My version of working out...

Over the weekend I did played some serious golf and even one-on-one combat where I kicked both Erik and Trevor's butts.

Tiger Woods Golf on Erik's Nintendo Wii.

Virtua Fighter on Erik's Playstation 3.

Okay, so it's not REALLY working out, but my thumbs were definitely sore by the end.

A colleague of mine asked me the other day if i would like to start going to they gym in the morning before work. i just laughed. but then i got to thinking, maybe i should start working out again. i observed yesterday morning, to my horror, the beginnings of a...MUFFIN TOP!

tap the rockies!

i survived colorado without any broken limbs! it was absolutely glorious. the views were breathtaking (literally) and the skiing was just amazing. they have what they call "champagne powder." it's like skiing on fluff.
this is breckenridge, one of the moutains we skiied at. it has 4 peaks and all 4 are HUGE! we skiied one day here, did 9 runs, including 1 ungroomed trail that was covered with moguls. i was hyperventilating by the end.



this is keystone, the place erik and i actually stayed at. it has 3 peaks, also HUGE! we skiied 2 days here. the first day i did 8 runs total, including a lesson. my instructor took me out on a black diamond (we're talking steepness of biblical porportions!) and we had to stop halfway down for me to catch my breath because of my "sea-level upbringing." the other day we skiied here we did 16 runs (!!!) including a couple ungroomed trails (also by accident.) this picture is of north peak and we went down all these trails except for the two in the middle with trees. you can't see them, but they're covered top to bottom with moguls. um...yeah...not this time. and that's me on the bottom!
one of the days erik and i took off to go hiking and sight-seeing. this is an overlook of lake dillon, which was frozen and covered with snow. you can see the avalanches on the mountains in the background, which was pretty cool.









we went up loveland pass, which is a road that follows the continental divide and is actually closed half the year due to avalanches. we got lucky and were able to hike up one of the mountains. i sprinted up to the summit, which was over 12,000 feet high (so i could say i was actually on top of the world) and found out what it feels like to have a stroke.






and this is vail. it's cute, but definitely not as glamorous as i thought it would be. we didn't ski here (apparently only the creme de la creme can come here) but we did snoop around town. mostly ski gear stores and fur coat stores. these people love their fur coats!

all in all, i must say it was one heck of a time. i highly recommend it, even if you don't ski. just to see the sights and hike the rockies makes it worth it. the microbreweries aren't half bad either!

7 months later...

still not really exercising. i knew that whole work-out thing last spring/summer was a fluke. maybe the fluke will return once with the warm weather. i have been doing a good amount of skiing lately. gone 5 times already: 3 at the poconos, twice in upstate NY. trying to get in shape for the trip to colorado (t minus 2 weeks!) erik and i are going to keystone and breckinridge for 5 days...and visiting all the microbreweries in between.

a shout-out to b-dog, since if she hadn't "invited" me to her blog, i would have never remembered this thing and never have thought to post again. now i have tons and tons of reading to catch up on.

can't wait to see most of you tomorrow!

time to build my ark

it's the second coming of noah's flood apparently. everyone else get that memo? good grief.

been feeling like poop (heh) the past 10 days. on a strict no caffeine, no alcohol, no meat, no raw veggies, no beans, no dairy, no spicy or greasy foods diet. i have been limited to white rice, white bread, bananas, apples (but no peel), and gatorade. life is terrible. needless to say, no working out for nina. fearing for my life with this camping trip in NH with cara, kate, and becky. fearing for my afterlife with this 5 mile run they're planning. crazy ladies.

all is forgiven

one of these days, becky, we WILL go running at valley green together!

went to my yoga class last night, then ran for 1+ mile and did some situps. currently i am planning on doing a good workout today after work. but come 4:30 this afternoon i may decide that going home and taking a nap is a better idea.

friday: ate chips and drank beer for dinner
saturday: ate more chips for breakfast with a coca cola icee, half a cheesesteak for lunch, ravioli and pizza at the game for dinner
sunday: ate the best belgium waffle (from bonte!) for breakfast, the other half of the cheesesteak for lunch, pork fried rice for dinner.
no workout whatsoever all weekend.

felt deeeeesgusting!

today: 1 mile on treadmill, chest flies (incline and flat), chest press, dumbell raises for tris, tricep pulldowns, lifts (also for tris), 50 situps on inclined plank, 100 crunches, ended with 1 more mile on treadmill.

i asked the gym instructor if i could have a water bottle, and he told me i had to do 20 pushups first. after some heavy negotiating (i.e. whining) i only had to do 10 in under 30 seconds. i did the 10 in 12 seconds! woooo! and i got my water bottle.

correction...it's ONLY tuesday

the week is draaaaaaagging. and no scrubs to look forward to.

ran a little, worked on my tri's and my chest with ken. i'm going to look like he-man by the end of the summer. BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!

i learned a fun fact yesterday. working out increases levels of testosterone, which increases your libido. heh heh heh. NOW i understand why you all have been working out as much as you do. and here i was thinking it was just for fitness.