I have heard from a women here named Kim who had a training session with her on monday and is STILL SUPER SORE TODAY! :( 

Well im going to finish watching a couple episodes of Lost on Netflix and then go to bed!

Goodnight All, Miss and Love You ALL

P.S. 3 more days! :)

Day 23

Day 23 over and done with only 4 more days to go until I'm Home! :)

Today was a better day overall then yesterday! 

I didnt hike again today because of my ankle. But tomorrow it is ON! I hike stop sign and i need to beat my time!

Total calorie burn today not including the pool = 2,724 :)

Breakfast was a mixed fruit smootie which tasted like straight greek yogurt but it was alright and a very dry english muffin with little to no butter!

Lunch was a Veggie Burger for me- I guess at this point it is REALLY SAFE to say i am digging the veggie burgers here!

Dinner was Chicken with Squash- I have had this before and again it was just as good:

YUMM!!!

Classes:

1st was deep water in the pool- it was tough but a good 300 calories burn! :)

2nd was total toning- i dont like this class but i went anyway and im glad i did got a good core and shoulder workout!

3rd was Cardio Intervals- I did the bike instead of the treadmil because of the ankle and I kicked my own Butt, usually i get my RPM in the 90-110 range but because Jessica and I are competitive we got our RPM in the 130-140 which hurt like crazy but in the end it will pay off. Although our trainers now want to see that amount of effort the rest of the week :( LOL

Ok so at 1pm every Tuesday we have the thing called Calorie Challenge it is where they put 5 pictures up on a powerpoint and everyone gets to guess how many calories is in each pictured meal.  and then they do a tie breaker pictures just in case their is a tie at the end.  Once everyone writes down their guesses we hand them in and then they reveal the HORRIBLE NUMBERS! So this week the resturant of choice was "Five Guys" Which is a Burger and Fries Joint.  The first picture was of a Large (20 oz) French Fries, 2nd was the regular burger (which comes with 2 pattys), 3rd was the junior burger (kids meal with one patty) 4th was a Veggie burger (really just the junior burger without the patty) 5th was the Bacon Hot Dog with a side of fries.  the tie breaker was their Grilled Cheese Sandwich. I can't remember all the numbers but when they were telling them I was trying to remember what I guessed and I was WAY OFF! The fries were 1,475 the regular burger was somewhere in the 800's and the veggie burger was in the 400's. 

At Dinner they announce the top 3 winners and they get prizes- 3rd prize this week was a 60 min personal training session with trainer of choice, 2nd prize was a Mani/Pedi Combo (which they say every week a man gets) and 1st place is the two cookbooks from the resort (which I have already bought)

So to end this story I won 2ND place with being 76 calories OVER from the total!!!! :) But i had a Pedicure on Valentines Day so i decided to get just a Manicure and Give the Pedicure to My Friend Jessica!

I know my Calories! :)

After dinner I did my laundry and talked to my mom about me winning 2nd place in the calorie challenge. and then Jessica came by to grab the sleeping Pills I was giving her but she was Soaked from head to toe- 2 of the guys from the server staff pushed her in after she pushed one of them in and tried to push the other in. She is such a Flirt lol j/k

I had a Lomi Lomi Massage tonight at 8:30 and it was nice, different, but nice.

Well enough about today, I am tired from working so hard, and i need my sleep so i can HOP SKIP AND JUMP all the way up stop sign tomorrow (yeah right, i wish it was that easy)

Love You All-Can't wait to see you! :)

Day 22

MONDAY!

Alright total calories burned = 3,179 :) including pool class

Breakfast was toast with peanut butter and a banana!

Lunch was Turkey Rice Bowl- it was really good

Dinner was a Veggie Burger for me!

Ok so I went to go on my last assesment hike and my ankle started hurting once i got into the van
Started hiking and i got shooting pain in my ankle i knew it was bad when my foot started going numb :( I was really PISSED OFF! It is my last week and I really want to be able to hike.  The pain got worse as i continued to hike and eventually I was told I should turn around and go rest my ankle.  I decided to stop since it is only monday and I still have the entire week to hike! Once I got back to the resort my ankle was a little swollen but after icing it for about an hour my ankle felt a lot better.

I put on my ankle brace and went to play Volleyball during gym class. Everyone showed up which made for a really interesting game! Very Fun- Tomorrow is ZUMBA

Classes:
Circuit Training was first which kinda sucked because the trainer wouldnt let me run on my ankle :(

Core was next and it SUCKED but in a good way- lots of sweat and pain :)

Last was Pool which also kicked my BUTT but again in a great way!

