Dutchie getting fit! ��

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Look at this! 👀 My banana plant is actually producing bananas! 😱😱

I was a bit late this morning due to my little detour during my hike 🙈 Breaking up and packing went better than expected, but it was in full sun 🤦🏼‍♀️ I was already drenched in sweat before I even put on my motor gear. 🥵 When I finally left, the airflow was so welcome! I took a route without highways, really impressed by the cute town Kampen 😍 I arrived exactly at noon, the time from which I was allowed on the campsite, so perfect timing 👌🏻Putting up my tent went even faster than yesterday, only 20 minutes or so! Now I’m waiting for .doblo to arrive 🫶🏻

Boom, tent up in 30 minutes 👌🏻The ride was uneventful, I’m not that far from home and there was no traffic. I was a bit scared driving with this load, but it went well!

Meet my new love 😜 Get ready for some camping stories! I’ll leave this thursday afternoon for a solo night, then on friday I’ll drive to a different campsite to meet .doblo where we will stay for another 3 nights. Yesterday was a bit stressful, I found out the tent I bought was out of stock. I had to choose a different one fast, but in the end I’m happy with my choice. I also did a packing run and found out a lot of stuff doesn’t fit in my bags lol 🙈 (ok I cried haha, but I’m over that now, ready for adventure!)

Lunch with cucumber and tomatoes from the backyard 😍 It's not really clear, but the tomato I'm pointing to, has little stripes. It's not a disease, but the 'red torch' variety ☺️ 💚

Last kickboxing training of this year at 💪🏻 After letting myself go a bit during spring and summer and then on holiday in September, the regular kickboxing lessons really helped me to get back into my rhythm again. It took more (tracking my food, saying no to some parties, getting back into regular weightlifting again) to actually lose weight and feel fitter again. Looking back, I'm really proud of myself and the progress I made over the last 2,5 months. The next two weeks I'm going to enjoy the few events I have, the rest of the time it'll be just my regular schedule (walking with Charlie, weightlifting, a caloric deficit and high protein diet). We're also going to check out another kickboxing gym as backup for when ours is closed 😁👍🏻🥊

Thank you for always being so motivating and trying to get everything out of the training. Going on the pads always unleashes an extra vessel of fuel I didn't know was there. And thank you for going together and motivating me to go (.koster1 too for when Tom can't go 😁).

A beautiful long walk during sunrise with my beautiful, sweet and loving dog Charlie ❤️
There's more and more evidence that just walking regularly has a huge positive impact on your physical health. Before we had Charlie, I was already pretty active and I do have to admit that my mornings have become way earlier (and so I go to bed early too) since we have Charlie, but I'm not complaining 😁 Getting a dog only to increase your walking is never a good idea. Most dogs need more than just walks (enrichment, vigorous training, work/jobs when you have a working dog) and some dogs don't even like walking lol. Charlie is (luckily) very flexible. He loves his walks, but he is also very fond of playing and sleeping 😁. When I have time, I do a long morning walk, but he's also fine with a short walk. We started with 4 walks a day (we live next to a park), but after 6 months he refused to walk in the evening, he'd be sleeping and would not move a paw to go on a walk 🤣 So now he gets 3 walks a day, some longer and some shorter + enrichment.
Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I'm thankful for having Charlie and he fits perfectly in our life ❤️ Now if only we could fix his fireworks anxiety!

I had an amazing evening/night at Femmazing in Amsterdam and PANN in Utrecht afterwards. Planning such a day directly after a day of into the woods might not have been that smart lol. But I still have till Tuesday until I have to go back to return again!