Sea of Opportunities

All out of excuses - well, I could think of a billion excuses, but the reality is I like food.  I eat when I'm bored, or when I don't want to do what I know I should be doing - very rarely do I simply eat because I am hungry.  And lets not talk about the choices I've been making.... carrot cake for dinner, sure, why not?   Well - I've now gained back 58 pounds of the 130 pounds I had lost.   BUT - instead of going all the way back to where I was - I signed up for a Coach at Macro's Inc and I'm giving it 100%.  I may not be working out like I used to - although the shoulder doesn't hurt much, it's probably because I'm not using it!! So I made a deal with this young man when I dropped him off at school.  I would do whatever workout he does at college - if they do 20 sprints - I'll do 20 sprints.  No where near as fast as they are of course, but I'll put the same number of meters in each week that he does (except the running part, my knees are t...

What an amazing summer - it was good to have him home.  Not many lifeguards get to compete in the lifeguard events - but he competed in nearly every single one.  The first one he actually got to row "out of town" which I learned was a big thing.  They didn't win, but it was a great experience for him!   He had a couple amazing saves during the summer and I got to relax on his beach a handful of times.   One Friday night he came home and told me his head man had suggested that he dress as a Pharaoh and they would carry him in the stand using the boat oars to pick the stand up.   Good thing Amazon ships quickly - we were able to pull this together over the weekend and by Monday he was ready for his action shot.  I have a video of them picking him up - it didn't work the first couple of times (their rookie was a little too weak so they borrowed a guard from the next beach over) This shot went into their yearly ad book - by far the best beac...