Ramblings
Uncategorized May 21st, 2009Hmm. It looks as if I’m only making it here to post every 10 days or so. Not ideal, but I do what I can.
I was watching the Finale of Biggest Loser and one thing that Mike said really hit home with me. It was (paraphrasing loosely) that you can exercise all you want but really what you eat is going to make the biggest difference. I’ve been doing quite well lately and I think it is largely because I am watching what I eat, especially at lunch time where I end up buying lunch way too often.
I rode my bike to the gym and then from the gym to work this morning. My biggest complaint about riding (other than traffic and trying to find a free bike rack in this neighbourhood) is the amount of stuff I have to carry around. For example, I left the house this morning in my bike stuff (T-shirt, bike shorts, exercise bra, running shoes) but I carried two other sets of clothes with me – my work clothes including shoes, my yoga pants for the gym, and a spare T-shirt and exercise bra since after a workout the one I left the house in would be soaking wet. It’s a 15 minute ride from the gym to work so I can’t ride in my work clothes since they would get all sweaty and then I would have to be all “splotchy” at my desk - and that’s gross. They do have a shower here but I’m not sure where it is and that would mean I need to also carry a towel to dry off with. More stuff. I liked it better at my old office where the gym and work were just down the street from each other so I could bike, workout, shower and change and then just leisurely arrive at work all clean and fresh.
I need to just suck it up, I guess. I could bike to the gym, workout and then bike home shower and change. I might have to think about doing that. This is making me cranky. And carrying so much crap around means I really almost never pack my lunch – which would be just more stuff to carry. Oy, I think I need to think this through more.
Work today is pretty quiet and I thought I’d post while I eat my lunch (Quizno sandwich and some water). I’m not crazy about Quiznos but there are only so many days a person can eat Subway without losing the will to live. And everything else in the area is hamburgers, pizza or sitdown places. I’m excited that a pita place is opening down the street soon – if only for the variety.
I should get back to it, I guess. Tonight we are having our neighbourhood association general meeting so it will be note taking for me. I join a community organization to do something different in my life and I end up the one taking notes! Work with your strengths, I say.
At least it is nice weather finally. But as with any spring, it’s weird not having to have a coat. I miss pockets! 
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May 21st, 2009 at 12:29 pm
do you use a backpack? I think I would use a backpack.
I agree with what Mike said, but that is something a 18 year old man would say, it probably didn’t take much to light up his metabolism…with being a man and his youth and all. For us, ahem, older chicks, I believe exercise is actually close to equally as important as eating. With each year, our metabolism drops. I feel I have “ate” well for a long time. I cleaned that part of my life up long ago. perhaps I eat too much of the good stuff, but non the less, much of it is that…the good stuff. And I will not lose ANY weight unless I add sweaty exercise to the mix. That is just my two cents, anyway.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
That’s a lot of stuff to carry around! I have a double basket on my bike - one side for my backpack (I usually have to cram it to get it to fit) and the other for my purse and anything else.
Although I wish it were the other way around, I still think food is the more important over exercise because it is just way too easy to take in too many empty calories. However, revving up the metabolism by building muscle mass really appeals to me, and I don’t mind strength training as much as cardio. That said -
I wish TBL would show more of the food side of the equation - it’s not realistic for the vast majority of us to spend hours a day exercising to reach our weight loss goals.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 am
thank goodness i drive to work. i too carry a lot of bags. i have to wonder why? i have my purse, my gym bag, my gray bag which carries my makeup case, my day timer, my glasses, benedryl, tylenol. and then i have my avon bag with a couple of brochures and stuff (i need to be ready at all times). add to that cloth grocery bags (when i go to the grocery store). no wonder i hurt my neck a couple of weeks ago. i strained it again believe it or not. k…i’m making myself grumpy. LOL. oh, can’t forget the tae gear…but that just sits in the car.
backpack it, girl!