So, I thought I was in pretty good shape, you know, for a fat chick. Well, that little run put me in my place good and proper. I was supposed to walk for 5 minutes, run for 2 and walk for 5 more. I managed to run for 1 minute and that was really, really slowly. Apparently, I need to start out with the remedial version of this training progam. But, hey, you gotta start where you're at. I'll give it another shot on Monday. My recovery is pretty quick so I might try a couple of runs broken up by walking. We'll see what my feet and knees can handle.
BTW, the dog had a great time.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Saturday Stats-Two Weeks Worth
Miles ridden in last two weeks: 154
Average calories per day: 2023 (not counting the four days I was in NY. I have no idea how much I ate but I managed to stick to the diet)
Pounds lost in two weeks: 1.5
Current weight: 258 lbs (117) kg
Total weight loss since 3/26/10: 33 lbs.
Weeks until next big ride (here to Cumberland, RI and back): 2
I'm noticing that my weight loss is definitely slowing down. I have also started weighing myself almost every day and I've got to stop doing that. It is depressing watching my weight jig up and down. In dieting, I not only have to work on having a correct relationship with food and exercise, I have to work on having a correct relationship with the scale. And let me tell you, the scale is a rat bastard sometimes. I weighed 256 yesterday and 258 today. WTF?! And since Saturday is official weigh in day, 258 is what I have to count.
I'm seeing the doctor on Tuesday and I'm going to talk to him about the slow down and see what else he has for me. Meanwhile, I'm going to work very hard on not weighing myself at home until next Saturday.
In other news, I seem to have hurt my right wrist. I noticed it was sore when I got back from riding on Wednesday. Wednesday, it rained the whole time we were out, sometimes quite heavily. The problem with this is that my gloves and the handlebars get slippery and my hands slide around a lot. I actually took my gloves off part way through the ride because they were so uncomfortable and bought a new pair on the way home. I'm starting to have a real love-hate relationship with bike gloves these days. Anyway, I went out for a ride yesterday and my wrist was killing me. I came back, put ice on it and am hoping it is better by tomorrow.
The wrist thing has pushed up my plan to start teaching myself to run. I printed out the Couch to 5K plan yesterday and I'm going out to give it a try this morning. It isn't super challenging at first. I think I'm supposed to walk 5 minutes, run 2 minutes and walk for 5 more minutes. I'm going to run really, really slow and we'll see if I can do a whole 2 minutes. Running is like standing up on my pedals when I bike. It makes my heart rate just rocket up. But, hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained and I really need an alternative form of exercise. And I can take the dog!
Average calories per day: 2023 (not counting the four days I was in NY. I have no idea how much I ate but I managed to stick to the diet)
Pounds lost in two weeks: 1.5
Current weight: 258 lbs (117) kg
Total weight loss since 3/26/10: 33 lbs.
Weeks until next big ride (here to Cumberland, RI and back): 2
I'm noticing that my weight loss is definitely slowing down. I have also started weighing myself almost every day and I've got to stop doing that. It is depressing watching my weight jig up and down. In dieting, I not only have to work on having a correct relationship with food and exercise, I have to work on having a correct relationship with the scale. And let me tell you, the scale is a rat bastard sometimes. I weighed 256 yesterday and 258 today. WTF?! And since Saturday is official weigh in day, 258 is what I have to count.
I'm seeing the doctor on Tuesday and I'm going to talk to him about the slow down and see what else he has for me. Meanwhile, I'm going to work very hard on not weighing myself at home until next Saturday.
In other news, I seem to have hurt my right wrist. I noticed it was sore when I got back from riding on Wednesday. Wednesday, it rained the whole time we were out, sometimes quite heavily. The problem with this is that my gloves and the handlebars get slippery and my hands slide around a lot. I actually took my gloves off part way through the ride because they were so uncomfortable and bought a new pair on the way home. I'm starting to have a real love-hate relationship with bike gloves these days. Anyway, I went out for a ride yesterday and my wrist was killing me. I came back, put ice on it and am hoping it is better by tomorrow.
