Days Six through Eight

Day Six

On Christmas Eve and we got to sleep in for 30 minutes.  Our first workout started at 6:45 AM instead of 6:15!  Isn't that wonderful!?

Our first workout was Zumba again, back by special request (from me).  A great kickstart to the morning.

After that we had breakfast, an egg & mushroom fritata with guacamole and salsa.  Delicious!

After breakfast we had a super circuit session, where we mixed cardio and weight training.  I did a bit of elliptical, and a bit of treadmill mixed with upper and lower body strengthening.

After our snack we had an aquaerobics workout to soothe muscles and keep the heart rate pumping.  

That was our last workout for the day and after lunch I went to visit Ms. Miriam and her family and stayed with them for Christmas eve and Christmas.  

We partied hard the whole night into the next day, and somehow I managed to stick to my plan.  I drank no alcohol, and didn't eat after 7pm.  That's how I managed to lose the 7 pounds.  Before I left on Saturday I was weighed a little early, just so I could see how I would do on my own.  On Saturday morning, I had lost 5 pounds.  On Monday it was up to 7 pounds.  So exciting!

It amazed me a little bit since I didn't do as much Cardio over the weekend.  I walked to the supermarket from Miriam's house, and broke out in a sweat from dancing at the club on Christmas eve, but nothing like I've been doing for the last eight days.  And I still lost two pounds!  It makes me hopeful for the future when I leave here at the beginning of next week.

Given that I was the only person at the party not drinking, I was also the designated driver.  So I had the lovely treat of speeding a Benz down the highway in San Diego, such an adrenalin rush... I bet that burned some calories too.  ;) 

Day Seven

We got back on Christmas day in time for dinner.  We had a special Christmas dinner of Surf and Turf with a lobster tail, small steak, mixed veggies and mashed sweet potatoes.  It was delicious.  And we had our first dessert of the week, Buche de Noel (Christmas Log), it had no sugar and was fat free.  Imagine a dessert like that, it tasted exactly like it sounded, less, but it was still a treat given that my tongue has not tasted dessert this whole week.  

Day Eight

It's Monday today, and we are officially in week 2!  7 new people arrived, and we are now officially veterans at the camp.  Today was still challenging, but it wasn't so bad because we new what to expect.  I'm still recovering from the weekend sleep schedule (or lack thereof), but I've managed to stay up on everything.  I had such great weight loss results that I'm really going to have to push myself even harder to match the same results next week.  The body really gets used to the level of exertion, so if you don't keep pushing a little past the limit, the calorie burn won't turn into weight loss as effectively. 

This morning we went on a Lagoon walk, about 3.2 miles long.  It took me 55 minutes to complete at a slight speed walk.  The second workout was a band burn, using resistance bands to strengthen the muscles, with a focus on the arms.  I graduated from the pink bands to the blue bands this week with more resistance.

The third workout was beach boot camp, similar to day one (part two).  And we ended with a 50 minute walk along the beach for extra cardio.  

My body is still sore, but it is getting stronger day after day.  I will have to work to maintain my new muscles.

Today was another good day and I am looking forward to pushing again tomorrow.