Today overall was a good day!  I am sad that this is my LAST monday here :(

Watching tv with Jessica tonight and then off to bed!

Goodnight All

Day 21

SUNDAY

Alright so today just like last sunday was pretty boring!

Breakfast was a Strawberry Muffin

Lunch was Cafe Rio- yes we ate out but I did really good and got a salad!

Dinner was Skipped!

Dessert was Vanilla Pie

Before Lunch Jessica asked if she could do my hair and I said yes! All she did was straightened it and parted it on the side! My hair is really long and really dark! But I like the way it looks, would post a picture but not going to! :) lol sorry

The rest of the day I layed in my room recovering from the week and watching the series on Netflix called LOST! BIG MISTAKE BECAUSE NOW I AM ADDICTIED!!!!

Orientation was long and boring- not very new people but im glad it is over.

Now im watching tv- the walking dead series!

Total calories burned = 1,853 (love it, layed in bed most the day and still burning over 1,00)

Day 20 Updated

Alright Today was an alright day

First woke up and really really wanted to stay in bed but I got up and went to breakfast

Breakfast- 1 piece of toast with peanut butter and half a banana

Hike- West Canyon hiked 5.76 miles!

Unfortunalty I was not feeling well after the hike that I decided to skip last chance workout and ice my shin splints and do some stuff for my Job.

Lunch- Roasted pepper soup=alright and a asian chicken wrap= Really good once i took out the onions and tomatoes :)

Then I went Horse Back Riding which was a lot of fun- We hiked thru Snow Canyon which is where we do all our morning hikes- it was going to be Me, Mike, and CA but during last chance workout CA hurt her ankle really bad and everyone said it was broke so of course she skipped horse back riding.

Got back just in time for dinner which for me was a Veggie Burger the menu item was a Cobb Salad but I already know what salad taste like and I know I wont be full with just a salad so I got the veggie burger.

Dessert was banana cream pie which I didnt have because we were all going out!

After dinner a group of us girls went out on the town to get frozen Yogurt and see This Means War! LOVED IT, it was funny, had action scenes, romantic! Definitly recommend!

Calories Burned for today = 3733!

Day 19

I was in so much pain when I woke up this morning! :( I didnt even think I would be able to get out of bed!
I have Double Shin Splints :(

Total Calories Burned today: 3,434 :)

But I still went on the Hike and found that My legs didnt hurt as bad as I thought they would! My group did Camel Back! It was better this time then the first time I did it and I'm glad I went.  Me and Chelsea were laughing the whole time- took tons of pictures and in the end felt like we were kids on a play ground!

Breakfast was a Yogurt and granola cup which since i wasnt feeling good I only ate about half.

Lunch was French Onion Soup and a veggie Burger

Dinner was Turkey Burger with steamed brocolli! YUMMM

Dessert was 4 Orange slices with chocolate drizzle (got my chocolate on the side and gave it to Jessica)

Classes were:
Drums which I didnt like one bit last week but did it this time with a different trainer and got a really good workout!

Circuit training which I didnt go to because of my Shin Splints

Pool which was a really good workout (again me a chelsea were laughing the whole time)

Then I sat in the Sauna for about 40 mins

About to go play a board game with a group of people around the Fire Pit. Weather is perfect for it!

Good Night All!

Day 18

Oh man, Today sucked, I was just not in the mood to do anything.

Breakfast was Peanut Butter and Toast w/ half a Banana!

I didnt hike today because of the snow lastnight and the Very Cold Weather- so I got a few more hours of sleep instead!

Lunch was Sunchoke Soup which I didnt eat because I was not feeling the need to eat.  The entree was Meditirannian Pita- Really Good even tho I was not feeling the need for food at all.

I went to the lecture instead of going to Gym Class I was not in the mood to play pickle ball- The lecture was very informational and I'm glad I went.

Then we had 3 classes again- I was not about to get in the pool and freeze so I did two classes of Treading instead and one class called Ball Works!

My calories Burned Today really show how my day was for me- 2,637 :(

Dinner was stuffed chicken with a ton of onions so I Got a Veggie Burger Instead

Dessert was peach cobbler in this tiny little pan and was 209 calories so me, Jessica, Hayley, Alice, and my roommate Barbara decided to get Frozen Yogurt for 200 calories and IT WAS SO WORTH IT!

