Flirty Thirties, Sporty Forties

We all made it safely to the island called Cayman Brac for the Dive Frendzee takeover! I have been delighted with everything since arriving! It is blissfully remote and I feel quite content to never leave the resort compound to venture anywhere else.  It is like we are at the end of the world in a wonderful day!  The food...oh my the food! (I have officially turned in my Mom)!  It is all buffet but GOOD buffet!  Rolls, soups, multiple salads, cheese board, multiple hot side dishes, and then two or three entries, one always carved with a sauce.  Last night was ham. Oh, and dessert! 3 different choices last night: coconut flan, carrot cake, and chocolate walnut pie. This place offers Valet style diving, so in the morning, we were to have our gear outside our door in bags they provide, and they pick everything Iup and take it over to the dive boats and they set everything up! Valet diving, Princess diving, whatever you want to call it.... I am loving it! After...

Ok, my goal is to restrict myself to 6 tsp or 25 grams of sugar per day as recommended by health organizations who study these things.  I haven't tracked my eating for a while but a I am sure I am way over that! I watched a movie called Sugar Coated and it had inspired me, as well as all my friends giving up things for Lent.  Since I have a marathon on Sunday, I will not be able to be quite as strict on race day but will give this a whirl. I started by going through my cupboards and was stunned by all the things that contained sugar!! My vitamins, calcium, taco seasoning... it feels like I am down to salt, pepper, oil, and dish soap!! I need to research whether that 25 grams is added sugar, separate from the naturally occurring sugar in fruits, or it that is all forms of sugar. That would be much harder!!

I've fallen behind because I was relying on Facebook but as I'm weaning myself off of that, I'll resume posting on here and work to update and catch up on my trip reports!

This is a trip recap of my quick jaunt to Hong Kong in December 2016. I wanted to go see a friend of mine who was living there temporarily, plus meet the people he had told me so much about.  Also, I've flown through there but never left the airport and it seemed time to check out this famous city. Another perk: it's highly recommended for solo female travelers - that's me! Chocolate Chip Cookie preparation Rule #1 - don't show up empty handed for someone's birthday!  I made Andy some Chocolate Chip cookies the night before and took them in my carry on so they'd be intact when they arrived. Leaving my apartment 4AM I flew from DC to JFK (New York) and on to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific.  I love that airline and because it was relatively empty, we were free to move about and sit wherever we liked.  I had an entire row to myself!  Perfect for stretching out, though admittedly I was too excited to sleep. On board Once I arrived and made it through...