Yippe! We got to talk to our baby! She bought extra minutes with her rewards points and we got to talk for 25 minutes. Time flew by and I though for sure we got short changed, but in checking the time of the incoming call, we did speak for 25 minutes. In short, she is doing better that we ever would have imagined. She is still loving the program, is very excited with the progress she has made, and is learning a great deal. She said, "I've lost nine pounds so far, but you should see my leg muscles. They're huge. And when I push on my arm muscles, they don't go down anymore." She said she is going to make a t-shirt that says "I survived Heidi's boot camp." "That woman is a machine!" We asked how the recent camping trip went. She loves "Car Camping" (drive to camp site with bathrooms close by). She did not like the true roughing it camping. "Peeing in the woods is not for me." It has been hot and she really enjoys when they get to go to the super secret watering hole to cool off!
This week Kinz is at the "Adventurer" level. She said she is on target to be move up to the "Discoverer" level next week. This allows her off-campus excursions. She has already signed up for "Spa day". Not sure what all that includes, but it sure does sound good. At the discovery level she will also get 20 minutes of phone time. The more the better. I told her I was not at all happy with 5 minutes. She wasn't either. She said, "We talked for 5 and I cried for 20." I told her I did the same thing.
She has taken two minutes off her timed mile on Mondays. She finished first in her cabin this past Monday. I asked her when she possibly has time for the running club. She explained that she can substitute the running club for some of the regular exercise sessions.
She likes the nutrition classes and says she has a lot to teach us. She said she is by no means starving and is trying food she never thought she would like green peppers and onions. Still does not like fish. They eat lots of salad with fat free dressing. She said they all race for the pineapple in the morning. She is eating lots of apples, peaches, pineapples, etc. Bagels and Egg beaters. She has check out several of the foods at the supermarket that she would typically ask us to buy and is appalled at the fat content. She informed us that we could no longer go out to eat. On the way home we were going to have to buy food at the grocery store as fast food would most likely make her sick since she had not been eating it. She looked up her favorite Hamburger at Red Robin and found that it contained almost 1500 calories and 65 grams of fat. She said, "That's almost a weeks worth of fat." They are using a Calorie King Journal to track their daily eating. I told her the only thing related to food I was really worried about was coffee in the morning. She said, "No problem. I can still have a cup with artificial sweetener."
Rock climbing this week went well. The indoor climbing was actually much harder than the real rocks.
She has not begun her Pre-AP summer reading (Frankenstein or Death of a Salesman) or played her clarinet. Surprise Surprise!
She said to thank everyone for the letters. She loves getting mail. She asked that I apologize to all of you that she has not yet responded to. Apparently all the envelopes I sent with her are sealed shut. I will send more in this weeks care package.
Thank you all for your continued prayers and notes to her! We greatly appreciate it!
Today's schedule:
Today they will begin with group cognitive behavior therapy and jump into an intense session of bootcamp. They’ll check out the garden, shoot some hoops, and play noodleball. Before dinner they’ll have a cool dip in the swim hole and end the evening with an obstacle course!
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