The wrist thing has pushed up my plan to start teaching myself to run. I printed out the Couch to 5K plan yesterday and I'm going out to give it a try this morning. It isn't super challenging at first. I think I'm supposed to walk 5 minutes, run 2 minutes and walk for 5 more minutes. I'm going to run really, really slow and we'll see if I can do a whole 2 minutes. Running is like standing up on my pedals when I bike. It makes my heart rate just rocket up. But, hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained and I really need an alternative form of exercise. And I can take the dog!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
I'm Going to Need New Pants Soon
I seem to have lost enough weight that I'm going to have to seriously consider buying some new clothes. It was actually kind of funny the other day. I was gardening and had stuck a pair of clippers in my pocket. They were so heavy that they were pulling my pants down! It took me a little while to figure out why my pants wouldn't stay up. Fortunately, I was wearing a long shirt.
On the one hand, YAY! On the other, ugh, clothes shopping.
On the one hand, YAY! On the other, ugh, clothes shopping.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Shoes, Shoes and More Shoes
I just bought a pair of sneakers at the New Balance factory store in Boston. I rode my bike over (holy crap, it's hot out!) and tried on about six pairs. I finally found the pair that felt the best and, of course, they're ugly as hell. That's just my shoe karma, I guess. Either shoes fit or they're cute. Never, ever both. Hopefully, between my new orthodics and the new shoes, my feet will start to feel better. I still need to get new cycling shoes (which are both ugly and expensive) but that's $260 I'm not ready to spend until the shop is open again and I have some actual income.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Riding in the Heat
Today was a pretty hot day to be riding but I did okay. Ever since we got heat exhaustion last week, Stef has been searching the interwebs for ways to keep cool while riding. Here are some of the things she found as well as some other ideas:
~Soak a bandana and wear it under your helmet. Re-wet it periodically.
~Put ice in a bandana and wear it around your neck. Keep re-wetting after the ice melts.
~Put your water in the freezer.
~Wet your clothes when you can.
~Use lots of sunscreen. Getting burned dehydrates you.
~Drink until you can feel the water sloshing around in your tummy. Drink more when the feeling goes away.
~Drink enough so that you have to pee at least once an hour.
~Choose a shady route.
~If you stop, be sure to be in the shade.
These are just a few ideas. Please post any other ideas you know of in the comments. We're always looking for new ones.
In other news, I saw the podiatrist today. She set me up with an over the counter orthodic and recommended I get road shoes for my bike. She gave me a whole lot of stretching to do, said I should replace the shoes I wear in the shop every six months and said when I'm ready to start running, it should be no problem.
~Soak a bandana and wear it under your helmet. Re-wet it periodically.
~Put ice in a bandana and wear it around your neck. Keep re-wetting after the ice melts.
~Put your water in the freezer.
~Wet your clothes when you can.
~Use lots of sunscreen. Getting burned dehydrates you.
~Drink until you can feel the water sloshing around in your tummy. Drink more when the feeling goes away.
~Drink enough so that you have to pee at least once an hour.
~Choose a shady route.
~If you stop, be sure to be in the shade.
These are just a few ideas. Please post any other ideas you know of in the comments. We're always looking for new ones.
In other news, I saw the podiatrist today. She set me up with an over the counter orthodic and recommended I get road shoes for my bike. She gave me a whole lot of stretching to do, said I should replace the shoes I wear in the shop every six months and said when I'm ready to start running, it should be no problem.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
My Poor Feets
First of all, Stef and I had an amazing ride yesterday. We broke 14 mph average speed over a 30 mile ride which just seems amazing to me. I rode an additional 15 miles on my own bike. I picked it up from Quad yesterday. They put new handlebars on it for me so that the reach is just a bit shorter. So far, I'm really pleased with the result. I still have to go for a longer ride but I can get my hands onto the hoods without stretching my back out of position.
So, my feet. My blankity, blank, double E Fred Flintstone feet have been giving me a lot of trouble this season. Now that I'm riding so much with clipless pedals, I've been having a lot of trouble with my toes falling asleep when I ride. I tried getting new shoes and having the cleats moved but that only improved things a little. It can get very uncomfortable and sometimes I actually have to stop and get off the bike for a few minutes to let the blood run back into my toes. I have a podiatrist appointment on Monday and, meanwhile, have been looking into getting road cycling shoes. Ben (my favorite Quad Cycle guy) recommended them because the sole is stiffer and the cleat bigger than the mountain bike shoes I've been using up to this point. The problem is that the tongue and straps of road shoes come up too high and dig me in my giant ankles. I went over to Belmont Wheelworks (I felt so disloyal but they have an entire cycling shoe department) and talked to their shoe expert Elena. We tried on all kinds of shoes and found one that might actually work. She also recommended that I look into having custom shoes made. If you think this is starting to sound expensive, it is. This little venture may end up costing $300 just for the shoes, never mind the new pedals and cleats. Oh, well, I learned a long time ago that with these feet, if the shoe fits, buy it.
