Kauai: day one

We got up this morning for a short 30 min plane ride to the island if Kauai. The feel here is a much slower, relaxing pace. Honolulu was bustling and fast paced.

Our condo is amazing! We did have a garden view, but because it's Cole's parent's 35th anniversary they bumped us up to an ocean front view. We are just steps away from beach!

When we first got here we went to grab lunch at the Mermaid Cafe. Then we took a dip in the ocean. Afterward we hung out on the beach and patio. It was a nice relaxing evening.

Here are some pics from today.

Circle Island Tour

Aloha!!

Today we spent the whole day doing the Circle Island Tour. Our bus driver picked us up at our hotel at 8:30 am and it is now 10 pm and we are headed back to our hotel so it really was an all day activity.

We started the day off by going on a guided tour around the island. We saw amazing beaches, beautiful mountains, and stopped at the Dole Plantation where we got yummy pineapple ice cream. Believe it or not one of the coolest things about this tour was that our bus driver was the father of Troy Polamalu (the Strong Safety for the Pittsburg Steelers...you know the one with the long curly hair in the head and shoulders shampoo commercials?)

We then were dropped off at the Polynesian Cultural Center where we saw Polynesian dances, the Hawaiian Temple, BYU-Hawaii, ate at a luau, and went to a show with dancers and fire. We are all exhausted, but we had so much fun. Tomorrow we are island hopping to Kauai!

Here are some pictures from today!!

Hawaii so far

We got to Honolulu yesterday around 4 where we were greeted with a lai. The weather is perfect here, low 80's. They are 4 hours behind Idaho so by 6 pm we were ready for bed but we still had to eat. We decided to try Japenese food. I tried raw tuna but couldn't handle the texture so had to spit it out. After dinner, half of us went back to the hotel and the rest went to get groceries and go to the beach. By then our bodies thought it was midnight even though it was only 8 here. Needless to say, we slept really well!!!

Today we went to Pearl Harbor. It was really cool to see this historical site and see where this horrific event happened. We decided that even though there were thousands of tourists walking around, there was still a reverence about the site. Right now we are riding the public transit back to our hotel so I thought I would blog about our trip so far. When get back we are going to go to the beach and get some shaved ice!

Here are a few pictures of our trip so far.

On our way!!!

On our way to Hawaii!! Don't mind our sleepy eyes we had to get up at 5 to make our flight! Aloha!

It's about that time again...

It's about that time again where on my lunch break it's just me, my lunch, a diet coke, and Capital Park. Trying to get a little sun before Hawaii. A week from today!!!

P.S. I just learned to blog from my iPhone so you may be hearing a lot more from me!

Healthiest couch potatoes I've ever seen

Yesterday I saw these dudes peddling their couch down the street. It was a nice day out... why not peddle your love seat through downtown Boise?

A little motivation for the unmotivated...

I'm always on the lookout for motivating fitness blogs. I've never promoted someone else's blog before, but I found this blog and it is amazing if you're looking for motivation to lose weight or just need some healthy recipe ideas. This young girl has really inspired me to get organized and get my butt of the couch! Check it out.

http://undressedskeleton.tumblr.com (Especially check out the Living Lifestyle! tab)

Hawaii in 4 1/2 weeks! Time to push it.

No Excuses

The theme for Biggest Loser this season is "No Excuses", which I think is great. Because right now I am full of excuses:

There is no way I can wake up at 6 am to work out...

It's too dark outside and I have no one to run with...

My neighborhood stinks to run in...

I just put in a 10 hour day at work, I deserve to sit on the couch and watch TV all night...

I can't wake up on time to make a healthy lunch...

They took me out to lunch - I had to get the big burger with greasy french fries...

Well, the truth is Cicily, there's always going to be a reason in your life why you "can't" workout or eat healthy. So unless you make it a priority in your life, then it's not going to happen. And it's not going to be any one's fault but yours. (Do you like how I'm talking to myself? I'm trying to give my self a pep talk).

Great news is Cole and I get to go to Hawaii in May! I am so excited and I really want to get in awesome shape, but I am having a hard time getting motivated. I just keep making up excuse after excuse. I kind of, well really let myself go during the holidays and now I have a lot of work to do. I'd really like to see myself looking good on this beach. :)

How do ya'll get past those excuses and get motivated even while you are corralling kids, working long hours, or just being too lazy? I need to get my health Mojo back! HELP!

IRONMAN?!

I love the movie "Iron Man", but I'm talking about an Ironman Triathlon! I'm a member of the Boise State Gym and they are running an incentive to complete an Ironman Triathlon between the time of October 3 to 23. That means I'll have three weeks (or 18 days if you don't include Sundays) to run 26.2 miles, bike 112 miles, and swim 2.4 miles. I'm gonna do it! Yikes! I honestly can't even fathom how those crazy, but amazing people do all of this in one day. Doing it in three weeks is going to be hard enough. I have my plan all written out. see...?

I'm a little nervous can ya tell...?

My goal is not to eat any sweets during this three week period and to drink tons of water.

Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.

In all randomness...

Here are a few random thoughts on my mind today:

1. My lunches - I love my lunch breaks. I walk down to the capital building which is only like two blocks away and eat my lunch at a picnic table in the park. I usually read a book or catch up with friends or family with a phone call. I am so grateful for my job. Especially right now in this economy. It isn't what I want to do for the rest of my life or what I went to school for, but I love it and I love the people I work with.

A little Diet Coke in front of the Capital.

My new lunch pale

2. I can't believe football season is here. I told Cole that I think we watched about 48 hours of straight football last weekend. We're even watching it right as I type - Dolphins vs. Patriots. Cole is in mourning because he loves Notre Dame and they stink this year.

3. I'm excited. You want to know why? It's peach season! AND I LOVE PEACHES!

I ate two of these tonight.

4. A belated post - I meant to post about when we went to a Hawk's Minor League baseball game a couple of weeks ago, but I kind of forgot. We had a good time.

There was a giant Hawk's Mascot

Cole's cousin's baby was scared of it. What little child isn't scared of a giant in-your-face, give-you-a-high-five, lay-across-your-lap mascot?

5. I'm running a 10K in about 4 weeks and I'm going to die cuz I be a slacking these days.

6. Does anyone know of a good book to read? I just finished The Help and it was so good. Now, I don't want to read some dumb book because that book was so good.

Anyways those are my thoughts today...in all randomness...