I'm Baaaacck!

I'm happy to report that the cast is off and I'm walking, driving and most importantly back in the gym. I am extremely happy to report that even thought I didn't workout for 4 weeks (28 days to be exact) I only gained 1lb but lost body fat. AND let me tell you I didn't exactly eat super healthy while I was laying on my ass on the couch.

Today, while at the gym, a trainer told me to up my strength workout and I will stat seeing more of a difference in my overall weight loss and body fat regardless of what I eat. However he did stress that if I ate better overall I would be on a quicker loss. I know I know, it's just so hard!

To celebrate my cast removal I headed to tahoe with tay and some friends over presidents weekend. Tay had been sick for quite a while so it was nice to see her feeling better and excited to head to the snow. It has been extremely cold her in cali and tahoe was getting quite a dumping of fresh powder. It took 5 hours to get up and I'm pleased that we decided to leave friday morning instead of thurs. night. Most of the people I knew that left thurs were sitting in massive traffic and the fastest anyone got up was 9 hours! We arrived to lots and lots of snow. Tay was thrilled. We went to get ski's for tay and cash at the atm then lunch. The girls put on their snow gear and headed outside with sleds for a bit while the rest of us chilled inside. Since I had just gotten my cast off and still had a limp I was being extra careful. No snow play for me.

Saturday morning tay, em and ben headed out to ski. Tay had not been for a year, but em and ben are experts. It was kind of them to work with tay and help her along. She had a great time. They came home and we changed and headed out to reno to see Elton John at the Reno Events Center. Since there was a severe winter storm J had booked a hotel that night so we didn't have to drive back that night. The concert was good. He played for 3 hours lots of old, classics along with some newer songs. Tay had a good time but was tired at the end of the night.

Sunday we headed back to incline from reno. Once there the girls played in the snow again while we packed up. Due to the high number of people in the area and the storm we decided to head home sunday night and once again avoid the long traffic home. It turned out to be the right decision as it only took us 3 hours to get home! Giving me plenty of time monday to start back at the gym (pilates in the am and toning at night) and cleaning and laundry. Plus tay had a ton of homework to catch up on before school on tuesday.

Tay is plugging along at volleyball. She missed a tournament due to her illness but she went back to practice this week. Softball also started this week. It's nice to see her healthy again. She is getting very excited for our vacation next month then she is off with her classmates to washington dc for a week. She can't wait for either.

I am back at the gym but no cardio yet. Doc said to take it slow for another 4 weeks...no dance :(
I will be doing lots of weightlifting and some light cycling and walking on the treadmill. Again, not where I wanted to be for vacation but at this point i'm just glad I'm not on crutches on a cruise ship!

I was contacted by old vacation friends to see if we want to meet up next feb to vacay again. It's very attractive. I'm going to book while onboard to get a discount but we'll see if it works out. Tay has a huge paper due at that time. She will have to be totally on her game in order for us to consider missing a few days of school. We'll see. As it is we are already heading to hawaii with her cousin at thanksgiving and just before that tay is headed to oregon to the shakespeare festival with her class. Lots of travelling in our future.

Here's hoping March marches right on by so vacation will be here before I know it!