WhAT a wOrKoUT....

One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to lose some weight... there I said it, now I absolutely have to do it. No backing out now even if I wanted to.
So on my journey of losing weight I purchased some workout videos that are made by the BIGGEST LOSER trainers Jillian and Bob. Man oh man is Bob brutal, and at times I want to reach into the t.v. and ring his neck, but then I remind myself " No Pain, No Gain", and I continue on with the workouts. I highly recommend these videos!!
So Friday morning after my daily routine of working out my sister- in- law and I were laying on the coach completely exhausted and yet relieved that the video's were done for the week. We decided that instead of sitting around all day after a hard workout and being piles we needed to do something active!! So we went to the Quarry, a rock climbing facility that is awesome! In arriving I thought how fun and easy the rocks looked to climb. I thought to myself " I can do this and this is going to be a piece of cake"! Boy or boy was I wrong... wow what a workout climbing those rocks were. I even got a little scared half way up the rock, I am not afraid of heights, but there is something about looking down at the people below you and feeling a little uneasy. I was kind of freaking out, but I gathered myself and reached the top. The next step was a bit frightening..... after reaching the top you have to let go of the rock and rely on the belayer down below to bring you safely down. It was hard to initially let go, but once I did it it was actually kind of fun to glide down and push off the rock with my feet. I also had a sense of accomplishment as I would reach the top of each rock I set out to climb... it was quite a challenge and an accomplishment.

Me belaying!!

Now for those of you who are looking for a good work out on your arms, legs and abs this is it!! I found my arms and legs shaking and spazzing while climbing because they were being overworked. It definitely is a must-try for everyone at least once. It is a fun activity for the family to try too. Brookelyn had a lot of fun climbing as well, she did an awesome job. She is like her mom she too got a little afraid of heights, but she had a lot of fun getting to a certain point and then being belayed down. I was very proud of her. Trey even had fun just walking around and getting tangled up in the ropes. We cannot wait to go back and do it again. Brookelyn wants to try and get a little higher and for me I want to triumph a much higher more difficult rock!!

Brookelyn rock climbing for the first time

Brookelyn and I racing to the top!


Uncle Moses and Brookelyn and me belaying down below.


Trey getting tangled in the rope!



The mountaineers after a triumphant climb!!