Now Back in my room waiting for Grey's Anatomy to start so I can watch it and then go to bed!

Good Night all!

Update on Adrianna- She is staying another night in the hospital but is off the oxygen! She is looking better according to Sydney!

Day 17

Hello All,

Ok to start breakfast was a PB and J Panini with Banana's and Strawberry's really good

Hike was stop sign which is 4.3 miles straight up hill- I Beat my time again went from 1hr and 25 mins down to 1hr and 19mins! :) Then i hiked back down another 3.0 miles with Jessica helping me keep a good steady pace.  Right at the end it Started Raining/Snowing :(

Lunch was a bbq chicken pizza- not my cup of tea so i got a veggie Burger :) Yumm and then the soup was Tomatoe=Yumm

After lunch i went to the lecture instead of gym class and really got a lot out of it- it was called Emotional Eating (2nd time going and i'll probably go next week to)

It was still raining after the lecture so I decided against getting in the pool even tho it is heated, So my choices were either kickboxing 3 times in a row- 2 kick boxings and then doing mountain on a treadmil or 3 mountians or two mountains and one kick boxing! But see as how I havent been in the mood to run- plus my ankle and knee were really worked on the hike today i decided to do 3 Kick Boxing Classes!

It was still raining by the end of the 3 classes!

Dinner was Salmon on Couscous- it was very good but a little on the fishy side

Dessert was fruit on a stick- 1 kiwi, 1 pineapple, and two strawberries with a rasberry drizzle on top- very disappointing after the couscous!

It was still raining after dinner but harder now! About 9 of us decided to play a game up in the common room and it lasted about an hour and was really run- i would say i burned a ton of calories laughing- actually i can tell you how many i burned! 139 Calories LOL

After the game we did a Target Run for 2 of the girls that Jessica kinda forced to play the game by saying she would take them the Target after (wednesday the resort send a van of 15 people to Target) I decided to join for the ride and didnt take any money (I was the only one who left the store empty handed)

It started snowing on out way back to the resort and as we got closer the streets started flooding- driving thru all the puddle was entertaining!  Once we got back to the resort it was Full on Snowing! I thought I left all the snow in Colorado! 

Well as of right now I will not be hiking tomorrow- it is going to either be snowing or raining all night until about 5-6am! we hike at 8am and breakfast is at 7:15am :(

Alright total calories burned: 4,277

I finally decided which trainer I am going to use my gift card with and it is one of the toughest ones here, but she kinda scares me and it pushes me a little harder and if I dont push hard enough she makes me. For example in cardio intervals i was just jogging along at 5.5 and she walks over without saying a word and pushes my button until it reads 6.6 :( But I still kept running until she counted down :) If i remember correctly I still had about a min left after jogging at 5.5 for 3 mins. Her name is Sharon!

Got some sad news after dinner about Sydney's soon to be Step Daughter Adrianna- She is in the Hospital, she is getting help breathing and will be staying at least overnight- She has Pneumonia and Bronchitis! Keep her in Your Prayers, Poor little thing

Sorry to end on a sad note but that is all i have for now! Goodnight All

Day 16

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone
My mom got the Flowers I sent her Yesterday- Glad she likes them

A little Blurry

Total Calorie Burn: 4,096! HECK YES

Breakfast was a Peach Muffin and a plate of Fresh Fruit

My hike was Gun Lock- did that one already but I am in my new group which i found out day is actually 2 groups faster then I was last week! It was an intense hike and we got a lot further then my group did the first time I went on this hike.  It had rained the night before so all the sand was a little easier to walk in but not that Easy!!



Yes that is SNOW!


Lunch was Coconut Chicken soup- I liked the chicken and alvacado but couldn't eat the soup!
Entree was for me anyway was a Veggie Burger! YUMM

Classes:
Thanks to Jessica and her drive WERE HELL FOR ME! I didnt want to do the pool today because of the weather so I ended up doing a double cardio interval class! First one I did the Bike(sitting down) 2nd class I did on the treadmil (jogging)
In between those two classes we had total toning- weight lifing and push-ups and leg exercises!

Dinner was White Bean Chili- good except it had a ton of onions :(

Dessert was Vanilla Bean Creme Burlee it was 194 calories ( the size and taste was NOT worth the calories)


The fork is so you can see HOW SMALL IT WAS!

