Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Some Olympic highlights after 18 days in Whistler:
The atmosphere in the Village was unbelieveable. Something that everyone should have experienced.
The popularity of the Police in Whistler- we were like rock stars!
The fact that strangers talked to each other about anything and everything.
The people high fiving each other and the Police when something monumental happened in a competition and even when nothing sport-like was going on.
Rob and I on the Patio at Earls. Peter Mansbridge was anchoring the CBC News from the patio and we were stalking him during his pre-broadcast lunch.
Rob finally asked Peter for a picture saying something like "I dont care about the news but my wife is a big fan". Peter was very friendly and now he and Rob are best buddies.
The view from the top of Blackcomb Mountain. Such a fantactic environment!
Flexing my Crossfit muscle in front of the Inukshuk on the top of Whistler Mountain.
The atmosphere in the Village was unbelieveable. Something that everyone should have experienced.
The popularity of the Police in Whistler- we were like rock stars!
The fact that strangers talked to each other about anything and everything.
The people high fiving each other and the Police when something monumental happened in a competition and even when nothing sport-like was going on.
Rob and I on the Patio at Earls. Peter Mansbridge was anchoring the CBC News from the patio and we were stalking him during his pre-broadcast lunch.
Rob finally asked Peter for a picture saying something like "I dont care about the news but my wife is a big fan". Peter was very friendly and now he and Rob are best buddies.
The view from the top of Blackcomb Mountain. Such a fantactic environment!
Flexing my Crossfit muscle in front of the Inukshuk on the top of Whistler Mountain.
Monday, February 8, 2010
I've caught the Olympic spirit
But before I delve into my Olympic experience today, a quick update on other on-goings. I want to start by saying that I am feeling a bit better. The coughing has eased up a bit but I'm still hacking up phlem. I'm not knocked out by coughing anymore but still, stuff is coming up ;)
Rob and I ventured downtown a few times last week. On Wednesday, Rob and I started out at Metrotown (which Rob calls Metromall and refuses to change) where I finally broke down and bought shampoo and conditiner by Biolage. I'm going to strip my hair with baking soda or dish soap to get all the wax off of my hair so I can start using proper salon shampoo and conditioner and not weigh down my hair. A trick I learned from my hair-dresser friend Mary-Ellen. During our patrols of Metrotown, I had to sit down a few times as I just felt wornout. Pathetic!
In the evening, we met my parents at the Corner Suite Bistro DeLuxe. It was my sisters birthday, we didn't go there to celebrate (without her!) but it would have been a good excuse! We got there two hours after it opened for the very first time! I'm not a big restaurant foodie but this was a neat experience. The atmosphere was good, the service was great and the food was delish! I had the 24/7 special which included an appetizer, an entree and desert for $24.07. I had the dried summer fruit salad, fried camembert, pistachios, banyuls vinaigrette as a starter but I had it without the fruit, too much sugar for me. The fried camenbert was to die for! Then as a main I had the arctic char, olive oil pomme purée, caper beurre noisette. The pomme pure though was apple, but it was potato! I couldn't eat the potato but the fish was awesome! The desert was chocolate caramel pot de crème which I couldnt eat at all so Rob ate it. I actually felt like I was eating foodnetwork food. The presentation was incredible, well for me anyways, I dont have that much "fancy restaurant" exposure! This place was not fancy actually, just so cool!
On Thursday we started in Yaletown. There are a lot of salons and spas there! I thought the area was saturated with specialty shops and no real quality places to shop. We had a late lunch at Section 3. I was able to get a green salad with a chicken breast. It was perfect for the diet and really tastey! We progressed to Robson Street. I felt good during our adventures which eased my worries as I was barely able to keep up the previous day. While on Robson Street, I kinda splurged on a few things like new, bright nail polish and some grapefruit scented soaps and lotions for Nikki for her birthday and a few odds and ends at Winners. We'd parked at the HSBC parking lot around 4pm and when we left around 8, I caught a big surprise when I paid for parking. $17.50!!! What?!?! Because we parked before 6pm, before the eveing rates applied, we got screwed!
