Well I have been very lazy these past few days. I did not ride at all on tuesday or wednesday. I was going to get up this morning and go riding but I decided to sleep in instead. I have really put it off. I was giving up! I didn't want to do it anymore. I wouldn't be hurting anyone.... I felt a little bad, but not that much... So I decided to punish/push myself.
I did go today, I like going in the evening. It's really nice. I told myself that I was going to have to make up the 2 days that I missed because I was lazy. I was going to do 3 sets of 3 miles this eveing. While on the ride I decided why don't I just do 2 sets of 4.5 miles, I took a break at 1.5 miles and dranks some water and did the same thing at 4 miles. It was then I decided to go 6 miles today and 6 miles tomorrow. That would make up the 2 days.
So today I went SIX MILES!!!!!!!!! Only stopping twice, having some good sized hills in there. SIX MILES!!! I can't believe it. It was a punishment for sure, but I feel really great about it and I'm excited to do the next 6 miles tomorrow. What I can't decide is how many to do on saturday? Today and tomorrow are making up not doing the two days of 3 miles, but once I'm caught up do I go back down to 3 miles or should I only go down to maybe 5..... thoughts?
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
~Thomas A. Edison
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Day 8 WOC
So I didn't go on my bike ride yesterday, I got in a car accident in the morning and was a little shaken up all day. Although I did do some peddling while at work. I took two 4 year olds out on a paddle boat. So I did work out a little.
Today I didn't want to go on my ride at all! I am super sore today from the accident. I can feel it mainly in my neck. But I was convinced to go anyways. I did 2.5 miles today, stopped once for water, and made sure to have some hills and inclines. I wasn't into it at all though, my head was not their. I kept thinking "I don't really want to do this. I want to sit at home and just watch TV." "I'm not enjoying this, this is hard!" I was doing it just to get it done, just because I said I would go. Yeah I did it, but part of me doesn't even care..... I have no idea while I'm feeling this way, but I don't like it... What can I do to get me out of this rutt?
"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself."
~Saint Teresa of Avila
Today I didn't want to go on my ride at all! I am super sore today from the accident. I can feel it mainly in my neck. But I was convinced to go anyways. I did 2.5 miles today, stopped once for water, and made sure to have some hills and inclines. I wasn't into it at all though, my head was not their. I kept thinking "I don't really want to do this. I want to sit at home and just watch TV." "I'm not enjoying this, this is hard!" I was doing it just to get it done, just because I said I would go. Yeah I did it, but part of me doesn't even care..... I have no idea while I'm feeling this way, but I don't like it... What can I do to get me out of this rutt?
"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself."
~Saint Teresa of Avila
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Day 7 WOC
I'm back!!!
So I took a break for a day because I spent a few hours on tuesday night throwing up. It was a bad night. I threw up once the next morning too, so I decided that it would be better to rest and get better, and I do feel better! I feel so much better!!
I went on my bike ride around 7 tonight. I slept in this morning, which was really nice. My bike ride today went great! I did 2.5 miles today, I stopped once at around 1.5 miles I believe and sipped a lot of water, I'm probably still a litte dehydrated from being sick. The ride was pretty smooth. Not too many cars (thank goodness!), the sun was setting so it was pretty cool. I went a route that had some small hills today, although in a bike, at least to me right now, any sort of small incline feels like a hill haha. I am really feeling it in my legs which makes me feel like I'm doing something right!
I fell so good to be doing this, and that I have kept with it! The comments and encouragment and motivation from everyone really helps! I never thought that I could actually keep it up this long and go as far as I am going, but here I am doing it! I encourage you all to get out there and move! Even if it is only for 10 minutes. It only takes me about that long maybe a little longer to do my bike rides. How long you do it isn't that important, its that you DO IT!!!
"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."
~Ken Venturi
So I took a break for a day because I spent a few hours on tuesday night throwing up. It was a bad night. I threw up once the next morning too, so I decided that it would be better to rest and get better, and I do feel better! I feel so much better!!
I went on my bike ride around 7 tonight. I slept in this morning, which was really nice. My bike ride today went great! I did 2.5 miles today, I stopped once at around 1.5 miles I believe and sipped a lot of water, I'm probably still a litte dehydrated from being sick. The ride was pretty smooth. Not too many cars (thank goodness!), the sun was setting so it was pretty cool. I went a route that had some small hills today, although in a bike, at least to me right now, any sort of small incline feels like a hill haha. I am really feeling it in my legs which makes me feel like I'm doing something right!
I fell so good to be doing this, and that I have kept with it! The comments and encouragment and motivation from everyone really helps! I never thought that I could actually keep it up this long and go as far as I am going, but here I am doing it! I encourage you all to get out there and move! Even if it is only for 10 minutes. It only takes me about that long maybe a little longer to do my bike rides. How long you do it isn't that important, its that you DO IT!!!
"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."
~Ken Venturi
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Day 6 WOC
Uh oh.....
