Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Life Between the Workouts

Yesterday, I started off the week by burning a ton of calories at Bodystep. This was my last class for a few weeks because our instructor is off to Australia (her home) and she is the only one who does Bodystep. I'm going to miss this class while she is gone.


Today, my workout of the day was foam rolling. It still hurts, but I do think I'm making progress. My foam roller is the flat kind. I don't know how anyone uses the type that looks like a torture device.

Here's a look at the rest of my day.

I had a meeting in Central, so I took the ferry over a little early to do some shopping. This is the ferry arriving at the terminal.


Victoria Harbour is full of amphibious traffic of all shapes and sizes. Today I saw a large ship pier-side, several other ferries from the mainland and outlying islands like ours, and a small fishing boat.

Spring weather lately - rainy

I had three items on my shopping list: a dress, a pair of walking shoes, and a blender. I was looking for a new dress to wear to an event tomorrow night. I have a dress, but just thought I would see what was out there. I found this really cute dress at Reiss, but I couldn't convince myself to splurge that much. No new dress for me.


I had just enough time to stop in ECCO before my meeting. I slipped on a pair of the Osans and a few minutes later I walked out wearing them. They are super comfortable.


Work meetings in public places. This is a very normal thing for a lot of people, but in my previous non-expat life, I was confined to my classroom and high school building most days ---> meaning (not counting days I might have slipped outside at lunch for a walk or run) 184 days in the building. This meeting is not for my job, but for a volunteer coordinator position that I am taking over within the American Women's Association to provide support to visiting US Naval Ships.


mrC met me after my meeting and we went to see the chiropractor together. We both needed an adjustment and I've been having a little trouble with my shoulder. The chiropractor thinks I've injured my rotator cuff.

Lulu, the chiropractor's dog likes to keep patients company

After our visit with the chiropractor, we popped into Wing On, a Hong Kong department store, shopped the blenders and found a winner. We've had our current single serve low-power blender for two years and it was time to upgrade. 


On our way to catch the ferry back to Discovery Bay, we grabbed a few things from City Super for a late lunch ---> which we ate on the ferry. I love their crab cakes.


Unpacking at the apartment, I found this spoon taped to a bag of chips. The cashier at City Super must have thought I'd need it for the yogurt I bought. Wasn't that sweet?


For dinner, I made smoothies with the new blender! Wow what a difference a few hundred watts makes. 


In the morning I'm hoping the rain has moved on so that I can get out for a run and meet a friend for some SUP.


Do you ever have work meetings in public places?
Smoothies for dinner? Yes or no?






8 comments:

  1. Smoothies for breakfast--yes! We have them every day. Dinner? No. I live in a house of men....

    I love this glimpse into your life in Hong Kong!

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    1. Haha! My husband was ok with it because we has a really late lunch so neither of us was hungry for a regular meal.

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  2. It's a yes to the smoothies and I actually have a work related meeting in London on Thursday. I don't have that many though to be honest.

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  3. Hi Amy C, I'm Val B - we should start a rap group, ha! I love a smoothie. I wondered what you think of the Apple Watch? Thinking abut treating myself. Val x

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    1. I love it because I can use it for so many workouts! My only complaint is the battery life can feel short when I do a long workout or multiple workouts. Maybe the newer generations are better. I've heard the new ones are waterproof too - that would be an awesome feature. (mine is a first generation)

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  4. Not just volunteering - volunteer coordinator is such an awesome position and I love that you're doing it for servicemen.

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