Day 19

Woke up after a very horrible sleep. I'm in no way an expert camper--quite the opposite. We had a double high queen size mattress, complete with a flannel bottom sheet, flannel top sheet, 3 thin-ish blankets, and thick sleeping bag. I still woke up through the night shivering. I finally got the nerve to open the covers and put on sweats and my hoodie, but I still found myself shivering. I probably got an hour or two of uninterrupted sleep the entire night. Most everyone gave me smirky smiles the next morning as some had even stated they were hot the whole night. Okay, so they were in the trailer, but still. Andrew even slept in a comfortable temperature, only waking every single time I moved. He said this was no bowling ball mattress (you know, the kind you drop a ball on one side and the movement doesn't transfer over). Awe, my poor husband!
So the general consensus was to put a sleeping bag underneath us, over top of the air mattress. Apparently I failed the course when they taught us about air mattresses trapping all the cold air. Suffice it to say last night I slept better than if I were in my own bed, having properly prepared the air mattress this go around, and having enough drag in me to crash for eight uninterrupted hours.
We walked down to the river which was too cold to wade in. There was ladder golf, and an interesting game of Mao, which I have to say left me beet red in my tear stained face. At about the 12th out of 15 rounds, I was having such a hard time keeping up and remembering everything, that words came out all jumbled in gibberish. My thought process to verbal delivery is broken. It was very amusing though. We all had a great laugh. It opened up some getting to know my SIL's BIL and his fiancee who are some very awesome people. It was a great afternoon, and I love that game!!!!
It wouldn't be camping without smores and I kind of pushed for them at the end of the day as we were sitting around the campfire. :) I didn't go crazy and only had one but it was soooo worth it! The night ended with a few fireworks let off down by the river (which was about 25 yards away) and beautiful, sweet sleep.

Meals
2 pieces of Texas toast french toast
2 tsp Becel margarine
approx 2 tbsp buttery syrup
1 cup of milk
1 banana
2 cups of water

Snacks throughout the day consisting of:
3 inch seafood sub (l/o)
1 white chocolate macadamia nut cookie
approx 15 slices of homemade beef jerky
2 pieces of watermelon
a couple handfuls of cherries
a handful of yummy Chex mix
approx 4 cups of water

tin foil dinner--approx 1.5 cup of potatoes
1/2 cup of carrots
1/4 cup of onion
3 oz seasoned hamburger
2 tsp Becel margarine
3X1X1 square of caramel rice crispy treat (and not 4X4X1 which is what I would normally go for)
2 cups of water

smores!--2 graham crackers
3 squares of Hershey milk chocolate candy bar
2 marshmallows
1 cup of water

Exercise
None

Notes:
-Well I could have prepared my meals out and been very particular about what I ate, but we pooled money in and ate what everyone else had. So I did my best to have what everyone else was eating without going too overboard. I even skipped the cheese sauce again, that most people put on their dinners. It's getting really easy to do, skipping the cheese lately. I did go heavy on the sweets compared to what I would do at home, but I'm very proud of myself for limiting my consumption to one, as in the smores, or a very small piece as in the rice crispy treats. Compared to what I would do on a previous camping trip, I was a saint. Compared to what I've been doing for my changed lifestyle, I had a LOT of sugar. Weighing pros and cons, however, I'm very pleased with the balance I think I achieved.
-Again the exercise was a no go. I felt being out in the wilderness, not having a couch to lounge on all day long, was a step up in the activity department, although as I think back to it, I wasn't very hardcore, determined, or motivated. Having excuses gets really easy when you're not in your element. I feel badly for not having exercised all weekend, now that I'm home. I realize that camping is the exception, but we should have at least gone on a long walk. Our longest walk lasted maybe a half hour and that was just a stroll including walking back and forth picking up the Bocce balls. This would have been a perfect opportunity to try out a workout away from the gym, but I just didn't prepare myself. I suppose I shouldn't be too hard on myself because this is still new, but then again I want to change and my activity level was pretty sedentary. Sigh.