sunday hike
can you believe its already April!?
where has 2017 gone?
i started out April pretty good.
we celebrated my brother's birthday at home with a little family get together that led to everyone basically crying because my boyfriend made aguachiles and even though they weren't as spicy as i know he can make them, they were still pretty spicy but so delicious that no one could stop eating. haha
then on Sunday, we went for a hike in Palos Verdes after i was trying not to go but gave myself a talk that i should stop being lazy.
it was a nice hike, it wasn't too hot and it wasn't crowded.
it was all fun and games til i slipped and landed on my left buttcheek and my right foot and landed my left hand on a cactus.
thankfully, i didn't slide down cause i fell down while i was climbing down and my hand landing on the cactus wasn't as bad as it could have been.
just a couple of pricks here and there.
overall it was a nice hike.
then we went to San Pedro where, never in the 10 years that I've been going have i ever seen it so packed. we didn't even bother to wait in line so we just left.
overall it was a pretty great weekend, and little by little I'm seeing that the more you do on a weekend, the more you're okay with having to go back to work on Monday. (:
hope you have a great week ahead!
thanks to Elise, i fell IN LOVE with my fitbit.
i wear it religiously. day in, day out, when I'm awake, when I'm asleep. when i went swimming and sooometimes (but not really) when I'm in the shower. the only time its ever off for sure its when i charge it.
id never heard of it before until this post (actually that's a lie! my roommate had the baby version i just never asked) but i didn't buy it until March 9th, 2015. when i stopped by target on a whim to buy it before heading to the movies with Andy.
i remember thinking "fuck. $100 is a lot for something i miiiight regret buying shortly.(you know buyers remorse? ya. hello, i have that up the wazoo!!! i regret EVERYTHING i buy.) but i kept it and i surely fell in love.
that first day, because i got it like 5pm and then went to the movies, i only hit 5,908 steps and i was like woooah.
seeing those little dots light up made me all sorts of happy. i have it set to a 10k a day goal so every little dots ='s 2k.
then Elise did a 1 year recap and i was even more in love!!!!
i loved the idea of seeing a years worth of walking.
hers looks different...but anyways, its very freaking awesome to me to see how much i did in a year.
it should be noted that i HATE exercising. i love running but I'm lazy. i cant even begin to tell you so that's another reason i love my fitbit! because if i see that i am thisclose to hitting my 10k you can bet your butt i get up to get them.
you can also do daily/weekly/weekend challenges with other people and that also motivates the hell out of you.
usually I'm very chill about those and when i do get 1st place its because i do the weekend ones when i happen to go hiking. that and when my coworker challenges me because i know it BUGS her that i beat her. hey! what ever motivates you!
like for example, this one time we had a whole week one, Friday night, 10 minutes left, neck to neck kinda, i was running like an idiot up and down my block trying to get those last few steps. it paid off!, but I'm pretty sure i looked like an idiot.
the fitbit syncs to your phone via blue tooth and as long as you have it on, it refreshes so you can see your numbers. because of that, we'd only update like every 8 hrs so we couldn't see anyone else's numbers unless they refreshed. (you can never see anyone else's numbers unless you're doing a challenge)
by far my best day has been December 12, 2015 with 33,112 steps.
B and i went hiking at the Bridge of Nowhere (i have yet to still upload those -_____-)
i was pretty shocked cause i didn't think it'd be that many.
and i got a "congrats on 30k steps in one day badge" haaay!
in the very beginning, you get badges for mostly anything. hitting your first 5,000 steps, then 10,15, 20, 30 and so on. there's also badges for lifetime miles walked (Italy, London...so on.) depending on the fitbit you have (i have the flex) you can also get flights and a bunch of other stuff.
its kind of cool getting all those badges but they become less and less over time. at least for me. its just nice to have a little "hey!, you're awesome" reminder.
I'm trying to upgrade to the Alta BUT i don't need a new one so ill just hold off a bit on that.
other than that, this has been the best $100 ive ever spent. and luckily if you're not one to want the brand new model, you can get the flex for a very good price on amazon or even at target. heck even the HR Charge or whatever is called is on sale for the price of a "basic" fitbit.
basically all of this just to say i love my fitbit.
so if you read all of that, thanks!
also, if you have a fitbit, let me know!, lets be friends!
remember last year when hiking every Sunday was a goal of mine but then i kept going to the same place cause i had no one to go with and then i just stopped? no? well, it was but anyways that miiiiight be back! specially with B in the picture cause he loves to hike and he goes just about everywhere. case in point Chantry Flats.
such a beautiful scenic place! mega heart eyes emoji!
we wanted to make it to the bigger waterfall but instead of going down we went up and so we found the smaller version of it.
i was willing to get in the water and then i saw the water and i was like nooo thanks!
i thought, okay we found it lets go back but nope. B made me rock climb and we ended up circling the whole entire thing.
