Mini Vacation Part 2

Okay, I never actually wrote about a Mini Vacation Part 1, but this is our 2nd bout for the summer, so the title made more sense.  There will be a part 3 but that won't be until September. 

Today is my last day of work and then we are off to Whistler in the morning. Yay! I haven't been to Whistler in over 2 years so I'm so excited to go back. We are bringing the dog and the bikes. We plan to be active the majority of the time hiking, biking etc and when we are not active, I'm sure we will be eating. Ugh. The food. It's going to be tough to be good. 

Weight was back up to 170.6 this morning. Damn weight has hovered between 169 and 171 for the last few months. Can't see it going down in the next 2 weeks either. I'll be happy with a maintain after these 2 weeks. 

So Whistler for a few days, back on Saturday and then we have a friends 50th birthday party on Sunday. Man we are getting old. 

Next week, we will just putter around locally and then next Friday we head out on our bike trip to Vancouver Island. So excited for that. Us and 2 other couples will ride over, stop at some lovely wineries, brew pubs and have lunch. Then we will stay in the heart of Victoria in a lovely hotel and then have dinner, more libations and then turn around the next day and come home. 

Hoping I can keep the eating in check for the next two weeks. We are supposed to get some more heat, so that will help because I don't tend to have much an appetite when it gets hot and muggy. 

Time to tackle some of that summer bucket list! 

Summer just keeps ticking by

 It's been a few weeks since I last wrote, but honestly, I have very very little to report. 

The weather has been amazing since we got over that heat wave. Not a day of rain, even though we really could use a little from mother nature. Just wait... it'll decide to start raining during my next bout of vacation at the end of the month. 

We have been taking our bikes out for rides around here and there and are loving them. Even hooked up my blue tooth speaker and played a few playlists on our ride down to the beach last weekend. Was so relaxing and enjoyable!  Money well spent! 

My weight? Well, surprising, it's doing quite well. I have been weighing "almost" every day and it has been fluctuating a bit but it looks like I did lose the vacation bloat and I'm back in the 160s... barely, but I'm there. Would love to get down to 165 or low 160s by end of summer, but we will see. I'm not tracking at all or doing anything special with my eating so maintenance is just where it is right now. 

Planning a few trips while we are on vacation the end of July. We are going to head up to Whistler for a few days with the pooch and then maybe take a bike trip to Vancouver Island.  Hopefully the weather holds up for that. 

We Survived It

We survived the heatwave. Barely. 

It got to 36 one day with high humidity so it felt more like 43.  For all ya Fahrenheit folks that is a heat of 96 with a feeling of about 109. 

And we don't have central air in our home. I debated calling a plumber on multiple occasions to come and install. Not that they would have been able to, but it made me feel like I was doing something to beat the heat. We do have a portable A/C unit in our bedroom but the boys' rooms felt like bake potatoes and they did not sleep well at all. 

We found relief by filling up a tiny little Mr Turtle pool and dipping our feet in it throughout the day.  On the Monday, which was the hottest day, I could not function. I felt like my brain was mush. I could probably not spell my name if someone asked. The dog was out of sorts as well. 

Everything returned to normal on the tuesday with lovely warm weather and a slight breeze. 

On Wednesday we bit the bullet and bought ebikes. We had ordered some ebikes back in april but after multiple delays in delivering we decided to up our budget significantly and buy more elite models and receive them that day!!  I LOVE my bike. 

We've been out riding every day since we got them and can't wait to plan some away trips too! 

BC basically opened up on July 1st (Canada Day) so we were free to visit friends that we have not seen in ages. They bought a home on the ocean last summer and it's gorgeous. Was so lovely to sit on their patio, drink wine and just gaze out at the sea. 

The gorgeous view from their patio 

So how did I do with exercise, eating etc during my week off?  During the heat wave, we did nothing. Drank a lot of water, ate very very small meals and did not exercise AT all. 

After the heatwave, we upped our food, replaced water with adult drinks or coffee,  but did work off a bit when we were riding. 

On 6/30 - which was my "official" weigh in day I was at 168.4!!!  Wooop. 

I am up significantly from that today - 173.2 but I'll reign it in this week and get back to it. Lots of water in my future.