 After Dinner I had  Facial that Lindsey from last week won but she dont like facials so she gave it to me! :)

It was really nice and relaxing and my skin feels amazing- But there is NO Way I would have forked over $70.00 not including the tip! I hope my skin stays this soft for a little while, but with all the sweating we do I highly dought it!

Now it is time for BED! I hike Stop Sign Tomorrow morning, my goal is to beat my time from last week- I hope I can do it!

Good Night All

Day 15

MONDAY!!!!

Calories Burned: 3,891

Breakfast was for me peanut butter on a bagle with a banana (Jessica convinced me to put truvia on it which is something she does every morning) (it was Good)

The hike was good and I found out that I Got moved up a Group! Excited but nervous at the same time!

Lunch was Amazing again- we had the same thing I had my first week- Turkey Sandwich with a side salad and Tortilla Soup:

Right when I got done eatting I GOT MAIL!!!
From my Mommy and Daddy: Total Surprise when i open it and I pull out a box that says Helzberg Diamonds!  This is what I got- SO FREAKING AMAZING!!!

Then I got a gift card for $60 (from the resort) and it says Nykol- Good Luck on the Marathon and on the inside it says Good For One Personal Training Session! However it didnt say WHO IT WAS FROM!!!
I asked the front desk to tell me who sent it so I could thank them but they dont want to be known :( I am so Thankful for this oppourtunity ( I got a little tip that the person is a guest here and didnt leave last week) (well they might have left They keep telling me they are not telling me weather or not she is here) If she is Following my Blog this is for her- THANK YOU SO MUCH! I AM SO BLESSED TO KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS AS CARING AS YOU!

Classes:
1st was Core training: good class but a lot of work- very tired after

2nd and 3rd class (because it was raining and cold so I didnt do pool class) I did Circuit Training
I ran a little but not very much today because my ankle and knee were bothering me! :( Jessica is in my group now and it is very helpful she is a good at getting me to push through the pain!

Dinner was good: Chicken over Polenta

Dessert was Chocolate Covered Strawberries and again Jessica ate the chocolate that I took off of my strawberries!

After dinner a couple of us girl decided to meet up in the common room and watch The Bachelor! (not really a fan)

Oh and my Mommy got her flowers that I sent to her! She LOVED Them!

After this Show I am going to bed and trying to get as much sleep as possible-hiking is going to be tough tommorrow!

Day 14

Today was a good day!

Sunday is chill/relax day

Slept in until 8am
Had breakfast at 8:30- 1/2 waffle with eggs and sausage(turkey)

Sack lunch was pb and J sandwich but me jessica and barbara went to Subway- let me tell you why- our sack lunch was 522 calories and my subway sandwich was 320! :) It was the best idea Jessica and Barbara Had!

Then we went to Target and I got my white shirt for the 5K.

Then we just hung out, went to Jessica's room while we talked about some of the new guests that we saw.

Dinner was Tamale- 1 tamale with a black bean sauce underneath- it wasnt very much food at all

Dessert was chocolate pie again and again too sweet.

After dinner me and jessica went to orientation to give our advice to the new comers.  There are more new people then stay overs which hasnt happened in a long time.  I am kinda excited to get back to the hikes tomorrow but not the pain!

After our part of the orientation we decided to play a board game.  We played Taboo- me, Jessica, Sean, and Mike.  It was really fun, great way to end the night

Off to bed now! Goodnight

Day 13

Saturday!

Ok so today is a half day of workout. We go for our usual morning hike but you get to pick which one- last week I did stop sign with Chelsea but this saturday Jessica convinced me to do West Canyon instead! and then one workout session.

Boy am I glad I did that hike- it is mostly flat but almost 4.5 miles one way and it is an in and turn around hike. It was nice to just walk at my own pace with no goal in mind except to make sure we turned around at the right time.  Plus I walked with Jessica so i wasnt bored and we had fun talking.

Then once you get back from the hike we had about 20 mins to prepare for LAST CHANCE WORKOUT!

Sione Fa is not here this weekend so we got a little bit of a break but not much! It is about an hour and 45 mins of working out. But the plus side is the amount of calories I burned!
After last chance workout some of the other guest were hot and decided to jump into the pool with their clothes on! oh and the  freddie jumped in with his clothes and shoes on!

I decided not to jump in,  but i took a picture!

