No I didn't get lost, I had an impromptu vacation! + Tuesday Checkin: 7/30/13

Yes it's been a few days.  I found out Thursday night that my husband was surprising me with a weekend aboard a houseboat at the Cape for his birthday.  Yes for his birthday.  We left Friday morning (he called my boss and asked for the day off and everything) and came home Sunday evening.  I may have gotten more sun than I should have and drank a bit, but it was the best time. We were joined by one couple the whole weekend and by other friends through the whole weekend.  The weather was perfect, the scenery beautiful and just the most fun I could have.  I don't think I ate bad or too much, but I guess I made up for the lack of food calories by the drink calories, though I did pace myself, didn't want to be hungover and I achieved that.  But I was exhausted Sunday night and still exhausted last night.  Today I seem to be back to normal.  The sunburn is going in and I seem to much more well-rested (something about not sleeping in your own bed even when the water is rocking you gently to sleep).  And here's some pics from our lovely time!

 The houseboat we stayed on

 Hubby and I on our skiff on Sunday as we ran some stuff back to the harbor

 I love this picture of hubby and I near sunset the first night

 Sunset over the dunes Friday evening

Sunrise looking back towards Cape Lookout on Saturday morning

So with that I'm back, mentally refreshed and ready to gear up again! 
Workout(s):
Monday: Could not drag hubby out of bed but I went walking, couldn't bring myself to run much more than 3 minutes and only once so this was just a walk day and I only made 1.5 miles, but at least I did something!

This morning: Up with my alarm at 5:45, first I was confused why I set it that early and then I remembered I was going to either start the Firm Express series of DVDs that I have only played with doing a few workouts with so far or go to the gym which I haven't been to this month.  I finally decided to go to the gym.  I did the upper body machines in about 20 minutes.  I worked it hard too.  I accidentally put the wrong weights on the row and did completely different sets from normal, I did 15 reps at 50lbs (I usually do 25) and 12 reps at 100lbs.  Ooops, but I did it and made it through without form suffering.  I think the difference is I usually do the rows toward the end but I did them second this morning.  I know by the flys and rear delts I was done for and they were last.  My upper body still felt like jelly when I went home, woke up hubby and headed for our walk.  It was officially walk day so we did 3 miles in about 54 minutes.  We had great conversation and I do love that man dearly.  I'm so glad I can share getting healthy with him!

Food notes:
Monday:
Breakfast: Glutino Granola bar, these are the closest to the Quaker ones I use to love, but after trying the Van's I like the Van's a lot better.
Lunch: Big salad from Lowe's.  I added turkey and bacon back to the salad. Had some minor discomfort, but I'm starting to wonder if this had more to do with breakfast.  I'm not really sure.
Supper: Took kids and hubby out to our favorite Mexican place so the boys' could celebrate with their Daddy.  Ate way too many corn chips, but enjoyed my Vegetarian Sicronizada.  Nothing like some spinach, mushrooms, onions, jalepenos and avocado to really make a meal.  I get mine on corn tortillas since I can't have gluten.  I may have ate too much, but I thoroughly enjoyed the meal. And since I am considering going Paleo, I will explain I don't like the one with Chicken in it, it dries it out too much.  I'm not really that into vegetarian meals, but this one is delicious and doesn't upset my stomach!

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Protein Shake (GNC Whey Protein powder mixed with water since our milk went bad).  I think I had some discomfort from this.  Still wondering if too much dairy in a serving does me in.  Another thing to test and contemplate.
Lunch: Big Salad from Lowe's, again with the turkey and bacon (plus lots of leafy greens, cucumbers, banana peppers and grilled chicken).  Ken's Honey Mustard dressing.  I plan on making my own honey mustard dressing soon.

I also started back with my apple cider vinegar drink to sip through the day.  This is made with the apple cider that contains the mother and is supposed to help with all kinds of things.  After reading about it helping increase the acidity in your stomach and helping those of us without a gall bladder, I decided I would start drinking again.  A couple of changes to the original drink, I now forgo the apple juice and use local honey instead of stevia.  It's just as good if not better.

How I feel:
Much better rested today.  Stomach has also evened out.  I may or may not have ingested some of hubby's sandwich bread.  I think I noticed the plate and the different texture of the bread and spit it out, but I'm not sure.  It was part of a delicious yellow-fin tuna sandwich that was seared perfect.  My hubby can grill some mean tuna.  I offered him some of mine to replace his :)

The workouts this morning felt great and I feel I will be ready to start running again tomorrow.

Personal notes:
I'm glad to have my oldest home and have heard most of the stories from camp.  He did have a scary moment while white-water rafting.  Seems the river level was a bit above normal (6 ft is the number he said) due to recent rains and made one of the supposed-to-be class 3/low class 4 rapids a high class 5 and they capsized.  Thankfully our son is a pretty good swimmer and was able to hold his breath and make it to the surface but he confesses to being pretty scared.  A mom that was in the boat says she won't go again and at the moment so does our son, though he really enjoyed the white-water kayaking they did the day before.  So I'm glad to have my son home safe and sound!

That's it for today!  More tomorrow :)