i cant even begin to tell you how beautiful and scenic this hike was.
i didnt take a lot of pictures cause since it was so bright it was hard to get a good one without it looking like what the heck is this.
we are planning to go back for the bigger waterfall so eeek!!
over all my fitbit says i did 7 miles // 18,000+ steps, 147 active minutes and the calories burned were over 2,500+.
good day i must say!
my butt was SUPER sore the next day. it hurt to get up after seating for a long period of time. so much fun!
cant wait to go back!
and i really do hope this becomes a regular for us!
eeek!
as a resolution, i told myself i would hike every sunday of this year!
that lasted so long...but then i stopped and started running at the beach.
then we hit 100+ degree weather here in California and while i would LOVE to be fit and all, doing it in extreme weather is not my thing.
so that week that it was melting hot out here i stopped and it killed me.
i dont know about you but for me if i have a routine going and then i stop....im screwed. its hard to get back in to it.
today, i changed that!
i mean ive been back once or twice with my sister but not all the way to the top.
today, i dragged my ass outa bed and made myself go!
and when some people would pass me by all i kept thinking was "this is not a race. take your time!"
the few times i wanted to turn back get in my car and go home i said NO!!! and kept on truckin!
its tunrbull canyon. ive been here plenty of times before so its like meh for me to post pictures (because how often can i post the sorta same pictures ya know!) but why not!
the art on the water tower is always changing so haaay!!!
i call these women the "CBW2"
crazy bitches with weights.
now, i do not mean bitches in a bad way.
not at all whatsoever!!!!!
i hope one day i can climb all these hills with weights on my back too!!
you go ladies!!!!
the second to last hill. i was dying!
and i kept thinking to myself jesus! then i saw that ray of light and i got a nice gust of wind and i was good to go!
thanks! ;)
sometimes you find little gems up here.
i think the last picture i saw there was a huge hit saying "these hoes aint loyal!" haha.
translation: "women in movement"
when i saw this i thought of the "CBW2" above!
exactly how i felt when i got to the top.
and all the shaded seating areas were taken.
le sigh.
i hiked all of that (on the right. the left is where people go race. at night, at like 100 miles an hour. with no lights) (:
plus a lot more! woohooo!
i have the galaxy s5!
i knew it has this pedometer thing (who doesn't? everyones seen the commercial!) but i just barely learned how to use it yesterday at work!
i misread it yesterday and thought 1000 steps? pffft i can do that easily! i forgot that other 0!!!
if I'm being honest i think this is what gave me that little extra push to go today. (but hey!!! whatever works!!!)
once at the top i hit around 5500 so i knew for sure hitting the goal was going to be easy on the way down.
i like that it tracks your steps while you are walking and while you are running separately so you can see how you're doing in each category. this was all by 1215pm! woohooo!!
(i am now at 10465. i got home and set my phone done. i was cleaning the shower and eating and what not so i didnt track those but to be honest, i've been in bed since i got out the shower so i doubt itll continue getting higher. well see!)
now its been a while and im hella outa shape so im ending this and going to bed! (:
thanks for reading! :*
i know its been a while since I've posted a Sunday hike post but i mean truthfully, that's kinda hard when a-hiking one does not go.
considering it was one my resolutions i have been failing miserably.
with my stupid ankle to this weird fear of hiking unexplored territories by myself! (I've been to this place several times and trust me being the chicken that i am, i wont go there past 5pm even though the sun goes down at like 9pm!)
BUT!!!! although i have not been hiking every Sunday, i have been running at the beach twice a week which in my book is a-okay! because isn't the goal itself to just be active and healthy!?
i think its a good trade off.
the good thing about going to bed at like 9 on a Saturday is that i was up by 8 today (Sunday) so i had enough morning time to get up and go hike and beat this weird heat/windy drama going on.
even sweeter, i got good parking! (kind've a mission at turnbull canyon!)
i wont lie, this hike sorta kicked my butt even though Ive done it a couple of times.
maybe the not stretching before going for it was a factor in that!
-.-
as you can see up above, they've updated their little art!
i love it.
and below i leave you with a photo of a nice view.
enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening.
I'm watching the last harry potter movie and moms cooking smells delicious.
cant get any better than that.
au revoir
i feel like I've been such a bad blogger! but I've just been so busy with school and work that its all aaahhh!!!!
some of the free time i just want to read or sleep.
I'm soooo behind i have 2 birthdays, one book aaaand its already Wednesday and I'm barely doing my sunday hike post.
(sooorrryyy!!!)
