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Do you ever have one of those days, when nothing is really wrong  but you feel unhappy and just not yourself.  Well today is one of those days.  

I am not one of those people who is overjoyed  to go to work but usually once I am there I'm content  but today it was humid and sticky and I didn't want to be there.  I just wanted to keep to myself which is kind of hard when you are bartending. (insert sad face here)

 I am glad to say I didn't turn to food  but I did have a couple of wondering thoughts about going to McDonalds after work  or buying some ice cream but I resisted the urge.  

This summer has been one of the best summers I have had in years but I guess everyday can't be filled with fun activites.  Blah....  Tomorrow is a new day and it's my weigh in day. 

What do you do when you are having "one of those days" ?

90 foot Waterslide- Calypso water park

My cousin is in town for a couple of days and I haven't seen her since she was 3. (she is now 21) I made a suggestion of  going to the water park today since  it has been super hot and Rob and I have been meaning to check it out. So Rob, my cousin, my sister and  and I all piled into the car and 30 minutes later we were at the park.   ( Btw- It's Canada's largest water park and according to MSN the worlds best water park!)   

We had a lot of fun!   Lots of swimming in the wave pool and jumping into the waves which is a great workout.  The line ups for the slides were long we only went on two.   The second slide we went on was super scary!!   First of all we had to walk up 9 flights of stairs so you know it was pretty high!   As I was in line I started to feel very nervous thinking to myself there is no way I can do this, it's so high up.   But then I took a couple of deep breaths and thought there are some many things  in my life that I have  been scared of and I pushed through and I did it anyway; and really this is only 30 seconds of my life. I knew at the end I will  be proud and have such adrenaline rush.   So I took the plunge and went for it.  Let me tell you I screamed the whole way down and I think my heart was pounding for a while afterwards lol.    But I was so happy I did it!  

Whether it's with exercise, food, dealing with my emotions or trying something new once I set my mind to it I am 100% in!   Of course it's not easy and can be scary at times but the end results always wins.  

Here's a couple of pictures of the water park

Robby and me

My cousin Kate and yours truly

The blue side was the one I had my doubts about to put it into prospective make sure you look at the people at the bottom.

I would like to add my sister and I brought healthy snacks with us to the park fruit, cheese, olives and bottle water.  But I sure was hungry when I got home. It was a leftover kind of night.   

What type of healthy snacks do you bring when your going on a day trip?

Weigh In

Yippee!!  I lost 5 pounds this week, with hard work and my focus back I knew I could do it.  

Workouts last week: 

Monday- Spin class (50 minutes) and 30 minutes of volleyball

Tuesday- 30 minute walk

Wednesday- Yoga (60 minutes)

Thursday- 30 minutes walk

Friday- Cycling (20 minutes) Weights (10 minutes)

I would love to hear how you weighted in this week. 

Melting

I just got home from working a patio shift,  I literally sweat out a pound!!  Thank god I wasn't too busy otherwise I would have been just a big puddle at the end of the night.  I cannot believe how hot this summer has been?    Don't get me wrong this summer has been fabulous and I have been doing so many fun things but I hate to say it we need rain desperately, everywhere there was grass is now this crispy yellow straw. 

(Poor Grass this is what it looks like all over Ottawa) 

For the last 12 days we had "The Ottawa Bluesfest" there is over 200 bands that go every year.  I was able to make it to four nights.   I saw John Mellencamp, Blue Rodeo, Our Lady Peace, Snoop Dog, Lauryn Hill, Sam Roberts, LMFAO, A$AP Rocky, Dragonette and a few others that I can't remember at this moment.    It was great to bump into old friends and  hangout with a pretty awesome group of friends.   Rob was able to go for one night too!  I love spending time with him, it's hard sometimes when we both work shift work we don't always spend tons of quality time.  http://ottawabluesfest.ca/lineup/by-day/?date=2012-07-11

In other news I finally figured out how to add tabs to my blog, thanks to Youtube!  You can pretty much find tutorials on anything, which is perfect for me since I'm a visual learner.  So I have altered my blog once again.  One day I will be completely satisfied. 

I ate really well this week and worked out 5 times.  Tomorrow I will write out my workout routines which will include my current weight.   

I know this is a small victory but when I was at the Bluesfest my friend offered me a deep fried Oreo I quickly replied "no thanks".   I know it would have tasted so yummy but I would have felt sick afterward. I am very proud that I didn't!  

(Can I get a high five for not eating this???)

I hope everyone is having a great weekend and trying to stay cool!

My weigh in is tomorrow I am looking forward to seeing what number appears.  Until tomorrow.   

Night