Happy Friday! I’m a wee bit sad that this is my last post before vacation! I know a lot of bloggers will do scheduled posts or guest posts for when they’re gone, but I wasn’t in the mood (at least I’m honest!). I don’t want to be worrying down there if one of my scheduled posts went out or not! I think you can survive a week without little old me. 😉
400th Post!!!
So I came into Movable Type (the blogging software I use) to find out this is my 400th post! Oh my gosh! Had no idea I’ve posted that much on the BLOG (not including Recipes & TV etc)! Well I guess I technically started blogging about a year ago (April 26th to be exact!). Here is my first post!!! Some of you may have followed when it was a blogspot blog. If you go back to some of the older entries, you’ll notice that the formatting is WAY off. I also like to think I know what I’m doing a little bit more now. Blogging consistently isn’t easy! I’m certainly not a ‘writer’!
This isn’t a typical “Flashback Friday” post because I took NO food pictures this week. We’ve been clearing out the fridge, so we’re almost at bare bones now. On Monday I prepped turkey burgers, yam, green beans, roasted veggies and squash. So I’ve just been eating that all week. Oh, but I also made some pesto & goat cheese stuffed chicken breasts, those were delish! Made sure to get in all my workouts this week! Monday (Bootcamp), Tuesday (Cardio +Arms), Wednesday (Bootcamp), Thursday (Spinning), Friday – today (Home Workout).
The Trip!
Tomorrow morning, we’ll be up at 4:30am to catch our flight out of Vancouver to Puerto Vallarta! We’re staying at the Royal Decameron. Its a pretty decent hotel (so it looks). We didn’t care about it being a 5 star, we were looking for a cheap vacation!
Here’s a few photo’s I found online:
One of the nice pools…
Apparently, its a BIG complex
Colorful buildings
We’ve never taken Sienna (she’s 2.5 yrs) on a vacation like this before, so we hope everything goes without a hitch! No sickess and all that jazz. I think she’ll have an absolute BLAST! She loves the water, so we’ll be spending a lot of time in the pool! Temp is supposed to be over 30 degrees C, so it will be HOT!
Healthy Vacation?
So my strategy for vacations is always, “Bring your own snacks” , “Make healthy choices” and “Exercise” . Mexico is a great place to keep active, especially at a resort like this. I’m sure there will be water aerobics, a gym and other things to do. I’m planning on doing the water aerobics each morning. I’ll bring Sienna in there with me. She can also act as my 25lb weight! Since the resort is so huge, we’ll be doing a lot of walking. I bought a cheap umbrella stroller to being down, so we can walk around the resort.
For the plane, I always bring my own snacks. Protein bars, almonds, apples, protein powder. I won’t be able to stuff my bag with produce since we’re going to a foreign country, but there will be plenty of that down there anyway. Buffets are great if you make the healthy choices!!!!
Supplements & Other
Other things I always make sure are in my luggage:
* Digestive Enzymes (get at your health food store). I take these at every meal just because its food I’m not used too
* Probiotics – keeps your gut strong to prevent montasuma’s revenge
* Multivitamins
* Pepto Bismol – just in case. Get the liquid if you have kids, tablets aren’t recommended for them
* Gravol – for kids and us in case of airplane sickness
* Advil/Tylenol
* Sunscreen (TONS!)
* Bug Spray
* Beach Toys for Sienna (may not have them at the resort!)
* Plastic Mugs with handles for Brent and I
Plus all the other stuff for entertainment, toiletries etc. We’re also stocked up on small bills for tips!
So I think us Fretwell’s are all set!!!
Will be back to the blog on May 16th! With plenty of pics!
Happy Mother’s Day!!
…to all my fellow mommies on Sunday!! Here’s how I spent Mother’s Day last year.
I will be remembering my Mom even more on Sunday. Miss her so much.
Its also Brent’s 33rd birthday next week!!!! Lots to celebrate down there!
Have a great week next week!
