I changed my goal weight for what I'd like to be here in Thailand, but at home I like 135.
Sunshine today, but I see some dark clouds lingering. We need 2 or 3 days of sunshine for the pool and sea to be warm enough for swimming or just floating around. No gym today but I'll try to do M-F again this week.
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Not a lot of great pics yet this winter, so here's one from last winter on a snorkeling trip:
Progress as of today: 14.2 lbs lost so far, only 7.8 lbs to go!
No gym for the weekend. Lovely sunny day turned into about 18 hours of almost nonstop heavy downpours. Again. Sigh. Didn’t want to risk the rental car on the flooded roads, so waded to a restaurant for late lunch/early dinner. Willpower goes down the drain in this horrid rain - had two small beers with lunch.
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Progress as of today: 14.2 lbs lost so far, only 7.8 lbs to go!
PS I am so loving the pictures! The last one you posted --- it was bitterly cold here that day, and I just melted into your photo.
We had massages at noon. Now relaxed and all the knots are out of my shoulders and legs. Had favourite lunch afterward.
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Bike ride - 1.5 miles round trip to gym
Gym workout
Upper body 12 reps x 4 sets each
Cardio:
Home workout:
Out of sync with everybody! It's nearly noon here, and nearly midnight EST, and at home it's nearly 5am.
The rain came back today. 
Fortunately it waited until I'd cycled to the gym and back and hubby had gone for his bike ride and swim. We planned to have breakfast out and then stop by my favourite temple which is near the restaurant. But while having breakfast it started pouring rain. Sigh. I'm sure it won't last more than today and tomorrow. Crossing fingers.
4th day in a row at the gym!! I think I'll keep doing this unless we have plans. I like splitting up lower and upper workouts.
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Bike ride - just the 1.5 miles to the gym and back
Gym workout:
Lower body: 10 reps x 4 sets each
Cardio:
Home: floor exercises 10 reps x 4 each
This is at the temple I wanted to visit this morning - last year's photo of the reclining Buddha:
Progress as of today: 14.2 lbs lost so far, only 12.8 lbs to go!
Anyways, sounds like a wonderfully active morning. I'm glad it decided to rain after all the activity :)
Hope it's dry tomorrow morning!
Got on the scale. My scale here is in kg and I lost more than 1kg!
I was actually up to 155.2 and now am 152.8.
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Bike ride - just the 1.5 miles to the gym and back
Kayaking - about 2 miles? Got back too late to go out to dinner so had snacks in the house. A bit short of nutrition today.
Gym workout
12 reps x 4 sets each
Cardio:
Elliptical intervals - 10 mins
treadmill - 15 mins
Home workout:
abs - 3 routines - 10 reps x 3 sets
bridge - 10 reps x 3 sets
plank - 3 x 20 seconds
triceps dips - 10 reps x 3
push ups - 10 reps x 3
On our kayak trip this afternoon:
Progress as of today: 14.2 lbs lost so far, only 12.8 lbs to go!
Not many times have a been to a beach that looks like this one that i can even remember if ever! Love it...from the smaller sandy area to the full foresty-tree look to the big rocks all spread out that way. It's a beautiful sight. thank you for sharing. if you hadn't, i wouldn't be able to see something beautiful to start my day like this!
Congrats on your >2.2lb loss! wonderful....
The billionaire owner of my company just walked in....!
The beaches are different depending on what part of the island. We are on the east side and the beaches on the west side are fine, white sand and wide beaches.
Thanks!
Hot today. Sun shining most of the day.
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B: porridge/raisins, yogurt, ½ banana
L: sm toast w/pbj, veg fried rice
D: pork and veg - no rice (low fat/cal)
S: 1 small light beer
Bike ride - just 1.5 miles to gym and back
Gym workout:
Lower body
10 reps x 4 sets each
Lunges - 5 kg weights
squats - 5 kg weights
calf lifts - 8 kg weights
Cardio:
Elliptical intervals - 10 mins
Exercise bike - 10 mins
treadmill - 20 mins
Home: floor exercises
ankle weights - 3 routines for thighs, hips, glutes
10 reps x 3 each
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
Glad to hear the rain has passed!
The gym I use here (it is just a resort gym) has bike, elliptical, treadmill, sets of dumbbells from 1 - 10kg. That's it. Good enough though.
Haven't been on the scale but will get on Fri or Sat.
Changed my workout routine, at least for this week and I'll see how it goes. Doing upper body/cardio MWF and lower body/cardio Tu/Th.