Mk so to it!
this Sunday, carol invited me and Gladys to work out at the beach.
i know its no hike-ing...but its a work out so it counts!
i loooved it!
i love the beach in the morning and everyone working out! it was a nice day out!
up and down that hill 5 times aaahh!
running on the sand after doing the hill 5 times.
once we reached our running destination, we came across the doggy beach.
so many dogs in and out of the water, it blew my mind. (solely because i have to hunt down my dogs just to shower them! so the fact they were going in voluntarily ....ka-bloooom!)
it was the cutest thing ever and i want to take chonch!
and as always here Gladys and i!
i swear!, i know I'm always taking pictures with this same shirt. it just so happens that Sunday is my laundry day so i always do laundry after the hikes...so this shirt is always clean!
ill try to change it up i swear but i just love it!
thanks for reading this little (late) rushed post!
back to work i go!!!
today's hike is brought to you from (well my room right now but you know, earlier!) Turnbull Canyon!!!
since my ankle is a whole lot better but still in recovery mode, i wanted to come here. I've been here before and so i knew this was a perfect trail for me!
here are some pictures of today's hike! (:
cant wait to see what next weekend brings!
I didn't make a huge deal about my new years resolutions but I know there are 3-4 things I wanted to do.
One of them is hiking every sunday!
So far, with the exception of last week because of my tooth!, ive kept it up! :)
Part of me is really ahhh! about posting my resolutions or goals because you know, I dont know, im weird. But mostly just the whole failing part of it or if I give up half way and you know, them being so public. (Its only 52 (give or take) hikes les!)
Well this one (as well as my others! Coming up on another post!) have stuck.
Sunday, I went hiking with Gladys to Temescal Canyon in Santa Monica and it was fuuun!
I wasnt too crazy and we went super early so by the time we left, the sun was coming out and we had no part of it!! :)
I wasnt too crazy and we went super early so by the time we left, the sun was coming out and we had no part of it!! :)
Here are some pictures of the hike.
As I do this (erm, try!) I will be blogging posts just to kinda keep track of it and hold myself accountable.
So even though I have kept up on my hiking, this is my first sunday hike post! (:
As I do this (erm, try!) I will be blogging posts just to kinda keep track of it and hold myself accountable.
So even though I have kept up on my hiking, this is my first sunday hike post! (:
Enjoy!
Still to this day, I love the abm app. Lol
I'm not sure what crawled up my butt, but i decided to go hiking.
See, I'm lazy and i loooove sleeping and i was off work early so I'm a bit surprised myself.
but it was worth it!!!!
I went to The Baldwin Hills Scenic View.
Those stairs are killer.
I read that there's 300 of them but I'm not sure. I will have to recount.
I made it to the 3rd set and then it kicked my ass so i sat down for a few minutes.
I made it all the way to the top and back down and then went running up and down through the hike route.
I cant wait to go again!
I found the rainbow all the way at the top now i just need to find out exactly where its at so i can go snap a picture!!! :D
So if you know, let me know.
Better yet, LET'S GO!!!!
There's a guy in a van selling water and Gatorade and all sorts of drinks at the bottom right before you go up.
On the way down and back to my car, we stopped to buy a vitamin water off of him.
I asked him if he was the only one selling water and all that and he said yes.
I told him he was intelligent!!!
(this whole conversation was going on in spanish!)
He then asked if i wanted a water and I said no thanks.
That's when he offered me one for free!!! woohoo!!!
(little does he know I'm planning to open up my own business riiiight next to him...muahahahaha who has a van? just kidding!!!)
woohoo! what a great day.
Now here are some random snapshots I took!
I love random street art.
Its the best!!!! (:
(I do not know the sources of these painting. if you do, please let me know. But kudos guys for the beautiful things you are leaving for the rest of the world to enjoy!)
See, I'm lazy and i loooove sleeping and i was off work early so I'm a bit surprised myself.
but it was worth it!!!!
I went to The Baldwin Hills Scenic View.
Those stairs are killer.
I read that there's 300 of them but I'm not sure. I will have to recount.
I made it to the 3rd set and then it kicked my ass so i sat down for a few minutes.
I made it all the way to the top and back down and then went running up and down through the hike route.
I cant wait to go again!
I found the rainbow all the way at the top now i just need to find out exactly where its at so i can go snap a picture!!! :D
So if you know, let me know.
Better yet, LET'S GO!!!!
There's a guy in a van selling water and Gatorade and all sorts of drinks at the bottom right before you go up.
On the way down and back to my car, we stopped to buy a vitamin water off of him.
I asked him if he was the only one selling water and all that and he said yes.
I told him he was intelligent!!!
(this whole conversation was going on in spanish!)
He then asked if i wanted a water and I said no thanks.
That's when he offered me one for free!!! woohoo!!!
(little does he know I'm planning to open up my own business riiiight next to him...muahahahaha who has a van? just kidding!!!)
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| LESSON OF THE DAY: Make friends EVERYWHERE you go! :) |
Now here are some random snapshots I took!
I love random street art.
Its the best!!!! (:
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| LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE ME LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE |
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| OOOH GIIIRL! |
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| That whale looks really happy!!!!! hehehe |
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