What good is an exercise diary if you dont make the entries?

Hit the Gym today.. I'm down about 15 lbs from the 257 I started at..
I'd been only saying I've lost over 10 lbs .. but now I guess I can move that to 15.

Writing papers is NOT good for your exercise schedule.
Finished the second one monday.. so I didn't ride to work at ALL this week. but maybe I can do a righteous ride tomorrow morning before the company picnic (-- uhoh.. FOOOD..).

One of the really bad things about missing the exercise while completing a really intense project is that when you try to go to sleep, you mind runs overtime.. and with less sleep you make poor decisions, like not going to sleep.. Really!

I made sure I did a 45 min+ walk last night, and as a result my sleep quotient is back on track. Hit the gym before going to the office, so I'm finally back to human.
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Recently - week before last I rode to work 3 days in a row.. then got a new light system at performance bike, since I broke the lamp bracket on one of the lamps on my old system.
Really pretty much the same light system (dual halogen lights 10 & 20(15) watts, 7v NmH(NiCad) battey.. the old charger was really basic, and the connection to the cords often didn't work.. I'd been using my Fluke DMM to ensure it was actually charging..
the NmH requires more care in charging, and battery charge monitor chips are a lot cheaper now.. so this new unit tells me if it has charged up all the way - but keeps it on trickle if needed.
Nicely the new battery is SMALLER and I can hang it from the top tube rather than put it in the water bottle cage.. so now I can keep both water bottles handy.. - OK I really only drink 1 bottle in the hour to home.. (which is the directions when I need the lights anyway) but hey - its still nicer.. But due to the paper work, I only rode once last week, and I was using up the charge on the OLD battery.. so I haven't really tested the new one.. and this week is over already..
I guess there is always NEXT week!
Keep on trucking!

wow

Its been nearly a month since my last post..
the exercise continues and I'm seeing new numbers on the scale frequently..

being flexible

With an eye on the weather, I was planning to hit the gym again today and ride to work tomorrow.. but when I got up, there was no wind, the sun was shining..
18.24 miles
riding time was 1:09:19 , no record - probably 1:15 elapsed. Am I in a rut? or did I predict the lights better and spend more time coasting, and less stopped at the light? An earlier run, I was in the office before 10:00!

A little more

Tony and I walked the 0.9 miles to 500 Lawrence Expressway. I got my Subway special of the day (no mayo no salt) - Tony picked up a wrap at House of Falafel. At 20 minutes each way (assuming 3 mph walking rate) we picked up an extra 40 min of vigorous activity..

Mountain bike day

Today I rode my local loop around Evergreen Valley College.. (2 laps)
8 miles, 45 min.. total.. first time up the hill (San Felipe to Yerba Buena ) ~9min
second time it was more than 10.. total vertical ~500ft..
distance ~1.3 miles, 200ft vertical.. (per google earth)

Its quite windy today.. so the ride home was slower than normal.

I don't know how accurate google earth's elevation data is.. but according to that
my ride to work only has 90ft of climb and my ride home has 280 ft.. for a net drop to work of 190ft.. (its not the net vertical that hurts.. ) No wonder I can't make it home as fast as I make it TO work..

Beginning again

Apparently I have started back on a exercise kick..
Have I been depressed? I suspect but don't know.. I'd like to be happier, and my prior exercise and eating habits weren't supporting that goal.

Then I ran out of my cholesterol medication.. so I stepped up my exercise. First day: my normal 5 mi loop around Evergreen Valley College - except this time I'd note how long it took me to get up the creek trail.. 12 min.
Next day 10..

My bike ride to work was about 20 miles with some dicey freeway crossings unless I took the light rail. With the light rail the trip time was about 1:45. a bit long for a commute, and not that much actual riding.. I didn't ride much more often than every other week.

There was a route that I figured out that might be 2 miles shorter, but without any real opportunity for using the light rail at all..
I finally tried that one day when I needed to get my car repaired and I'd left the van at work when retrieving the car. 18 miles 1:20..
The next week I tried the trip both ways.. 1:10 time in.. and 1:25 home.. and some notes for the Bike to work day event the following week..
- But after getting home, I found out it was really the next day. - So I rode again. Got some advice about those tricky spots.. (mainly at the SJ Airport!)

I've ridden to work twice a week since. My best time so far (yesterday was 1:06 pedaling time).

today's exercise was:
20 min random level 12 @ 3mph on the treadmill at Bally's.. (I renewed my membership yesterday)
Strength training circuit.. (can I remember it all?)
then 15 min in the pool, and 5 in the hot tub..
Next bike day is Friday.