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.
Menu:
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!
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.
Menu:
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.
Menu:
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.
Menu:
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.
Menu:
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. 
Menu:
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
My posts are off from everyone elses since I'm 12 hours ahead of EST in the US.
I skipped yesterday: Weds.
Totally fed up with the flooding and we were stuck without being able to use the car yesterday. We waded to a restaurant and had a lunch/dinner. Had a f**k it attitude but this was what I had:
The gym was on Tuesday, not Monday as posted.
Thurs: No storms last night and saw some blue sky for a short time this morning. Showers on the way to the mall, but lots of the flooding has receded already.
NO BEER - edit: had one small bottle (180 cals)
Bike ride to dinner - about 8 miles
Should have been at the gym today, but muscles are sore and I expected the roads to be flooded. Will go tomorrow if we don't get any more heavy rain that floods the roads.
Yesterday's lunch/dinner - noodle soup with tofu, and hubby's fried rice and Tom Yam curry
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
Tuesday here.
I'm getting really fed up with the almost nonstop pouring rain! Still haven't been swimming - water too cold because of rain, ridden our bikes, or gone for any walks. Roads are flooding here. Normally we eat out for lunch and dinner, but now we hate going out in the heavy rain so have been having one meal a day in the house - microwaved stuff or eggs and ham. Bleh! Got really fed up with it yesterday and last night had some cookies, and lots of beer. It won't help if I gain weight, so can't do that!
Finally made it to the gym this morning. Had to have husband drive me as I'm afraid to drive through the flooded roads.
Gym:
11 routines x 3 sets of upper body using dumbells - 12 each
Squats, lunges, calf lifts using dumbbells - 3 x 10
Elliptical - 10 mins.
Exercise bike: 15 mins
At home:
3 x 10 - abs, planks, pushups, triceps dips, ankle weights for thighs, hips and glutes
Menu:
B: toast w/pbj, banana, yogurt
L: veg fried rice with ham and pineapple
D: chicken, noodles, cabbage
S: 2 wafer biscuits (50 cals each)
A photo I took from the car yesterday: and many places the water is so deep it's impassable.
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
despite the rains and flooded roads, it's wonderful to hear that you made it out, SAFELY, to the gym :-) nice job getting back to routine..
like you, i now do squats. I have gotten MUCH better at them....and already notice a fair change :-D so good for us these squats.
Squats and lunges with dumbbells are great! I use 5kg weights but could go to 6. Also using my new ankle weights and doing floor exercises.
jeans seem to look nicer, butt is lifted a hair more, less flat. good stuff!
The jetlag is kicking my butt! Husband went to bed at 7pm last night. I wasn't quite ready so went to bed at 8. Slept pretty well but we both woke up about midnight and couldn't get back to sleep. So we got up and watched two episodes of Goliath. I was hungry so had some toast and some camomile tea. Then I realized I wasn't going to be able to get back to sleep so had 2 cans (11 oz) of beer and that helped. Really need to not drink alcohol as it's bad for weight loss. Anyway, we went back to bed about 3am and slept until 9.
I joined the gym this morning at the resort down the road and paid for the 3 months. It would be so nice if they had one in the little housing community where we stay as I'd work out almost every day. The 'gym' at the resort has dumbbells ranging from 1 - 10 kg. Good enough for me as I don't go above 8kg. Has a treadmill, elliptical, and bike. That's it. Plus I've got the ankle weights and mat at the house which I do right after coming back from the gym. Doubt I'll make it there tomorrow but am going to try for 7am Tuesday and do every other day.
Menu:
Progress as of today: 12.4 lbs lost so far, only 14.6 lbs to go!
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Is it me or is that a skinny buddha!?
Anyways, sounds like a wonderfully active morning. I'm glad it decided to rain after all the activity :)
The Buddha is skinny. The fat/laughing 'Buddha' is not really the Buddha - he's a Chinese God.
Hope it's dry tomorrow morning!