On Friday Rob and I stayed local. I had a doctors apointment and the doc sent me for a second chest xray. I also went to physio for my chest. It was unlike anything I expected. The physio taught Rob to smack/beat/paddle the phlem out of me. It's similar to him playing the drums on my rib cage and it totally works! I was coughing up phlem like nobody's business. Strange but cool! Later in the day, we hit up a few used book stores in Langley and then saw It's Complicated at Colosus. It was laugh-out-loud funny.
On Saturday we were faced with another day with nothing to do and it was our 6 month anniversary. We trekked downtown again and I noticed a few changes to Granville Street since Wednesday. There's all sorts of neat art and street performers out and lots and lots to look at! We had an early dinner at Il Nido, a little italian restro beind the Starbucks at Robson and Thurlow. Why did we go to an italian restro when I cant indulge in pasta? Aurgh! It was a tough go but again, I enjoyed a salad with chicken. Lots of walking around and checking stuff out (Robson Square skating rink, zip line, shops, Holt Renfrew, street performers etc) made us hungry again by 9 so we hit up the Keg on Hornby. I was able to get a rel meal of chicken with roasted red peppers, snap peas and asperagus. Yum! We toasted to 6 good (sometimes turbulant!) months in the past and another 6 good months in the future. We got home late after a great night out! :)
So that's the long way around to get to today. The Olympic Torch Relay came to Langley today and my team and I worked overtime to ensure crowd and torch security. The torch came to the Langley Events Centre around noon, then ended up in the City later in the afternoon. The torch bearers themselves didnt do much for me but the crowds and the hype were really cool. I especially liked the sponsor's trucks; RBC and Coca Cola did a good job of getting the crowd into a tizzy right before the torch itself rolled through. The weather today was a beautiful 15'C in the sunshine. Some people were saying they were getting a sunburn on their faces. Ironic for a winter olympics torch relay?!?!
Rob and I ventured downtown a few times last week. On Wednesday, Rob and I started out at Metrotown (which Rob calls Metromall and refuses to change) where I finally broke down and bought shampoo and conditiner by Biolage. I'm going to strip my hair with baking soda or dish soap to get all the wax off of my hair so I can start using proper salon shampoo and conditioner and not weigh down my hair. A trick I learned from my hair-dresser friend Mary-Ellen. During our patrols of Metrotown, I had to sit down a few times as I just felt wornout. Pathetic!
In the evening, we met my parents at the Corner Suite Bistro DeLuxe. It was my sisters birthday, we didn't go there to celebrate (without her!) but it would have been a good excuse! We got there two hours after it opened for the very first time! I'm not a big restaurant foodie but this was a neat experience. The atmosphere was good, the service was great and the food was delish! I had the 24/7 special which included an appetizer, an entree and desert for $24.07. I had the dried summer fruit salad, fried camembert, pistachios, banyuls vinaigrette as a starter but I had it without the fruit, too much sugar for me. The fried camenbert was to die for! Then as a main I had the arctic char, olive oil pomme purée, caper beurre noisette. The pomme pure though was apple, but it was potato! I couldn't eat the potato but the fish was awesome! The desert was chocolate caramel pot de crème which I couldnt eat at all so Rob ate it. I actually felt like I was eating foodnetwork food. The presentation was incredible, well for me anyways, I dont have that much "fancy restaurant" exposure! This place was not fancy actually, just so cool!
On Thursday we started in Yaletown. There are a lot of salons and spas there! I thought the area was saturated with specialty shops and no real quality places to shop. We had a late lunch at Section 3. I was able to get a green salad with a chicken breast. It was perfect for the diet and really tastey! We progressed to Robson Street. I felt good during our adventures which eased my worries as I was barely able to keep up the previous day. While on Robson Street, I kinda splurged on a few things like new, bright nail polish and some grapefruit scented soaps and lotions for Nikki for her birthday and a few odds and ends at Winners. We'd parked at the HSBC parking lot around 4pm and when we left around 8, I caught a big surprise when I paid for parking. $17.50!!! What?!?! Because we parked before 6pm, before the eveing rates applied, we got screwed!