Total for the day: 3,708! :)

Graduation was emotional- I almost got thru the whole thing without crying but it didnt work.  Christine left today :( As well as some other people who have been here a really long time. I am so glad i am not going home this week but I am very sad to see everyone leaving. I still have my 4 week buddies and all the people now that I am close to are here with me until the end! :) I have no idea what i am going to say or do when it is My Graduation!

Meals:

YUM!

Ok so for breakfast I decided to go off menu again- after that yogurt lastnight i didnt think anything with yogurt would taste as good as lastnight! I got a piece of toast with peanut butter. Didnt have enough time to eat a banana.

Lunch; the soup was not good at all, the Mahi Mahi Tacos were not that bad, i am getting better at this trying stuff thing- by the 2nd taco though i was in need of a different flavor and decided to add a ton of hot sauce to mine- made the tacos Taste SO MUCH BETTER!

Dinner was Turkey Salsbary Steak- i started to eat it and it tasted really good until i went to cut another piece and realized there were onions thru out the entire rest to the meal- so i switched and got a veggie burger instead!

Dessert was actually really good even though it is really only frozen pinapple juice!

After dinner- I went to the small mall here with Ellen and Chelsea, walked around a little and bought a few things for some people and then came back to the resort.  While we were waiting on ellen to finish her shopping chelsea read a book to me called Fancy Nancy (a must buy for any little girl) I am now going to go home and buy my niece (Coralena) all of those books. I also Found that out of the series i am reading The Lying Game (book not the show) finally released its next book! I was so close to buying it but then remembered I already had a hell of a time packing all my stuff into my bags already and just decided to take a picture and send it to my mom so she could get it for me and then i'll have it when i get home!

So excited to read it when I get Home!

Everyone keeps saying how amazing I look! :) I am slowly starting to believe them!

Goodnight All
Love and Miss You All

Day 12

FINALLY FRIDAY!

Total Calorie Burn for today, again not including pool class = 3,347

I wanna show you a picture of the Van that we drive around in everyday!

Yes they all look just like this!

Ok so today was an alright day- glad it is Friday!

Hike-
We hiked a trail called Camel Back. It is about a 20 min drive from the campus which in turn makes our hike shorter. :( it was 2.12 miles usually our hikes are somewhere arounf 3.5-4.8 miles.

See the two humps? well those are the Camel's Back!
I climbed up the one on the right! :)

It was really a good hike and a lot of fun, I got to climb one of the camel humps at the top and I also got to go down into the vortex! I would post pics but I am in them.

We have been walking all over lava rocks and trails on pretty much all our hikes today I got to see one of the cylinders that the lava all came from:

Volcano Cylinder- zoomed in picture

Exciting news~ Today is the first day i have actually noticed a change with my body just by looking! :)

Classes:
My first class was pool, it was kinda boring today but still a tough workout

2nd class was a new class called Drums Alive- look it up on youtube if you want to see a video sample of what we were doing.  I thought going into the class that I would love it considering i was into drums growing up! I ACTUALLY HATED IT! I felt I didnt get anything out of it and I didnt even break a sweat :(

3rd class was circuit training- I was going to run on the treadmil during the cardio part but once i was on the treadmil i kept having this gut feeling that something was not right with my left ankle- it didnt hurt or anything i just had a feeling.  I ran for the firt 3 mins and then went to the weight machine and then when i went back to cardio i decided to not do treadmil and just go on the bike, i started to move and next thing i knew my Left ankle cracked and kinda had a spasm type numb feeling- if I would have been running when that happend i probably would have fallen and gotten hurt. So glad i listened to my gut and took it easy!

Meals-

Breakfast was two pancakes with a fruit drizzle (i think peach or orange) and a piece of turkey sausage and eggs. I didnt eat the eggs but the rest was really good.

Lunch was a Tostada- Freaking AMAZING!  It was really good and very filling, oh and we had mushroom soup as well (It was good but it was too salty and i could only eat about half)

Dinner was Lasagna but it tasted more like beef stroganoff.  It was good and it was made with ground turkey!

Dessert was a fruit kabob with had a banana(1/2) one piece of pinapple and one strawberry! Me, Jessica, and Christine had decided a couple of days ago that we were going to skip dessert today and go to golden spoon and get the 100 calorie serving of frozen yogurt! Which was perfect for tonight as the Kabob was 97 calories!  I got peanut butter flavored frozen yogurt with like 6 pieces of cookie dough (mini size of course) It was fantastic and just the right serving!