Oy, today was not good, not good at all. But before I get inot that let me say a little bit about yesterday. On mondays I was planning on going walking with my friend Kylee, we decided yesterday to check out a Zumba class in Maple Valley. We LOVED it!!! It was so much fun, lots of ladies and it was FREE!!! The instructor really gets you moving and the songs are fun, everyone is just having a good time! I am not a dancer at all, and I am not coordinated at all, but it was still fun and still a good workout. I want to go every week, it adds something different to my routine.
Okay, now lets talk about today. Coming back after a day off and then a day of Zumba is hard!! I had no desire to get up and go this morning, so I didn't. Plus I had to work early today and didn't have much time, but I told myself I was going to go today. After work I came home and decided I was going to eat something and over the next 2 hours ate more than I should have. I still really didn't want to go, but I had a time crunch and I had already felt really guilty about not going this morning. So I went and it was horrid!!! My stomach was not feeling good at all and I as moving very slow.... I spent a lot of time coasting.
However, I DID do 2.5 miles and I did NOT spot at all to take a drink or take a break (probably because I was moving so slow anyways.)
I know that I would have done a lot better and I would have felt a lot better if I had gone this morning.... another lesson learned. Tomorrow I am for sure getting up early and going on my ride! I do not want another day of this stomach pain, and it is all my fault. Plus it gets really warm in the afternoon. Well I just threw-up! That sure teaches me a lesson. Oh I only sort of miss the days as a child when I threw-up and my parents, cleaned it up, I sure don't like cleaning it up on my own. YUCK!!!!
"Be patient with yourself... Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement."
~Russell M. Nelson
Oy, today was not good, not good at all. But before I get inot that let me say a little bit about yesterday. On mondays I was planning on going walking with my friend Kylee, we decided yesterday to check out a Zumba class in Maple Valley. We LOVED it!!! It was so much fun, lots of ladies and it was FREE!!! The instructor really gets you moving and the songs are fun, everyone is just having a good time! I am not a dancer at all, and I am not coordinated at all, but it was still fun and still a good workout. I want to go every week, it adds something different to my routine.
Okay, now lets talk about today. Coming back after a day off and then a day of Zumba is hard!! I had no desire to get up and go this morning, so I didn't. Plus I had to work early today and didn't have much time, but I told myself I was going to go today. After work I came home and decided I was going to eat something and over the next 2 hours ate more than I should have. I still really didn't want to go, but I had a time crunch and I had already felt really guilty about not going this morning. So I went and it was horrid!!! My stomach was not feeling good at all and I as moving very slow.... I spent a lot of time coasting.
However, I DID do 2.5 miles and I did NOT spot at all to take a drink or take a break (probably because I was moving so slow anyways.)
I know that I would have done a lot better and I would have felt a lot better if I had gone this morning.... another lesson learned. Tomorrow I am for sure getting up early and going on my ride! I do not want another day of this stomach pain, and it is all my fault. Plus it gets really warm in the afternoon. Well I just threw-up! That sure teaches me a lesson. Oh I only sort of miss the days as a child when I threw-up and my parents, cleaned it up, I sure don't like cleaning it up on my own. YUCK!!!!
"Be patient with yourself... Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement."
~Russell M. Nelson
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Day 5 WOC
This is getting to be really great! I got a very late start this morning, I woke up at 6:30, decided to it was too early for a saturday morning and set an alarm for 7:30, woke up then but it was very hard to get it, my dogs were in bed cuddling with me, I just didn't want to move. I thought "its saturday not many people will be out doing things in the morning" so I just stayed in bed. My parents left about 7:45 to go hiking, and I finally left to go biking probably like 9:30.
The nice thing is that we got my odometer working so I can go any route I want now! I pretty much stayed off the main road as much as possible. I went 2 miles today and I think I'm ready to go 2.5 next week! I felt like I could have gone longer today, so I'm confident I will do next week! I took a break today after a little over a mile and drank some water. Next week I'm going to try to go as long as I can without stopping. We will see how that goes.....
On Monday's I go walking in the morning with my good friend Kylee, so on Sunday I will do nothing and on monday I will go walking then tuesday-saturday will be biking! I think it is a pretty good schedule. I am very proud of myself for sticking witht this! Its actually starting to be fun! It also helps that people will text me or facebook me and ask how my bike ride was! This way I have to do it because I don't want to tell them that I didn't! That would make me feel bad! I'm really happy I started doing this. I encourage you all to just get out there and do something! Just move! Even if it's only 10min, start small, use whatever time you have, encourage others to do things with you! It helps give you the motivation to go if you have someone else who is relying on you! I love you all!! Thank you for reading, it makes me feel good!!
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
~Thomas Jefferson
The nice thing is that we got my odometer working so I can go any route I want now! I pretty much stayed off the main road as much as possible. I went 2 miles today and I think I'm ready to go 2.5 next week! I felt like I could have gone longer today, so I'm confident I will do next week! I took a break today after a little over a mile and drank some water. Next week I'm going to try to go as long as I can without stopping. We will see how that goes.....