On Friday Rob and I stayed local. I had a doctors apointment and the doc sent me for a second chest xray. I also went to physio for my chest. It was unlike anything I expected. The physio taught Rob to smack/beat/paddle the phlem out of me. It's similar to him playing the drums on my rib cage and it totally works! I was coughing up phlem like nobody's business. Strange but cool! Later in the day, we hit up a few used book stores in Langley and then saw It's Complicated at Colosus. It was laugh-out-loud funny.
On Saturday we were faced with another day with nothing to do and it was our 6 month anniversary. We trekked downtown again and I noticed a few changes to Granville Street since Wednesday. There's all sorts of neat art and street performers out and lots and lots to look at! We had an early dinner at Il Nido, a little italian restro beind the Starbucks at Robson and Thurlow. Why did we go to an italian restro when I cant indulge in pasta? Aurgh! It was a tough go but again, I enjoyed a salad with chicken. Lots of walking around and checking stuff out (Robson Square skating rink, zip line, shops, Holt Renfrew, street performers etc) made us hungry again by 9 so we hit up the Keg on Hornby. I was able to get a rel meal of chicken with roasted red peppers, snap peas and asperagus. Yum! We toasted to 6 good (sometimes turbulant!) months in the past and another 6 good months in the future. We got home late after a great night out! :)
So that's the long way around to get to today. The Olympic Torch Relay came to Langley today and my team and I worked overtime to ensure crowd and torch security. The torch came to the Langley Events Centre around noon, then ended up in the City later in the afternoon. The torch bearers themselves didnt do much for me but the crowds and the hype were really cool. I especially liked the sponsor's trucks; RBC and Coca Cola did a good job of getting the crowd into a tizzy right before the torch itself rolled through. The weather today was a beautiful 15'C in the sunshine. Some people were saying they were getting a sunburn on their faces. Ironic for a winter olympics torch relay?!?!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
What not to eat
It's Wednesday which means another visit to Dr Bernstein. On Monday I weighed in at 198.2, today I weighed in at 198.6. What? I was supposed to be 196! This is not going according to plan! But I know exactly why and its totally my fault. Yesterday Rob and I ventured out and my eating options were limited. We ended up at a Subway that didnt have wraps so I chose the flat bread. Mistake. It made me feel sick and bloated. It was only the bread that was the problem, the turkey and veggies were fine. Then, to make matters worse, I had a package of Que Pasa chicken fajitas in my freezer from Costco. They are so yummy and the package had been staring me in the face for the last few weeks and I finally caved and cooked them up for dinner. I only ate two (Rob had three) but apparently it was enough to kick my body out of kytosis. My urine test this morning at Dr B showed that I was not burning keytones. That's a first for me and it was a little embarassing. The nurse told me I was not allowed to eat fruit for the next two days and that my body would probably get itself back on track (back into shock) and I'd be fine. Ug, two days without fruit! This is going to be Hell!
Monday, February 1, 2010
The end of last week, Thursday and Friday were pretty uneventful. I went to Dr Bernstein on Friday afternoon and weighed in at 201.0, thats up 1.3 pounds from Wednesday but it was mid-afternoon so I'd eaten and drank water and was expecting to be up a pound or two. On Friday afternoon I managed to put together a few hours without coughing when Rob and I went to see The Edge of Darkness. It was a pretty good movie. Lots of action to keep Rob entertained and intelligent enough to confuse me, pretty standard.
Saturday Rob and I ventured out to PetsMart where we passed the time watching dogs get hair cuts and visiting with the cats up for adoption. So cute! We also went to Chapters where I had to sit down a number of times because I was dizzy. I can't even manage a few errands without resting! This is rediculous. Saturday was also Hockey Day in Canada so Rob and I watched the Canucks beat the Leafs 5-3 after being down 3-0.