YUMMM :)

Then after Golden Spoon we went and saw the movie "The Vow"- It overall was a good movie, I however did not at all not even a little like the ending. I had no idea this movie was based off a true story but they do at the end tell you about where they are now which was nice considereing how the flippen movie ended.

Well off to bed- Saturday is Last Chance Workout Day, but first another morning hike! Christine leaves tomorrow night :(

Good Night All

Day 11

Oh man I cant believe the day I had IT WAS AMAZING! :)

Todays calorie burn not including the pool classes is 3,055

I hiked Stop Sign again and I BEAT my TIME AGAIN! I went from 1hr 32 mins to 1hr 25mins!

Classes:
We had this class that is called Treading (not in the pool but on cardio machines) I choose to do the treadmil! I also decided to jog/run the whole time. Ok so you start out at your max which mine is 4.3 (jog) on the speed and then you stay there for 5mins and then you go down to something way lower I did 2.5 for 5 mins and then back up for 4 mins but you increase your speed 4.6 (faster Jog) for me. Then down to 2.5 for 4 mins and then back up for 3 mins again increase the speed 4.8 (Run) then back down to 2.5 for 3 mins. Then back up for 2 mins which for me was 5.0 (run) and then 2.5 for 2 mins Then back up but u have to increase as much as you can for 1 min i did 5.5 (faster Run) and then 2.5 for a min. We all thought the class was over which for most trainers it would be BUT of course we had Sione Fa! so he wanted 4- 30 sec sprints. I decided to take it to the max I did each of my sprints at 7.0 (sprint Run) Sione was shocked but very proud of me :)

Then after that torture I decided to not repeat the class and instead do Two pool classes.
Pool was the same as any other pool class - Very Tough!

Meals:

Ok so breakfast I decided to eat one piece of toast with peanut butter and half a banana.

Lunch Was the Turkey Club which was really good after i took the onions out. The Veggie soup actually had chunks! lol none of the soups have had anything so we were all excited. It was good

Dinner was freaking amazing- It is inspired by Cafe Rio- it was a tortilla in a bowl with Chicken, rice, black beans, lettece, and oil and viniger! SO SO SO SO GOOD!

Dessert was depressing, the served in a really really small pan thing, it was good but it need to be warm and with a little ice cream on the top.

Ok so now for the BEST news!

I Nykol will be RUNNING in a 5K= a little over 3.1 Miles on Feb 25, 2012 so one day before I come home, In Las Vegas with some of the other girls here.  It is called Color Run: http://www.thecolorrun.com/
We made our own team and it is called Witness For Fitness- it was spoussed to be Witness Of Fitness but there was a spelling error and now it is Witness For Fitness. I am So Excited and I cant wait - I cant wait to Run the entire 5K. But if I can't Run the whole way, I will Still Finish!

Well good night all, ITS FRIDAY TOMORROW! :)

Day 10

Today was a good day (kinda)

Started the day by sleeping in until 7:10am -Big Mistake
Eating breakfast late equals more pain on hike. The food doesnt have as much time to settle

The Hike I went on today was called 3rd Revine- I heard it was really boring from like 4 people but It was a really nice hike- all up hill in and then flat and down hill out. Got some great Pictures with the group (not posting because I am in them) But here is some of the views:

Elephant Rock!

See the yellow hiking guide down at the bottom well that is where we just hiked from!

This is a Geocache- it is that thing everyone is looking for with that GPS thingy, well we found one on our hike!

Our hiking guides are a little crazy! LOL

This is where we found the geocache- in a bat cave, very cool!

The view- you can see that some of my group left me while i tied my shoe!

The view again!

Meals:

Ok breakfast was called Muesli it is similar to Oatmeal but dry! It wasnt that good and I only ate about half maybe a little more.

Lunch was Not at all y favorite, I didnt eat the soup and I am not really a fan of Ceasar salad not even in the form of pizza!

Dinner was really really good, we didnt have Yam fries however the replacement was even better, roasted potatoes! When the plate was served to me I felt like I was eating a meal from a fancy resturant.

Dessert- I dont like chocolate so again i took all of it off and just ate the strawberries! Of course the chocolate sitting on my plate didnt sit there for long- Christine and Jessica took care of that quickly!

