Biking Update - June 20, 2009

A strange week for weight loss, and a soggy week for biking, but not a horrible week for either. Most of the week was rained out for the bike, and Saturday's prime biking hours were taken up with a retirement/birthday party for a dear friend. But I did manage to get out Sunday for a 20 mile solo ride along the Stratford Shoreline. Otherwise, I pooped out on both the stationary bike and on the 100 push-up challenge due to some overwhelming stress at work that left me exhausted most nights. I had neither energy nor the hours to plow through. Luckily, my body does not appear to have penalized me much. I saw a spike of weight at the start of the week, but by the end I was back down to nominal. That is encouraging for keeping the weight off long-term. It means I can slack off from time to time, so long as I slack EITHER food-wise OR exercise-wise and NOT BOTH.

The next week should be better. The predicted weather is a bit sunnier and work should be calming down a bit. Hopefully, I can get "back on the wagon" for daily exercise starting tomorrow. The folding bike is in the shop for a tune-up, so I'll be back on my beloved Trek Navigator 3.0. I also need to finally bite the bullet and buy a new stationary bike, as the old one is truly a couple of rides from total collapse.

Biking Update - June 12, 2009

A good week for weight loss and for biking. Just not a great week at work. I rode 20 miles solo on Saturday and then 12 miles with CRChair and the Bowhunters on Sunday - beautiful days and beautiful rides both. I rode pretty much every day during the week on the stationary bike (which is finally beginning to disintegrate, as I tore an arm off this week) due to rain. And I picked up the Trek Navigator 3.0 from Amity Bike in Woodbridge, so I can get back to riding some of the dirt trails again.

Weight-loss wise, I was down a pound pretty much every day this week over the same day the previous week. No major advances, but what is (hopefully) steady progress. Work, on the other hand, had me sleeping 6 hours or less a night, every night. So my body is likely suffering some inefficiencies from that.

This weekend, I am hoping to again ride on both Saturday (solo) and Sunday (group). Maybe I'll try to up to 30 miles in a single ride, so that my goal of a 20 mile charity ride will seem easier and easier in comparison.