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I am going to Costa Rica this Saturday! We've been planning and looking forward to this for so long, I can hardly believe that it's real!
Last summer, some friends (part of the camping/church group that we are part of) announced that this year would be their 25th wedding anniversary, and to celebrate, they wanted to take a trip and invited the whole group to accompany them. At that time, they had no idea where they wanted to go and they just put out a blanket invitation to anyone in the group who might want to go. We talked about it, and decided we were in. Late in the fall, they announced their choice of Costa Rica. At which point, all the women decided we were going to have to diet. HARD. (I kept telling them we should go to Alaska or someplace where we could wear coats and sweaters so we wouldn't have to compare ourselves to all the beautiful people on the beach!)
Eventually, it's worked out that 9 couples are going. And yes, we have all been dieting and exercising like lunatics, and with varying degrees of success. Of the 9 women, we've probably lost over 100 lbs. I've lost 12 myself, with a combination of training for 5Ks, zumba, a great diet plan, and walking.
And now we're going! We've still got the last-minute things to do, and my two youngest girls will be staying here at home alone (!) so I'll have to grocery shop for them. Plus buy Dramamine and handy travel-sized stuff for my carry-on. But I'm so excited!
Now if I can just avoid sunburning myself as red as a lobster and being carried off by super-sized mosquitos!
Last summer, some friends (part of the camping/church group that we are part of) announced that this year would be their 25th wedding anniversary, and to celebrate, they wanted to take a trip and invited the whole group to accompany them. At that time, they had no idea where they wanted to go and they just put out a blanket invitation to anyone in the group who might want to go. We talked about it, and decided we were in. Late in the fall, they announced their choice of Costa Rica. At which point, all the women decided we were going to have to diet. HARD. (I kept telling them we should go to Alaska or someplace where we could wear coats and sweaters so we wouldn't have to compare ourselves to all the beautiful people on the beach!)
Eventually, it's worked out that 9 couples are going. And yes, we have all been dieting and exercising like lunatics, and with varying degrees of success. Of the 9 women, we've probably lost over 100 lbs. I've lost 12 myself, with a combination of training for 5Ks, zumba, a great diet plan, and walking.
And now we're going! We've still got the last-minute things to do, and my two youngest girls will be staying here at home alone (!) so I'll have to grocery shop for them. Plus buy Dramamine and handy travel-sized stuff for my carry-on. But I'm so excited!
Now if I can just avoid sunburning myself as red as a lobster and being carried off by super-sized mosquitos!