Classes:
In gym class (1:30pm) we (4 people) played badmition- very fun even got Sione Fa to play a little and guess what??? He was on my Team

I didnt go to my first afternoon class (2:30pm) because I got the worst headache after Gym Class I could barely stand up. Mountain is running on a treadmil for 3 mins and then increasing you speed 12 times every 3 mins - not going to happen with a massive headache

Next class was swimming- still had a little bit of a headache but thought it might help so i went to class (3:30)
It was a great class and my headache was gone by the end of the workout

Next class was Kickboxing!!!! (4:30) It was just as good as last week~ Really enjoy that class even though it is one of the ones that makes me sweat the most

After Dinner I signed up to go on the trip to Target- I needed Conditioner (having to Shower atleast 2 times a day I guess i didnt bring enough)

The whole way to Target Chelsea talked about snacks that she wants, Popcorn that she wants, drinks that she want. There was a LOT of laughing so much in fact that my cheeks were hurting really bad. We only had about an hour to shop. Me and chelsea decided to not get a cart and instead get a basket- that would help us limit what we bought and at the same time working out. LOL We didnt buy anything that wasnt on our lists. AND NO JUNK FOOD- Chelsea bought gum but it is only >5 calories a stick.

Overall today was a good day- Total Calories Burned= 3,653! Go Me

Tomorrow me and chelsea are going to do laundry and while it is washing we are hitting the Gym! Chelsea is going to help me build up to being able to run for longer then 2 mins! :) Wish Me Luck

Good Night All

P.S I found out that you cant comment on my blog unless you have an account so I guess if you need me just Text me!

Day 9

Oh man What a Day

I feel a lot better this week then i did last week on tuesday!

The hike was great it was called Reverse White Rock. we hiked up this one pike that I hiked last week on tuesday called stair master.  I took a play by play picture everytime i got to a different point on the Pike. I had a request to show what a hike kinda looked like- since i cant upload videos this is as good as it gets for now. LOL

Far view- the pike ahead we climbed

It is straight up from here!

On the Way!

Made it over the first hump.



Where The people are is the steepest part!




Made it to the top.

We usually have Zumba every Friday well atleast that is what I have been told but this week the Zumba teacher cant come so we are doing Drums (idk how that is cardio) inatead.  That plan DID NOT go over with a lot of the guest as it is some peoples last week and they Love Zumba. So after begging for about 2 days from over 15 different guest we GOT our Zumba for this week. We had it today instead of Gym Class- It was a great pick me up for a tuesday.

Meals:
Breakfast was a Banana Nut Muffin with Rasberry Drizzle on top, It was very good

Lunch- Soup was Califlower- gross  Entree was Chicken Salad Sandwich- very good, even though i had to pick out the celery.

Dinner- Meatloaf- it was not made with Ground beef but was AMAZING! I can not believe how much flavor is in ground turkey!

Dessert was called Creamy Cinimon Delight. It was a piece of crispy tortilla with cinimmon sugar topped with this strawberry cream (gross by its self) and 2 blackberries and 2 blueberries on top. It was alright but not the best.

Classes:
First class was Deep Water Suspension in the pool good class but i felt like i had no energy.

2nd class was Cardio intervals- you start at a base line for example what I did was treadmil and I started at 3.0 and then every 30 secs your increae your speed, you do that 8 times after the 8th time you stay at that speed mine was 4.3 and you do that for 1 min. At 4.0 I am in a Jog (Go Me) Then after the minute you start going down in speed every 30 secs. then once you get to the 8th down you stay there for 2 mins. Then  we do a 1 min mountian climb- so my incline was 8.0 speed 2.5 after the min you do a sprint for 1 min. My speed was 5.0 ( Go Me again) You repeat that one more time. Then after that cycle we did a 30 sec Super sprint twice my first speed was 5.0 and my second time i started at 6.0 and ended at 6.5 (Heck Yes) Tomorrow I am going to try and do the 5.0 for 2 mins straight and eventually build up to 6.0!

I was told Today by another guest (cant think of her name at the moment) that I look Thinner (I was even wearing my hoodie) She said she could really tell in my face! I cant tell any difference in my face but I see myself more then once a day so i guess i wont for a while.

Had another massage today- Deep Tissue with Tyler! Again it was Amazing- I think better this time then last Tuesday probably because i wasnt as sore as i was on Day 2! I had a Swedish massage scheduled for Thursday but decided to change it to something different! I am now getting a Hot Stone Massage! So excited for that!

Thats it for now! Another Day Tommorrow, Good Night All!
Love and Miss You All