Day 39 - Day at the beach

A gorgeous summer day here today so after my workout I took Max to the beach in Kamakura and met up with a few hooping friends. Hubbilicious was at work as usual for a Saturday but we have two days off together from tomorrow - YAY.

After an initial few moments of being unsure about the whole ocean, sand and splashy waves thing, Max just loved the water. Good little Aussie tacker that he is. We sat in the shallows and made sand castles, inspected shells and seaweed for a few hours. We went out into the waves and dunked into the water. Lots of smiles and laughing for everybody.

All of this was very good for my constitution also. Sure the skipping was still pissing me off today and I wanted to throw the rope out the window more than a few times but it was all done and dusted before we set off into the fresh air and sunshine.

I took a lunchbox for both Max and I so food was all PCP and baby compliant. Went home when the others were heading off to dinner as Max had conked out and thought it best for the train journey. As it was we didn't get home until after 8:30 so it was a good thing we left when we did. Walking past the shops and the beach bars it really struck home how much I used to eat when at the beach. I would think nothing of stopping along the way to get sticky buns from the bakery and then snacks from the beach bars. Then usually we would stop for burgers or something on the way home. As it was I didn't spend a cent on food or drink and had bonus exercise such as the walking, swimming and hooping.

The scales tell me that I am now 6kg lighter than Day 1 which is brilliant. I have uploaded some more photos to flickr and I think there is some differences that can be noticed. I do need to buy a new swimsuit as the one today was gaping and falling off. Sadly I will have to source one overseas as it is a special breastfeeding swimsuit and Japan doesn't have anything like this.