My buddy's back

Hi everyone,
Sorry for the delay, it has been a really busy week. Dave and I went to Knots berry farm. It is an amusement park in Los Angeles, it far exceeded my expectations, those rides were some of the best I have ever been on. My favorites were the silver bullet and the Xcelerator.
I have been very antsy all week. I still have not heard back from the MEPS station, it has been two weeks and I thought I would be back in the Navy by now. The recruiter is telling me that they are really busy at the MEPS station, she keeps telling me it should be just a couple of more days. I am not frustrated with her, she is doing everything she can do, I just wish things would move along faster.
In work out news things are going great. I am very happy with the appearance of my body right now. I am noticing that things are really tightening up around the abdominal area. Dave started working out with me again, it is much funner having a fun workout buddy their with me. I enjoy giving him a good workout at the gym. It really makes me want to be a trainer myself. I think it would be a job I would really enjoy. I am really looking forward to the competition. There will be about four other ladies from the base competing, we might get a picture in the local newspaper.
Swimming is going great too, I swam three miles the other day, it felt great. At the end of July I will be doing my first open water swim race. It is called the Catfish Crawl. It is a two mile swim in a lake, so it shouldn't be that scary.

Making decisions

Hi everyone,
This week has been hectic but, in a good way. The weather has really heated up into the 90's so swimming outdoors in the lap pool feels great. I am becoming pleased with the way my body is responding to the training. I am finally starting to see the muscle show. My trainer said the first few months were about putting weight on and the remaining months are about leaning out. She warned me that the toughest part was still to come. She explained that the final weeks are the worst. The last few weeks I have to deprive myself of any carbs. That means no starchy carbs or fruit. I also cannot drink my favorite drink which is diet code red and diet snapple. I am only allowed to drink water during that time. She warned me that I would be very cranky and tired. I am lucky that Dave is such a huge pillar of support. He supports whatever I do.
The past several months I have been pondering the thought of the rejoining the military. For awhile I was thinking about going back to active duty, then I thought about the reserves. I decided that the reserves was a great fit for me. I have my physical at MEPS next week. Hopefully I pass the physical. I have to show the doctors the reports from all of the surgeries I have had, hopefully everything goes good. The recruiter said it should be OK. I will find out by the end of next week. Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trucking along

It sure feels great to not be sick anymore. I was suppose to meet with Sonya my trainer last Friday, but she had to cancel because she was sick. She came down with the same thing Dave and I had. She did not get it from me. I did not step one foot in the gym when I was sick, so it must be really going around. Last week was tough working out. Even though I was feeling great I still felt a little week from taking almost a weak off, it's amazing how much a little bout with the flu can take you down. So far this week I really feel like my old self. I met with Sonya this morning and she is feeling well again too. We made it official that I will not be doing my first show until August 14th. Training for a show is very calculating and with my disadvantage of coming off of a huge surgery the training is taking longer for me. I am not upset about it, a bunch of other ladies connected with the navy are doing the show too. The show is called the armed forces contest, only people affiliated with the military are allowed to compete. Speaking of the military I went to see the navy reserve recruiter today. She is going to schedule a physical for me at MEPS, if everything works out I will be in the reserves by June. I am still planning on submitting my package for the reserve officers program, but that process takes about six months. I decided that it was a good idea to get back in now as an enlisted to get the retirement count down started, hahahaha. Wish me luck!!!!!

Back in Gear

This past week has been the week from hell. I don't remember the last time I had the flu. I had forgotten how horrible it is.
It basically took all of my energy away and I did nothing but lay around for four days. The only food I could tolerate was cheerios, which wasn't that bad. I use to love cheerios when I was a kid. Since my diet does not allow me a lot of carbs I cannot enjoy big bowls of cereal anymore. It was nice to eat a big bowl of cereal again. I lost five pounds. Hopefully it was just water weight and not muscle mass, it was probably a little bit of both.
I am happy to say that I am all better. I hit the gym again on Saturday. The first day back was tough, I definitely felt weaker, but each day after that got easier and easier. The human body is very resilient. Hopefully there will be no more setbacks. I am really hoping that I am ready for the June 27th show. I am afraid this run in with the flu has set me back a little bit. We will just have to wait and see, only time will tell.