Checking In

Well, I'm enjoying myself tremendously here in AZ, gotta say! We totally surprised my parents as they weren't expecting us until Wednesday, so when we showed up at their door on Saturday, it was fun. Sunday we went to my brother's house for Super Bowl (YEAH STEELERS!!!!!!!!) and I ate quite a bit more than I should have. Just sort of grazed most of the afternoon - one girl is a chef and brought this TO DIE FOR spinach dip that I just kept eating on crackers. Thankfully it had a good amount of protein (from what I could tell by the ingredients) and was pretty low in fat, so it wasn't as bad as it could've been calorie wise, but the behavior was definitely something that I don't want to continue. Today we went to the zoo and walked aout 1/2 the zoo (the Phx zoo is huge) and had a really good time. My mom is a volunteer there and was able to get us in the Galapagos turtles exhibit to pet them - way fun. Then tonight I walked down the road to the store - actually jogged a little bit of it but without a sports bra - let's just say the DD's weren't thrilled but I could do it which was exciting. Food today was really good, too. I had a protein bar for bfast, lunch was about 1/2 a turkey club sandwich and like 3 french fries, dinner was smoked salmon, about 2 bites of rice pilaf and one cauliflowerette (is that even a word??) and I also had a protein shake this afternoon. I had a snack of some oriental rice crackery things and 1 sf oreo and 3 sf shortbread cookies. Anyway, just wanted to check in and let you know how things are going so far. Talk to you all again soon! Michelle

Sounds fun Michelle. I really love the giant turtles. Did you see the news story from a few weeks back that a baby hippo displaced by the tsunami imprinted on a giant turtle...it is so cute? Lori