On Biking and Procrastination
Feb. 11th, 2012 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkfrostAfter well over a month of not biking to and from Bethesda, I decided to get back into the swing of things. Between the holidays and my broken toe, I just hadn't had the time or energy. But the holidays are over, my toe is healing, and this is the mildest winter in recent memory, so it seemed that the time was right to get back on the proverbial horse. Well, bike. I biked home from work Monday, biked back to Bethesda Tuesday, and biked home from work again yesterday. Monday and Tuesday were frickin tough, let me tell you. The rides were not nearly as bad as they were when I first started taking this route, but they were harder than they had been before the hiatus. However, on Friday I broke a personal time record for getting home, which was awesome. It was partly inspired by the pedo-van that was driving after me for the last 2 miles, which was less than fun, but definitely got me biking faster. I don't think the van was actually following me, but it gave me a creepster vibe and encouraged me to get to a more populated area, fast. So yes, I made the 5 mile ride in 25 minutes. I know that's not super fast, but considering that 3 of those miles are gravel trail, and 4 of those miles are hills, I think I did pretty good. :)
I have been procrastinating hard-core on school work this week. Idk, I'm just not feeling motivated. I'll get off my ass and get it done, I'm just feeling lazy and blah. Whatever, 3 more months and I'll be done with school. I can bust my ass for that much longer, yeah?
I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 219, so I've lost 8.5 pounds total, and am staying on track with my New Year's resolution. We've really been trying to cook more and order out less, and its been going ok. I've cooked 3 homemade dishes this week, and one that was semi-homemade (rotisserie chicken with a side), and I have ingredients for 1 more dish. Then I guess we'll have to go grocery shopping again. But the dishes I made were good! Have now cooked with parsnips for the first time, and I quite like them. Nommy both as roasted veggies and in a soup!
I've also decided to cut down on drinking. Not because I think I drink too much, but because I'd rather use my allotment of calories on food rather than alcohol. I still fully intend on having 2 glasses of wine a night, just not any more than that.
Can anyone recommend any good yoga videos, either on YouTube or for purchase? The one I have is really hippy-dippy, and while it is a nice set of poses, it is also kinda boring after one or two times.
Ok. I need to do my conference responses, and at least 1 page of my request to conduct research. If I do those, then I can watch White Collar! Yay, Neal Caffrey! (Matt Bomer is a fox, what can I say? And Peter and Neal's epic friendship/bromance doesn't hurt either!)
I have been procrastinating hard-core on school work this week. Idk, I'm just not feeling motivated. I'll get off my ass and get it done, I'm just feeling lazy and blah. Whatever, 3 more months and I'll be done with school. I can bust my ass for that much longer, yeah?
I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 219, so I've lost 8.5 pounds total, and am staying on track with my New Year's resolution. We've really been trying to cook more and order out less, and its been going ok. I've cooked 3 homemade dishes this week, and one that was semi-homemade (rotisserie chicken with a side), and I have ingredients for 1 more dish. Then I guess we'll have to go grocery shopping again. But the dishes I made were good! Have now cooked with parsnips for the first time, and I quite like them. Nommy both as roasted veggies and in a soup!
I've also decided to cut down on drinking. Not because I think I drink too much, but because I'd rather use my allotment of calories on food rather than alcohol. I still fully intend on having 2 glasses of wine a night, just not any more than that.
Can anyone recommend any good yoga videos, either on YouTube or for purchase? The one I have is really hippy-dippy, and while it is a nice set of poses, it is also kinda boring after one or two times.
Ok. I need to do my conference responses, and at least 1 page of my request to conduct research. If I do those, then I can watch White Collar! Yay, Neal Caffrey! (Matt Bomer is a fox, what can I say? And Peter and Neal's epic friendship/bromance doesn't hurt either!)
