Fell a Giant, Resurrect a Legend

I know I haven't posted in awhile. I guess I took the 1500 calorie at no exercise rule to the extreme, and just have not exercised in awhile.

Luke bought a bike last week and has had fun exercising with that. During my intense weight loss plan earlier this year, I discovered that biking is actually an excellent way to burn calories (not fat burn, but great cardio and heart exercise).

With Luke's new motivation and mode to exercise, I decided it was about time to update my bike. The Giant bike I've owned for the past 5+ years is way too big. It's an upright bike, and the frame is just unnecessarily huge. It's too heavy for me to carry up and down stairs, or even maneuver up and down stairs. At least it lives up to its name...

About a year ago, my mom was going to throw away her 1980s(?) World Tourist Schwinn bike and I told her I would try to sell it. She gave it to me, and I cleaned it up, and then discovered that only men's Schwinn bikes from yesteryear are of value to people.

I hung on to the bike, and am now making it my own!

So, I sold the Giant for next to nothing (but I'm happy to be rid of that problem), and then I took my mother's bike in to be repaired. At the very least, it needed new tires and a basic tune up. Our friend, Ben Erickson, a bike enthusiast and a co-op owner of The Hub, assisted in this venture.

Long story short, I took out my mom's 3-speed Schwinn for a spin today. I wanted to time myself on my 3-mile circuit to see how long it would take, but I forgot to look at the time when I left. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to go out again tomorrow!

Biceps and Bicycles

Yeah, I didn't exercise yesterday. I won't delve into the details, but I got obsessed with some computer work and then got a really bad migraine from staring at the computer all day and truly couldn't do anything. Also, I have forgotten just how dull my hunger senses get when I'm infront of a computer. Not eating when I should have probably also affected my migraine.

Anyway, being that I didn't exercise yesterday, I needed to make up the time today...

I started with Power 90, as usual. I forgot that today I was going to go to Disc 2 of the set, but I guess I will do that on Friday. I gave Disc 1 a big last push today!

Then I went on a 70-minute walk with Baxter. Another sunny day, and my tan is filling in very nicely!

After that, I realized I needed to return a bike that I have been borrowing (but not successfully using). So I decided to go on a very long detour to return it... I biked with a moderate effort for 35 minutes before returning it to its owner.

Feeling good! Now, I just have 45 more minutes to make up tomorrow for my lack in exercise yesterday!

By the way, I weighed in at 119.8 pounds, bringing my total weight loss to 12.2 pounds! Only 1.8 pounds to go to reach my new goal of weighing 118 pounds.