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B: toast, yogurt, apple
L: potato/pineapple/shrimp salad with mayo (nice, but they used too much mayo and had to scrape it off - I'll remember to tell them less next time)
D: chicken/pineapple/cashew/mixed veg stir fry
S: 1 small light beer
Bike ride - about 4 miles (I miss my bike from home which has an odometer - and a battery!)
Gym workout:
Upper body: 11 routines (3 - 8 kg dumbbells - 6.6 lbs - 17.6 lbs)
12 reps x 4 sets each
Cardio:
Elliptical intervals - 10 mins
Exercise bike - 5 mins
treadmill - 10 mins
Home workout:
abs - 3 routines - 10 reps x 3 sets
bridge - 10 reps x 3 sets
plank - 3 x 20 seconds
triceps dips - 10 reps x 3
push ups - 10 reps x 3
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
Also i like your breakup of MWF / T&TH. nice. i do agree that not every day should be a gym day. I am sorta wanting today off, but have a meeting i want to go to tomorrow. however, i'm starting to realize more and more frequently the need for extra rest. How many hours do you sleep? I'm reading a TON about athletes and how they need a more typical 10hrs sleep - and some high end athletes even sleep 12 hours a night, most nights!
love stir fries and the potato salad with shrimp would even be good if it were oil/vinegar based! ever have that type of potato salad? no mayo?
With the potato salad they gave me bottles of vinegar and olive oil, but putting them together would be yucky. Haven't had a potato salad without mayo. They are Thai so are much better at Thai cooking and not Euro/American.
I get about 7 or 8 hours sleep normally.
Cloudy today, but it keeps the temp down. Lazy day. A bit of shopping.
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A photo from a few days ago: I have several FB friends who like my foot photos!
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
No weight lost. Was planning on no beer at all, but we went into town and I had 1 pint with lunch. Also bought some light Singha beer - small bottles - 97 calories each, so I figure I can have one of those every night with tv. Hubby has been buying cases of light Singha, but in the large bottles.
My plans are to go the gym M - F next week. I'll do dumbbells for upper body but do 4 sets instead of 3 - and cardio - and the home floor exercises - MWF. T and Th I'll do dumbbells for lower body - 4 sets instead of 3 - and cardio. Those are my plans anyway. 
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No rain today.
View at dinner last night - husband's beer, not mine!
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
I'll upload more beach pics for you to warm you up!
Yes, i usually try to have some rice but at the end of meal just to make it more satisfying. That's what i did last night with the brown rice in some Thai food i ordered in basil sauce!
This beer is not bad for a lager. Not a lot of choices here for beer. One brewpub about 20 miles away and haven't seen any IPA's in the supermarket.
Had an excellent massage this morning. After about a 10 minute hard rain at dawn it has been sunny all day. And hot. Menu: B: toast w/pbj, yogurt L: plain omelette, fries D: glass noodle soup w/bits of pork S: wafer Bike ride - about 2 miles Gym workout Upper body: 11 routines (3 - 8 kg dumbbells) 12 reps x 3 sets each Lower body: 12 reps x 3 sets each Lunges - 5 kg weights squats - 5 kg weights calf lifts - 8 kg weights Cardio: Elliptical intervals - 10 mins Exercise bike - 5 mins Home: floor exercises abs - 3 routines - 10 reps x 3 sets bridge - 10 reps x 3 sets plank - 3 x 20 seconds triceps dips - 10 reps x 3 push ups - 10 reps x 3 ankle weights - 3 routines for thighs, hips, glutes 10 reps x 3 each
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Gosh...a pic from last winter!? NOT cool! Just kidding Annie. We love your photos. You do look great here. I gotta say, to be able to pull off that bikini top under your dress, it's bc you work out & you are active! Otherwise, no way jose!
I like your attitude overall in this entry and always. You seem to do a great job of going with the flow and you never seem to get derailed when things may not go as planned (weather or weight or exercise). You simply get yourself back on track. It's impressive.
When i compare my thinking to yours, i see that i tend to have more of a dilemma when it comes to getting back on track! That's why i have a tendency to try to NOT let my weight fluctuate bc from past experience it takes me YEARS to get back on track if i get off! So i try my best to maintain and catch it early...
anyways, you are doing great. love the photos. talk soon!
Thanks! LOL. That's a swimsuit coverup I'm wearing in the pic. See the gap under the arm - I didn't put sunscreen on that part and got burned!
Anxious to go on a snorkeling trip again but have to wait for the rain to be done for sure and the water to warm up.
I am very guilty of gaining too much and then yo-yo-ing. Makes it harder and also not good for health.