Thursday was a hard day but good. I ended up burning 4163 calories so you have to say that all the hard work was worth it right?
We hit the core class at 6am and then off to breakfast. This was one of my favorites meals here - thin muffin (used all the time here) with peanut butter, banana, fruit spread, and strawberry. There are quite a few of us not doing the hikes and so we did over an hour of high intensity kick boxing and then two hours of cardio in the pool. The kick boxing is a fun class but it is called kick boxing cause it kicks your ass! I burned more calories in that class than anything else I did during the day.
Lunch was "Hawaiian pizza" which did not look like much (another thin muffin) but tasted OK. The tortilla soup was great, something I would make at home.
After lunch was the dreaded treading class, they only do this one time a week because it is intense. You get to pick your machine and after the warm up you go like a bat out of hell for five minutes. Fast as you can, hard as you can. Then five minutes at reduced intensity. Repeat with four minutes intervals, three, two, one, and another one and thank god it is over! My biggest problem throughout the week has been the a/c issue. The gym was HOT, like 92 degrees when we were doing this. Again it took me until after dinner to get rid of the nauseousness.
Dinner was probably my least favorite meal since I got here. I was looking forward to stuffed chicken with wild rice but the chicken was very dry and the veggies were tough. They have a bit of a problem with chicken here, it has been dry both times they served it. Too bad because the recipe was a good idea. During dinner the producer and casting director from Biggest Loser were here and answered questions about the show. They will be doing some filming here, it should be fun to see a little behind the scenes action.
Well time for breakfast soon, TGIF has never been as meaningful before!
Glad you survived the tread. Sounds crazy but you did it. I guess that is something you can do at home too. Just once a week wont kill ya. Did you tell the staff about the chicken? I would so they can work on that. You guys are getting to be exposed to so much there, what a cool experience you are sharing. Go get um tiger.
ReplyDeleteMelanie you are so funny the way you judge the food. You are doing good. and inspired me . I went back on spark people and started my calorie count. sounds like the exercise is extreme. i quit eating all the deserts jacquelyn brought home. at least you dont have a pastry chef in the family lol
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