Rest, reflection, and prep for next week

I've been here for one week and have posted something every day.  I want to thank everyone for their support during the journey.  It has kept me going at time, so thank you again.  I also like reading the comments, so please keep them coming.

The advice of the staff of the BLR is to rest on Sunday because the body takes a beating through the week and needs some time to recover.  Right now it is Sunday evening and they are exactly correct.  I feel great physically and am ready for the upcoming week.

I'd like to take a minute to talk about the system and overall schedule.  We eat three meals per day with two snacks.  All of the food is prepared by a chef, so we don't do any cooking.  The dining room has a complete staff that does the dishes as well, so all we do is show up, eat, and leave.

The housing area is treated like a hotel.  We have housekeeping that comes in every day to clean the room, make the bed, and replenish the towels.  The only work we have to do ourselves is laundry.

Today I finally took some pictures of the resort, and will post some today and the rest tomorrow.  Due to the placement of the trees, I couldn't get the entire lobby building in one shot, so I broke it up.

The big doors in the middle picture are the main entrance doors.  To the left side is the pro shop, and to the right is the spa area.  The spa area is shown in the third picture and takes up the first and second floors.  The top floor is the business center and offices for the staff.

In this building is also the dining room.  Here is a picture.

When you leave this main building and go around the corner, the first things that you see are the pool and hot tub.  Here are the pictures.

Since these pictures were taken early in the morning, you can see the staff member taking the cover off the pool.

Now, if you've read this far, we get to the good stuff.  Since Sunday is transition day, we have the option to get on the scale if we want to.  Today after breakfast I got on the scale and have lost 9.6 lbs this week!!!  By the way, I weight the same now as when I started the project in Nigeria.  To put it another way, all of the weight that I gained during the Nigeria project came off in one week.

I will weight myself every week, but I haven't decided on posting the information each week.  Something inside me wants to save it for the end and make it a surprise.  I went ahead and posted this week's results because 9.6 lbs. in one week is just awesome.

Closing thought for the day:  I knew that last week's hard work would pay off, but 9.6 lbs exceeded my expectations.  Therefore I didn't feel guilty the rest of the day when I took a nap, continued reading on my iPad, and watched a movie and some television shows on my computer.  I'm ready for week two so bring it on.