I'm going to see what the podiatrist says before I do anything but if having the right shoes means I can pedal pain free, I'm going to do it.
So, my feet. My blankity, blank, double E Fred Flintstone feet have been giving me a lot of trouble this season. Now that I'm riding so much with clipless pedals, I've been having a lot of trouble with my toes falling asleep when I ride. I tried getting new shoes and having the cleats moved but that only improved things a little. It can get very uncomfortable and sometimes I actually have to stop and get off the bike for a few minutes to let the blood run back into my toes. I have a podiatrist appointment on Monday and, meanwhile, have been looking into getting road cycling shoes. Ben (my favorite Quad Cycle guy) recommended them because the sole is stiffer and the cleat bigger than the mountain bike shoes I've been using up to this point. The problem is that the tongue and straps of road shoes come up too high and dig me in my giant ankles. I went over to Belmont Wheelworks (I felt so disloyal but they have an entire cycling shoe department) and talked to their shoe expert Elena. We tried on all kinds of shoes and found one that might actually work. She also recommended that I look into having custom shoes made. If you think this is starting to sound expensive, it is. This little venture may end up costing $300 just for the shoes, never mind the new pedals and cleats. Oh, well, I learned a long time ago that with these feet, if the shoe fits, buy it.
I'm going to see what the podiatrist says before I do anything but if having the right shoes means I can pedal pain free, I'm going to do it.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Saturday Stats
Miles ridden this week: 140
Average calories per day: 1926 (not counting the weekend because I was busy riding)
Pounds lost this week: 2.5
Current weight: 259.5 lbs (118) kg
Total weight loss since 3/26/10: 31.5 lbs.
Weeks until next big ride (here to Cumberland, RI and back): 4
Phew! The 260 mark is a big one for me. That is the weight that I tried to get below for three months last spring and just couldn't. I was fully expecting to be stuck there until my next doctors appointment on July 20. I'm really relieved! That said, we'll see what happens next week. If I've actually cleared this plateau, the next one is at around 230. I haven't been under that one since my sister got married (almost nine years now).
My next planned ride isn't a big one, just under 40 miles each way but I'm riding it on my own bike, not on the tandem. I've done almost all my riding on the tandem this spring and have gotten a little spoiled. My goal now is to get myself up to the kind of mileage singly that I we were doing on the tandem. I'm still planning to do a bunch of tandem riding. Stef and I are talking about riding up to Old Orchard Beach for a weekend sometime in August. That's a Century Ride and would be a huge milestone for us, but it will be nice to spend some time on my single bike as well.
Average calories per day: 1926 (not counting the weekend because I was busy riding)
Pounds lost this week: 2.5
Current weight: 259.5 lbs (118) kg
Total weight loss since 3/26/10: 31.5 lbs.
Weeks until next big ride (here to Cumberland, RI and back): 4
Phew! The 260 mark is a big one for me. That is the weight that I tried to get below for three months last spring and just couldn't. I was fully expecting to be stuck there until my next doctors appointment on July 20. I'm really relieved! That said, we'll see what happens next week. If I've actually cleared this plateau, the next one is at around 230. I haven't been under that one since my sister got married (almost nine years now).
My next planned ride isn't a big one, just under 40 miles each way but I'm riding it on my own bike, not on the tandem. I've done almost all my riding on the tandem this spring and have gotten a little spoiled. My goal now is to get myself up to the kind of mileage singly that I we were doing on the tandem. I'm still planning to do a bunch of tandem riding. Stef and I are talking about riding up to Old Orchard Beach for a weekend sometime in August. That's a Century Ride and would be a huge milestone for us, but it will be nice to spend some time on my single bike as well.
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