So I have been working out all summer….honest, even though I have not been posting about it here.
I have lost about 10 pounds give or take, and feel a bit stronger. I have however been away from the gym for 14 days on vacation…..wow talk about to much!

To much salt
To much carbs
To much alcohol

I am bloat city right now, I can see it in my face and belly…..
I refuse to even get near the scale for at least 2 weeks, it would just bum me out. I know that I probably have minimal fat gain, mostly water so what good would stepping on doom do for me. Just gonna get back in the gym and sweat!

I have been stressed, and not feeling or sleeping well. hopefully I can pull it all back together soon.

Did lots of cardio, and some weights too. I am feeling pretty good, and am just chugging along. Hope to pick back up on the blogging more soon!

149!

I hit the gym this morning and pushed out 45 minutes of cardio. Yesterday I did 35 minutes and then upper body strength, and man are my arms and chest sore!

I am feeling pretty good and am happy that I am finally losing some weight for my team, Go Team Coral!

We had a great 4th of July weekend! We got together with friends on Friday to go to the Festa del Formaggio here in my little village. I ate pretty healthy, all but for the frico…..its a slab of delicious fried cheese, but hey its a delicacy here!!

I split one with the husband, so thats not too bad!
The next night we got together with some more friends for the 4th of July celebration at the base. We had a great time and enjoyed the fireworks.

Today I got my workout in, and am feeling pretty great about it. I took the week off for my cycle. It is so heavy and painful….it just makes almost everything unmanageable!

I am back at it this week!

I think this is pretty good considering all the eating I did this weekend, but I also have been putting in more cardio this week than I have in the past.
I did 45 on the arc trainer yesterday, and it felt great! We also have been continuing to eat better and integrate healthier choices into our diets.
So I am feeling pretty good about finally bringing in some numbers for me team. Go Team Coral!

Friday Odessa finally had her spay surgery, and it went well. She was bouncing all over the house by saturday afternoon like her belly had not just been sliced open 24 hours before (EEK).
I woke up on Saturday morning in the mood to exercise, so I went to the gym and pushed out 30 minutes of cardio to the beats of Michael Jackson on my ipod…..Felt great!
We had party plans that night with friends and had a great time. I did not eat too poorly and drank many mojitos. Which in my defense are on the list of Mens Health Healthiest cocktails to order!
We make them fresh too, with our own mint from my newly monkered mojito tree!
We had a great time, and got home super late.

We did not sleep in to much the next day, but it was raining so our hiking plans were again put on hold. It rains every weekend here

My husband got me a cool new gift though…..a shiny new four burner gas grill with a side burner and rotisserie set up!
He knows how much I love my rotisserie chickens!

I told him it would be easier for me to cook up healthy meats if I had a grill to grill on! He is a charcoal griller 100% and we will still eat meat he grills, the old fashioned way. I on the other hand have no clue how to charcoal grill, and I am a little afraid of it…so I am happy with my click it on and grill it way of doing things! I’m getting a pink grilling apron:)

I went to the gym this morning and had a pretty good workout. I bumped my time up to 35 minutes of cardio and I honestly could have gone longer but I forgot my ipod
Next time I am pushing for 40!!!

Hope everyone has a healthy happy week!

I finally get to pull some numbers for my team, Go Team Coral~

It is probably for the best though. I think I really might have hurt myself at the mommy and me class, at least I think.
I can’t actually remember hurting myself or when it started. I just recall noticing in the last week that when I wash dishes and my lower body is against the counter, I get a little pain, like I was pressing on a bruise. It is in my groin between….well my groin and hip bone….on the crease of the thigh.

I just figured I had bumped into something, b/c I dont remember hurting myself in the class although I dont remember hitting anything either for that matter….but that happens right?!?
It was not bugging me really, only when it was pressed and even then it is not really horribly painful.
Well last night it seemed a little worse, I was feeling on it and I felt a bump or something, I was thinking maybe a lymph node. I went to bed and the bump was gone this morning.
I woke up at 5 pumped up and wanting a workout, so I sucked down some water (I was feeling pretty dry) got the kids up and fed and was out the door at 7 for the gym.
It was so early that no other mother in her right mind was there with her toddler, so the kids had the corral  to themselves. I did 30 minutes on the ARC trainer. I always do the ARC on interval, but today every time it went to incline, I would push it up to 8 or 9 and really climb. It felt great!
Then I walked on the treadmill for about 10 minutes on a 12% incline, but the youngest DD started to get a little fussy so we headed home. On the way home I noticed while I was sitting that the lump was back and it felt a little bigger. Like I had put a marble between the crease in my thigh or something. It is sorta hard to explain, and
I kinda felt a little freaked!

I cant really see a bulge visually, maybe slightly but not much. I started to worry that I might have a hernia or something, and it felt a bit bigger even by this afternoon so I called the doc for an appt. There were none available so they are supposed to call me back in the next 72 hours to discuss, and squeeze me in. Gotta love the military health system! That is either sarcasm or sincerity….I am not sure which!
I really don’t want a hernia…that means surgery eek!
I am hoping it really is just a swollen squishy lymph node….