inspiration08

ahh! i hate computers sometimes. lol. i went on a bike ride in the mountains today ans i was going to post some of the pics i took… and i can’t download the stupid things for some reason. grrr… stupid computer! probably more like stupid me, but i think i’d rather blame it on the computer.

biking was great- 60k (48miles) and about five and a half hours… my legs are dead though. lol- great bike ride, but there was an absolute killer 20k stretch… but man, it was great. now if i can just get my eating under control!! i’m not sure really what to do with myself there… i’m in maintain mode. i’ve been in maintain mode since last october. that’s not good. i’ve got 10 more pounds i want to drop, and i just can’t seem to gather the discipline to do it. exercise is absolutely not a problem. well, usually. i took two days off this week, but i like doing physical activity, so it’s never a problem. it’s just getting the jumk under control. and eating less, i think. humm… i think i’m too tired to come to any fabulous insites or goals, so i think i’m going to go to sleep. that or go knit for a while. lol- i’m a dork. night everyone!!

haha… maybe this’ll do the trick!!

i’ve always had a love for corsets, so when i finally get to goal, it’ll be the reward! lol.

mission accomplisehd!! 100 miles in three days- 60 of them today! i am totally beat now though. need to go to sleep soon. it felt great… i’m looking forward to doing that (or something like that) again! i’ll try and post some pics when i’m not so tired.

so- the good part, i got in 60miles today. the bad? i had watermellon soft serve and a bag of doritos. the ice cream i’m not unhappy about, the doritos, i’m not so pleased with. why? why did i get those stupid things? i wanted something salty and  i was craving carbs… and there wasn’t any other fantasitc option, but i could have done something better. i’m trying  to cut out the processed stuff and that’s definately processed. and they don’t even really taste that great! all in all it’s not probably going to be that bad for me, but it’s just more like i’m not happy with myself for making a careless decision. i chose to eat the ice cream- and i throughly enjoyed it. the doritos though? more like an unconcious decision? anyway, i’ll just have to figure out some healthy salty snacks (lol- kind of mutually exclusive there, no?)  to keep on hand. humm. something to work on i suppose. and i’m rambling now… i’m not even sure what i’m writing at this point. i need sleep!

well, i suppose food is food, but apparently it’s not all created equal. thanks so the industralization of our food, the copious amounts of chemicals and insanely high yield crops, not to mention selectively breeding strains higher in carbs, we get cheaper AND less nutritious food! yumm!! anyway, here’s a link to the article: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/Nutrient-Decline-Industrial-Farming.aspx

and the article in a nut shell:

“The commercially grown vegetables, fruits and grains that we are eating today are significantly less nutritious than these foods were 100 years ago, or even just 30 years ago.”

 sad thing is though, it doesn’t need to be this way. as far as i can understand, buying “organic” food doesn’t necessarily need to cost so much more, but thanks in part to government policies, it gets to be. that’s for another blog though.

on the plus side- i got in a good two and a half hour bike ride, unfortunately that means i probably need to get in about 60 miles tomorrow… i don’t htink i’m going to be able to do much saturday or sunday. at the very least i need to get in about 40. i think i can handle that, actually, i’m pretty damn sure i can handle that. ahh… i’m looking foward to tomorrow!! i’ve never done that much in one day before so it’ll be nice to have the challenge!

it’s beautiful outside, and as soon as i’m done with this i’m going for a bike ride. i want to do a challenge for myself… lol, don’t want to wait until until the beginning of the week though!! i’m going to try for 100 miles by monday. anyone with me? humm…. maybe i’ll post something in the fitness forum… any distance for a month? i dunno. we’ll see. i would love to have some others on board for some kind of fitness challenge.

other thoughts… nope. nothing profound is comming. i’m still moping a bit about my ex and i’m finding that i just really want to be around people right now. lol- that’s unfortunatel cause there ain’t no one here! so i’m developing a internet addiction and keep looking at sparkley stuff on ebay. well, at least it’s not food?? i’ve rambled enough and if i’m going to get my 100 miles in by monday, i’d better get started!

since i’ve been on here! things have been… well, things have been things. work, friends and trying to get healthy. my boyfriend and i finally broke up for good and that hurts so much more than i’d like to admit. it’s just kind of like everything’s lost it’s luster… but things will get better and the world will be shiny again. it’ll just take a little bit of time.

i haven’t been swimming in about a month. i’m not sure what happened there… but i just havne’t wanted to go to the pool. so i haven’t. funny part is, i want to swim, just don’t want to go to that pool. maybe i’ll go this weekend. lets see… i’ve been doing alot of cycling lately… been going out three or four times a week for about 2 hours at a time… that’s so much fun!! my dad got me some paniers (basically bags) for my bike. i can’t wait for those to come in!! multiple days bike rides here i come! hehe. and core rhythms. lol- love those dvd’s. and i think Jaana (one of the instructors) is my new idol/hero. she’s amazing. i want her body! lol

food wise… finally i’ve gotten back to eating somewhat decently. funny that i think that considering that i’ve had ice cream three times in the last week, but i haven’t been eating processed foods like i was. if anyone’s into reading, pick up a copy of michael pollan’s book “in defense of food”- it’s fantastic. and he’s got a rather interesting view on the whole “overweight america” problem. anyway, i thought it was worthwhile.

well, it’s good to be back! now i’m going to go to sleep