2011 continued......April, May and June

so where was I..... So I was down another 5lb on April 1st, but still not thrilled with what was happening to my body. I was losing weight, but I wanted more. A few of my pants were fitting a bit loose and I was able to wear a few things that were too tight. I decided it was time to do something even more. I had heard about  bootcamp and I knew of a few friends going and liking it, so figured it must be a good thing, right?  Someone had told me about one in particular so I looked it up and sent off an email.

April is also the start of baseball season. Happy Happy. G had bought tickets for us to go to the opening Blue Jays game on the 1st. It was great....minus the many many people that got stupid drunk, but I just LOVE going to ball games.  The Jays won of course

 April 1st was also the day I started taking Maca. This amazing pill that totally and I mean TOTALLY relieved me of all hot flashes and night sweats. So what could be better.....baseball, no more hot flashes....

.......but packing for another cruise! :)
Yes, April for the past few years has seemed to be another cruising month for us, so why break the tradition. After all, the 7th was our 10 wedding anniversary. So on the 6th we flew to FLL and boarded the Emerald Princess on our anniversary for a 10 day cruise! Now at this point of our cruising, it really doesn't matter where we go in the Caribbean and I really can't remember where we went.....other than St. Thomas where we headed to a store that we have visited many times over the past 10 years. There is a jewellery store we go to and we are recognized when we walk in. His name is Kash and he looks after us(me) quite well. So for our 10th Anniversary, G bought me a gorgeous 1 carat blue diamond pendant to match my blue diamond earrings!!!!  I really am one lucky lady......

Pretty eh?   

During the cruise we also met a wonderful couple. Phyllis and Joe. OMG.... we laughed and laughed and had such a wonderful time with them. It was there 50th anniversary. So we took them out for dinner one night to one of the specialty restaurants, though they thought they were taking us out for dinner LOL....  Lots of memories......lots of laughs.... I look forward to seeing them again.

So I get back from the cruise on my birthday.....and I have gained 6 pounds!  Luckily I have done this enough times that I manage to lose it within a week of returning home.
Then, not long after that I had learned that I would be starting bootcamp in May. Oh boy...... ???? Now I had to crash diet to lose what ever I could. LOL

So by May the 1st, I was down to 119lb and about to start bootcamp with at Elena at Nu-u. I was very excited yet nervous. So off I went the first evening, got measured, we went for a walk and then started doing some lunges and a few other things. I swear within the first 15 minutes my legs were like jelly and I still had 45 mintues to go!!!! OH MY....what had I gotten myself into??? I really thought I was going to keel over but somehow had managed to finish and then headed home for a LONG hot bath and some advil. WELL....the next day I was so surprised. Never in my life did I ever dream that I would have so much difficulty just sitting down on the toilet. Did I ever hurt. Two days later I managed to drag myself back to another bootcamp session (G made me go) which seemed to help the aches and pains. After a few more days I was finally able to sit normally again. Whew! Within no time I came to love bootcamp and could not wait to get back to the next one. One major accomplishment was to master "bitch hill". I really don't know if one can master it, but I did manage to run up and down her 4 or 5 times!

I also did a 2 week detox and changed my eating habits. I did my best to follow what Elena (who by the way is one amazing lady) suggested that we do and managed to pretty much carry on without eating anything out of a box, can, no processed foods etc. Of course I did not give up my weekly dinner in Port Dover nor did I give up my wine. 

June came along and not too much exciting went on. I continued to run every day and went to bootcamp three times a week. Sooooooo.......
At the end of the 8 weeks we were once again measured and weighed.  I had lost 3 more pounds, and are you ready for this?????  I LOST 18 INCHES!!!!

to be continued.......