30 day countdown!

Holy Crap! 30 days until I am supposed to be wearing a bathing suit!
So today I rode my bike to Royston. And now I am going to yoga. My tummy does not feel too hot, but I think that is me trying to find a way out of going to yoga.

week one down

Week one of changing my food patterns is done. It started out easy. I was sick, food was not appetizing. Since then I have changed most of my meals, if not what they were, then how much of it there was. Greens type of meal drink to help get my five servings in the a.m. Then smaller portions of salad for lunch, and a different kind. I didn't make a smaller salad, I just stopped eating it when my body told me it was done.
Friday night celebration of my academic award, I ate my treat pasta until I was satisfied, then took the rest home for snacks. There is chocolate in the house that I am not devouring. Instead last night I ate an orange. I am still not getting all of my cardio. The sickness I mentioned has just barely lifted now so that I can breathe again and get back to really working. So here goes.
I am not happy in my skin right now. Summer is slow to arrive this year, and this knee injury is driving me crazy. I just want to go skate today. I will work a way around it. I will not give up.
I also have to start hassling my way into surgery. Sooner the better.

almost done

Today has been a pretty special day for me. I biked to both jobs and worked 12 hours. I stayed in a great mood all day, and I ate no crap. I ate only to fuel. Managed to not feed the need for calm and love and comfort with gummies at the LINC for once. I did well. Might be feeling up to a short core workout before bed now.

working on it

I've been riding every day except grocery day, to and from work. I've gotten the mad allergy bug in my throat, an angry burn that just last night moved up into my sinuses. Can't decide which part was worse. Still can't breathe deeply. I took Monday off of riding b/c I really couldn't breathe, and nearly passed out when I did have to leave the house to go teach a skate lesson. Today I did a work out vid in the living room, and chased the mower, both with my brace on. Felt safer doing some of the side to side moves, some of them still couldn't happen, and didn't bother with any hopping, skipping, leg swinging action. Step tap step tap. Hacking and sputtering. Life is so different when I cant breathe and only have one good leg! Oh well, I'm sure this allergy attack is almost over. Tomorrow, more riding.

tomorrow, we ride

Awe crap, so I went to the 7pm yoga class after work after school tonight to find out it wasn't on. I mixed up my times. What is good is that I chased my mower around for a little while today, three hours, got good and sweaty, enjoyed the sun in a tanktop and shorts. Tomorrow, we ride...

Rolling Steady

43 days until Sayulita!

I had to take time off since I twisted my knee for good on April 10th. Since then I have had it x-rayed, acupunctured, and consistently balmed. The bruise and swelling have worn off and I am on a waiting list for surgery. I waited for three weeks to return to yoga, trying almost every day to kneel down to see if I could yet. I still can't but I managed well in my first class back last Thursday.
The bike we found out front has become useful now, as it is the only physio I can really do, and pedaling is supposed to be beneficial. I took my first spin around the block on Sunday, after Luke jumped on the rear tire and loosened the brakes out so it rolls. Hurts when my knee is fully bent, at the top of the pedal's rotation, but only for a minute or five.

Three more days of riding the junker under my belt, and I'm feeling the need to tighten it already. This shit is challenging!
Monday I took a run around Courtenay, a short loop that actually took a lot less time than I thought it would, and was also harder on my knee and lungs than I thought it would be.
Tuesday I rolled to the ferry and into Van. I found out in Nanaimo, in a rush to get to the ferry from my secret parking space, that you cannot jam down hills at any reasonable speed with a tacoed rear tire. This thing does look as though its about to shake right off, and the speed wobbles are difficult to correct with such a tiny steering structure. I nearly ate shit.
Wednesday I rode across town, a nice big line starting up Commercial, out to Sunrise, and then into downtown to catch the bus back to the ferry and my truck.
Great start to getting back to cardio!

70 days til sayulita

Countdown is so on. First week of new workout so done. A lot of it was frustrating, mostly because some of it is so hard. So I have goals to reach in doing it anyway. A lot of it was good. I feel like it will do what it is supposed to do. I miss yoga, I am going to get some kind of passes. I feel like 2x/week will be enough to keep me happy while I am also doing 4 days of serious working out and a couple days of weights. It all stills my brain, which is good for me. Except I just don't have much to say about it.
Missing running now that the sun is out. My knee won't have it right now or for awhile yet, though.
That is all. Back to homework.