Monthly Archives: February 2009

120 minutes of bike riding

When we got my stationary bike set up, I thought about different goals I could set. Distance ridden, intensity, time; these things immediately came to mind, but in the end I decided the most important thing to develop first was consistency. Thirty minutes seemed like a good first goal. Thirty minutes every day, even if…

Yup, sprayed down with Awesome.

I woke up this morning at 7:20am, which is 40minutes before my alarm goes off. And usually when that alarm does go off, I spend twenty minutes hitting “snooze” and cursing my 9am class. In fact, I can hear that alarm going off upstairs right now….. I woke up feeling refreshed, cheerful, and my body…

Green smoothie before bed; the best medicine

I’ve been eating horribly the last few weeks, which is about how long I’ve been in school. I’m sure these two things are connected. When stressed, I go toward the familiar foods, and I’ve been eating loads and loads of high-fat carbs, chicken (ugh), and sugar. I’ve gained three pounds. I can feel it around…