Day 7 = Relaxation and Some New Faces!

Calories consumed: 1096 Calories burned: no freaking clue!

Today was an amazing day. SO relaxing! I didn't bother to wear my heart rate monitor because I just planned to take it easy and try to heal my foot. Plus its not the most comfy thing to wear!

There was another fritatta which my tummy didn't feel like eating this morning. I almost felt hung over form staying up too long! Although, you would have thought I was drunk last night by the way I was singing, but nope! I opted for the cereal instead so I didn't bother to take a picture because everyone has seen cereal. lol

After breakfast Lianne, Tammy and I took a cab to Target. Yeah, so that cost $60 bucks round trip! The cab was being driven by a hundred yea old man who brought his wife along for the ride. Pretty cute! They didn't even have a dispatch, just a cell phone :) I had a good time browsing the store. I bought a few things such as a really cute shirt for Mexico for a whopping $12! LOL

After we cabbed back we ate our bagged lunch. (That is what you get on Sundays) It was yummy! Probably the best tuna sandwich I ever tasted, a bowl of carrot soup, carrots, cucumber and an apple.

We had to say goodbye to our new friend Nic. He had to go back to New York. Too bad because he was a very amusing person. A lot of fun!

The girls and I spent the rest of the day parked on pool chairs reading magazines and surfing the net. It was very mindless and wonderful. I cant say enough good things about my new friends. It will be hard when we all have to go our separate ways.

The sun was very hot today and I got a bit of a tan. This makes me very happy! It was weird seeing the new guests start trickling in. It feels like months ago that I was in their shoes. They all seem really great though. I got to meet Mary Anne Power today which was cool! She is very nice, I think we will have a lot of fun :) I also met Kena who is rooming with Tammy! Works out well! It ll be a great week!

Dinner was an excellent Cobb salad with chocolate pudding pie for dessert. The salad gave me onion breath lol

At the orientation for the new guests we all had to share something with them. I got up and started to try to say that although most people come here with a weight goal in mind, they don't realize what an emotional journey it is. Then of course I choked up because its almost inexplicable. I had to finish speaking in my ugly cry voice and say that in a matter of 4 days I felt different somehow. That I couldn't believe in 4 days that I could be confidant for the first time in my life, or look in the mirror and like what i see. If there is a change this big in my in week 1 I am excited what 2,3 and 4 hold for me. I think this place, no, I KNOW this place has given me the gift of having a full happy life. If I hadn't come here I would have ruined the life I have now. I am blessed with an amazing son and boyfriend and family, but my self loathing was taking all of my attention from them because I was focused on me and constantly trying to fix whatever I felt was wrong with me.

I cant say enough good things about Fitness Ridge. I better get to bed because there is a new stop sign hike tomorrow and I want to see how my ankle holds up! Good night!