Heading into week 3 :-)

In some ways it's hard to believe that I'm about to embark on my third week here at Structure House. The nutrition team have been busy organizing activities to celebrate Nutrition Week - highlights include a Nutrition Bowl Game Show, What Color is your Diet, Virtual Tour of Whole Foods Market and a Supermarket Scavenger Hunt. We've been promised prizes ....although as they have yet actually identify an actual prize, I'm a little dubious.

In any case, I've signed up for the Game Show as Vanna White ....and discovered tonight that I'm to show up in a costume!!! So will have to get my creative juices in gear ...as I don't really have anything that remotely resembles something that she would wear! I also signed up for the cooking demo - it's Chinese and I am told that the lady who does it is very good.

We had a special cooking demo yesterday to honor Mother's Day. Our nutrition intern made blueberry muffins and fruit smoothies (all low fat / low calories) the muffins were yummy - I like smoothies but adding peanut butter to it ruined it for me ...I like peanut butter and have missed not having it on my toast ...but can't imagine ever acquiring a taste to drinking it!

I discovered that they have a rotation of nutrition students that come here to do internships - so Mel ...if you need to do an internship for your course - this may be something to consider. I told them that you were very creative with your recipes :-)

The weekend has been relatively quiet. I had a great workout yesterday - I repeated my stint on the treadmill at the higher level - it is a challenge still but it went easier than the last time I did it. I then moved on to the weight machines. I work out on my own and pick up tips from the personal trainer as he works with one of the other participants. I helped encourage one of the other participants on the weight machines yesterday morning - there was a mix up on appointments and he was going to not work out ...so I offered to work with him. He's starting out and was a bit apprehensive and was really psyched when he completed all of the exercises on his sheet.

Sunday is officially my exercise free day - it was funny - I woke up this morning and felt like working out! One of the other groups organized a little party in the gym tonight - so I went and played badminton and a game of toss (with the giant balls and volleyball). I haven't played badminton in a while and was pleased to discover that I could still play. I also discovered that my inner competitor is alive and well ...and had to work hard to just rally and not go for the killer smash! All in all it was good fun and a nice way to finish the weekend.

I'll update my gift tracker after tomorrow's weigh in - I am a little disappointed that the number will not be as significant as last week - but that's fine - the fact that I am physically feeling much better than I have in a long time, that I am looking forward to next weeks fitness classes and workouts reflects that I am progressing nicely :-))

Lots of love!

Norma