Gah... just not making good food choices over the holidays. Need to get under control. I think the problem is I do much better under a routine, and well with the holidays the routine has been broken. Last Wednesday I was back down to 140, today 143. Gah. I am going to try VERY hard to be on track today and tomorrow. Work days are easy to be on track, it's non-work days that are hard.
Anyways.... Today I went for a short bike ride in my "new" old bike. It's about 14 years old but a great bike. Specialized bike with a small frame for my short legs. I found that the "standard" size bike is just too big for me and kids bikes are too small. I think it's a size 17. DH got it tuned up and fixed for me for christmas. So between the rain clouds I went out to give it her a try. It's been SO long since I went for a bike ride. It was fun, but I did realize that my hips are quite tight (been sort of noticing with running too). So I think some foam rolling is in order today. the best part of the ride was realizing that I am in SO much better shape then I was last I rode (about 8 years ago?). It was pretty easy cardio wise.. my quads burned a bit on hills but not too bad.
Now I need to figure out how to get riding it into my routine. I think once the weather is nicer that I will use it to go to the grocery store since that's only about a mile away from the house. Riding to work is not really an option since I need to use the car for my piano teaching after work. I could bike perhaps on Fridays.
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