On Monday's I go walking in the morning with my good friend Kylee, so on Sunday I will do nothing and on monday I will go walking then tuesday-saturday will be biking! I think it is a pretty good schedule. I am very proud of myself for sticking witht this! Its actually starting to be fun! It also helps that people will text me or facebook me and ask how my bike ride was! This way I have to do it because I don't want to tell them that I didn't! That would make me feel bad! I'm really happy I started doing this. I encourage you all to just get out there and do something! Just move! Even if it's only 10min, start small, use whatever time you have, encourage others to do things with you! It helps give you the motivation to go if you have someone else who is relying on you! I love you all!! Thank you for reading, it makes me feel good!!
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
~Thomas Jefferson
Friday, August 31, 2012
Day 4 WOC
YYYAAAHHHOOOOO!!!!!
I'm feeling SO good right now!!! I feel like I am finally making some progress and that I really can actually do this!! First off this morning, I thought I hit the snooze button at 6:30 this morning, turns out I actually turned it off, so I woke up around 7:30ish instead, but thats okay. I ate breakfast played with my dogs a little to let the food settle. Then went to get on my bike, my dad was here this morning so he helped me with the odometer. It didn't work the first mile but we got it working for the second mile. He still wants to do some calibration on it to help me get exact numbers which will be nice.
The first mile was fantastic!!! I felt good going up the hills (even thought they are very small hills you can still feel the difference) I didn't like getting onto the main road in the neighborhood though... so many cars!!! I need to go earlier! But the first mile went really fast! I'm pretty sure I hit every bump and dip possible on the road! My tushi is sure feeling it! haha The second one wasn't as easy, but its all a work in progress. I think next week I'm going to do 2.5 miles slowly work my way up. I'm enjoying the little successes! I am starting to feel it in my legs while riding and then after when I walk up stairs and stuff too. Yippee!!! I am so happy! I feel like even though I am doing something really small and not at the level others do it, I am accomplishing a lot for myself. The breathing is not as bad as it used to be, its still not great, but it is getting better!
This is so great! Thank you for everyone that is helping me do this, giving me encouragement and advice! It really helps!
"There are only two options regarding commitment: you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in between."
I'M IN!!!!
I'm feeling SO good right now!!! I feel like I am finally making some progress and that I really can actually do this!! First off this morning, I thought I hit the snooze button at 6:30 this morning, turns out I actually turned it off, so I woke up around 7:30ish instead, but thats okay. I ate breakfast played with my dogs a little to let the food settle. Then went to get on my bike, my dad was here this morning so he helped me with the odometer. It didn't work the first mile but we got it working for the second mile. He still wants to do some calibration on it to help me get exact numbers which will be nice.
The first mile was fantastic!!! I felt good going up the hills (even thought they are very small hills you can still feel the difference) I didn't like getting onto the main road in the neighborhood though... so many cars!!! I need to go earlier! But the first mile went really fast! I'm pretty sure I hit every bump and dip possible on the road! My tushi is sure feeling it! haha The second one wasn't as easy, but its all a work in progress. I think next week I'm going to do 2.5 miles slowly work my way up. I'm enjoying the little successes! I am starting to feel it in my legs while riding and then after when I walk up stairs and stuff too. Yippee!!! I am so happy! I feel like even though I am doing something really small and not at the level others do it, I am accomplishing a lot for myself. The breathing is not as bad as it used to be, its still not great, but it is getting better!
This is so great! Thank you for everyone that is helping me do this, giving me encouragement and advice! It really helps!
"There are only two options regarding commitment: you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in between."
I'M IN!!!!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Day 3 WOC
Today was so much better!!! I woke up at 6:30, and thought "why am I getting up so early? I don't have to work until later." So I went back to sleep and woke up at 7:30. It was nice to get a little more sleep, I got up and had an english muffin and some milk. Got ready and left! Last night I bought some new shoes, new workout pants, an odometer (that I haven't figured out how to work yet) and a gel bicycle seat cover. Now I'm not sitting on Papa Bears bike anymore, but I'm not quite on Mama Bears or Baby Bears, but it does feel a little bit better.
The first mile was pretty good, is was about halfway through I realized why I get up so early, Cars... there are much more cars out at 8 then there are at 7. So I think I will start going early again.
I stopped after mile one and took a small drink break, taking small sips. I felt really good after mile two, still tired, but much better than the last few days. Thank you to everyone that gave me suggestions about eating and drinking and rewards. Today was great! Maybe next week I will do 2.5 or 3 miles!
"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body." - Lynn Jennings
The first mile was pretty good, is was about halfway through I realized why I get up so early, Cars... there are much more cars out at 8 then there are at 7. So I think I will start going early again.
I stopped after mile one and took a small drink break, taking small sips. I felt really good after mile two, still tired, but much better than the last few days. Thank you to everyone that gave me suggestions about eating and drinking and rewards. Today was great! Maybe next week I will do 2.5 or 3 miles!
"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body." - Lynn Jennings
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