Day 11 = Amazing Hike!

Calories burned: 4024 Calories consumed: 1088 for a difference of 2936

I woke up this morning and was happy to find my ankles were feeling a bit better! I went to open gym around 5:30am and did 1 hour of cardio on the elliptical trainer. It was nice because it didn't hurt.

After gym we had breakfast. It was the "bacon" and egg English muffin which I have already had, therefore there is no picture :)

I opted to go on the Red Mountain Trail hike because it said it was a slow steady incline. I am trying to stay completely away form inclines to keep my ankles healing. When we got to the hike I was excited to see trees! I haven't been near any trees since arriving in Utah! I think they were Juniper bushes and there were some pine trees. Reminded me of other than they were short ans stubby.lol but it smelled wonderful! The terrain was very rocky for the most part so we had to really watch our feet. After the rock ended it was deep sand, almost like a beach. The path opened up to an absolutely amazing view! We took a bunch of pictures and headed back. I think round trip it was about 6 miles. We were at an elevation of 4600 ft.







After the hike we had a stretch class. It was sooo relaxing. I am getting really flexible I can practically bend in half while sitting on the floor with my legs stretched out in front of me! That's something new! lol




Lunch was amazing. It was french onion soup (minus the crouton and cheese) and a Greek pita filled with ground turkey, feta cheese, mushrooms, olives etc.




After lunch I spoke with the producer of the Rachael Ray show. They are going ahead with taping after all. She just asked a few questions about me and my reasons for attending the resort. I think we Will find out who they decide to focus on tomorrow. It would be a fun experience, but who knows! I will at the very least get to be in the background!

The afternoon classes were tough. I had pool which I skipped again due to my injuries.. I did cardio instead, then we had ball works which is not as easy as it sounds (think major squats and lunges ) and then treading. I started to get discouraged in treading again because my ankles feel better, but I know they are not. I wanted to push so badly, but I had to plug along at a slow steady pace while everyone busted ass. :P Lianne kept me positive. She must have sensed it because she said "don't get depressed, you're up and working out! You're pushing through your injury!" Lianne and Tammy are amazing support, I would probably have gone home if they weren't here

Dinner was amazing! We had stuffed chicken (spinach and tomato stuff) with wild rice, and peach cobbler. MMMMM! I managed to make it through the day without straining my ankles. Then I managed to just move my foot the wrong way at the dinner table and felt a zap and now it hurts again :(



I better get ready for bed. Until tomorrow!