Monday I weighed in at 198.2 pounds. My lowest weight yet! I learned that edamame is allowed on my diet and I knew I only had one package in my freezer so I went to Costco to stock up. While there, I ran into one of my bosses. I dont know why but I'm pretty concerned that people at work think I'm making this whole thing up. For example, I had the flu in November about a week before I went to Mexico. I'd ventured into the office to check my email and one of the women in the office said to me, and I quote "Oh I was just saying to someone how convenient it is that you're off work sick right before you go on vacation!" I'd never had an issue with it before, but after hearing that, God only knows what people at the office say about others behind their back- and sometimes straight to their face! Ug, humanity! Anyways, back at Costco, I explained to my boss that the doc wants me off wotk until Feb 10th and that my biggest concern is the amount of coughing and that it makes me dizzy and that I have to sit down so I don't fall down. And THAT's why the doc doesn't want me back at work.
So anyways, I bought my edamame at Costco and got the heck outta there. I ate one package of edamame for lunch then had to run for the toilet. No, I'm not going to tell you about my excrament. I'm going to tell you that I puked up the edamame, yuk! And I'm not blaming the edamame; they were perfectly innocent. I don't think I was coughing before I puked either. I can't think of any reason for my little session. Oh well. But I think it's important to note that what I puked up was bright green, of course because it was only green soy beans, just like in the movies or in cartoons! I got a kick out of that :) After ridding my body of whatevertheheck that was, I felt weary and spent the rest of the afternoon in my usual place: on the couch. Boring!
Saturday Rob and I ventured out to PetsMart where we passed the time watching dogs get hair cuts and visiting with the cats up for adoption. So cute! We also went to Chapters where I had to sit down a number of times because I was dizzy. I can't even manage a few errands without resting! This is rediculous. Saturday was also Hockey Day in Canada so Rob and I watched the Canucks beat the Leafs 5-3 after being down 3-0.
Monday I weighed in at 198.2 pounds. My lowest weight yet! I learned that edamame is allowed on my diet and I knew I only had one package in my freezer so I went to Costco to stock up. While there, I ran into one of my bosses. I dont know why but I'm pretty concerned that people at work think I'm making this whole thing up. For example, I had the flu in November about a week before I went to Mexico. I'd ventured into the office to check my email and one of the women in the office said to me, and I quote "Oh I was just saying to someone how convenient it is that you're off work sick right before you go on vacation!" I'd never had an issue with it before, but after hearing that, God only knows what people at the office say about others behind their back- and sometimes straight to their face! Ug, humanity! Anyways, back at Costco, I explained to my boss that the doc wants me off wotk until Feb 10th and that my biggest concern is the amount of coughing and that it makes me dizzy and that I have to sit down so I don't fall down. And THAT's why the doc doesn't want me back at work.
So anyways, I bought my edamame at Costco and got the heck outta there. I ate one package of edamame for lunch then had to run for the toilet. No, I'm not going to tell you about my excrament. I'm going to tell you that I puked up the edamame, yuk! And I'm not blaming the edamame; they were perfectly innocent. I don't think I was coughing before I puked either. I can't think of any reason for my little session. Oh well. But I think it's important to note that what I puked up was bright green, of course because it was only green soy beans, just like in the movies or in cartoons! I got a kick out of that :) After ridding my body of whatevertheheck that was, I felt weary and spent the rest of the afternoon in my usual place: on the couch. Boring!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday
Warm Up 3 Rounds
7x Hanging Power Clean 75lbs
10 Ball slams 20lbs
AMRAP in 15 minutes
3 Strict Press
6 Pull Ups
9 Sit Ups
12 DB snatch 25lbs
I completed 6 rounds in 15 minutes. I didnt push too hard, the first round of the warm up alone winded me!
7x Hanging Power Clean 75lbs
10 Ball slams 20lbs
AMRAP in 15 minutes
3 Strict Press
6 Pull Ups
9 Sit Ups
12 DB snatch 25lbs
I completed 6 rounds in 15 minutes. I didnt push too hard, the first round of the warm up alone winded me!
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