I’m such a dork. I was riding my bike literally all day long.

First, I rode over to the library, got a library card and checked out two new books. It took me about 15 minutes to get there and 15 back. I was a little nervous though because it was my first time crossing a major intersection. Don’t worry—-I wore my helmet!

After I got home, I set back out to go to the bike shop then to the bank. I went to the bike shop because I felt like my brakes were too tight and my little bag broke!! They loosened my breaks a little and he even fixed my bag for me! Yay for that! Then, I went to the bank then rode down near the bay all the way home.

I’m thinking in total, I rode about 10 miles maybe? Not too shabby! When I got home from my adventures, I snacked on a 0% Fage with a half cup of Kashi U cereal and a little preserves—-I was hungry from all my biking adventures!

Later on, Ryan and I hit up our favorite hole in the wall Cuban place for some quick eats pre-movie. This place is the ULTIMATE hole in the wall where you sit at a kitchen counter and nothing on the menu is over $6…we love it! Everything is incredibly authentic and they make some mean sangria….

I also had a cup of black bean soup (to which I added ample hot sauce!):

And a “small” cuban—–the small was about a foot long and I only ate half! You really get your bang for your buck here….this sammie was only $3.00!

We saw 4 Christmases tonight. HYSTERICAL. I really liked it up until until the end. I thought the ending could have been stronger. Oh well. It was light and funny and I adore Reese.

Off to bed early tonight because tomorrow is a big day! Caitlin’s big day!! She is going to look gorgeous and I’m taking the camcorder so we can make a little movie to boot. Oh, how I love weddings!

See you in the morning!

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Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m absolutely HOOKED on bike riding! Never have I known “cardio” to be so incredibly enjoying.

This afternoon I did about 30 minutes of a YogaDownload Detox Flow followed by a little sequence of my own including half pigeon on both sides, full wheel, head stand and then I practiced my forearm balance for a little bit because that is the posture I am currently working the hardest on! I like to practice this up against a wall because then I can balance on my forearms and kick my legs up, having the wall to support me if I fall backwards. Once I get my stability, I kick away from the wall and balance solely on my forearms. Try it yourself!

After yoga, I headed outside and took a 30 minute bike ride to an area I’ve never been before. Basically, I just went the opposite direction of the sidewalk I always head down when I go to Ryan’s. It was positively magical. The sidewalk went down a loooong way and I passed by a horse stable, a park, cute little shops and through winding residential streets with huge houses on the water. I think I was actually grinning the entire way just because it was so nice! And to think that that is cardio?! I mean I don’t think I burned off the half of the cheeseburger I ate at 2:30 am this morning or the pizza I ate tonight but that wasn’t the point at all. It was just nice to get active and be outside on such a beautiful day. I even convinced Ryan to see if he can have his dad’s old bike so we can go bike riding together!

Before I did yoga and bike riding, I made a fruit and veggie smoothie in the vitamix using 1 stalk celery, 1/2 of an organic carrot, 1 orange, 1/2 of a banana, a big handful frozen cranberries and some ice:

This made a TON of smoothie though and I only drank about half and saved the rest for later.

When I got back from my bike ride I snacked on a small handful of nuts to keep me going til’ dinner:

As for dinner, Ryan and I went to our favorite pizza place, Sally O’Neales. We split a greek salad first—

And then we split a pizza. Ryan got half pepperoni and I got half with goat cheese, onions, black olives and basil. HOWEVER, I was a little disappointed because when I ordered goat cheese on my pizza I thought the pizza would be covered with soft, gooey pads of melting goat cheese. Instead, what I got what a cheeseless pizza with tiny specks of goat cheese. Bah! I guess it was healthier but definitely not what I was expecting…..regardless, I ate two slices and brought the other two home so tomorrow I could put more cheese on them and have them for lunch.

Since I was so disappointed by my bare pizza, Ryan took me to D’lite so I could get some froyo. I got a medium chocolate honey almond with english toffee.

It made it all better

We didn’t make the movie since we were both so tired. Even though its only 7:30 I feel like its about 11. Where did my day go??!

Have a great night!

Ps-

Here is a GREAT article you all should definitely read (thanks Jenny!!). This is the part that hit me the most:

“Stephanie Griffin, a 33-year-old director of business development for a pharmaceutical research company in San Francisco, discovered yoga after years of running marathons, spinning, and weight lifting. Before discovering yoga, she thought her intense exercise habits had turned her into a poster child for health and fitness. During the last four years, however, Griffin began doing more and more yoga and less and less running, weight lifting, and aerobicizing. As she dropped back on her hardcore fitness pursuits, she worried she might gain weight or lose her muscle tone or exercise capacity.

She didn’t. “I have maintained my fitness and even enhanced it through yoga,” says Griffin, who no longer has a gym membership. “And I like the way my body looks and feels now better than the way it did before.”

Amen.

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Hi guys!

This morning I did flow number 3 from Yoga to the People and enjoyed every second of it. Between this and YogaDownloads, yoga can be accessible to anyone anywhere! How wonderful! I didn’t end up practicing until 10 this morning so I had a little snack beforehand:

After yoga I headed out to the bike store on my street that I have never been to before but always drive by. Its literally only a mile down the road and I was shocked at how large it was! They had spinning shoes of all types (I finally find them!), clothes, bikes, parts, nutrition bars, water bottles….you name it, they sell it. The guys were super friendly there, even when I appeared to be a dumb blond by strolling in in my sorority tshirt and claiming I just bought a new “Schwamm” from Target yesterday. The guy goes, did you mean a Schwinn? Um yeah. That one.

Anyways, I got a bag that fits on the back of my bike and its water proof and pretty spacious inside with a spot for my cell phone and everything. Exactly what I was looking for!

I also got a bike lock…..very necessary!

When I got back I made some lunch—-a turkey wrap with hummus and cheese with a handful of organic blue corn chips and a honeycrisp

I am picking up Ryan in a little bit from Best Buy and from there we are running some errands and such before dinner tonight. We are staying pretty low key tonight and just having dinner at home then going to a bar down the street. I’ve never been a huge NYE person anyways and would rather relax than spend hundreds of dollars at some fancy party. It does beat last year though when I had to work in Orlando!

Have a great afternoon and I’ll talk to you soon!

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I love riding my bike!!!!

I did feel like super nerd 2008 though with my clunky helmet, CAMEL BAK (!!) and snack on board—

Actually I didn’t care at all what anyone might have thought. Its just like me to go pedaling down the road with a larabar (in a vera bradley clutch) in the front and this strapped on back—

Okay. I bet yall are on the ground laughing right now. Its okay. Go ahead and laugh. It was quite humorous. So happy that I can finally get another use out of my camel bak though. Clearly my legs aren’t meant to run races but they sure can pedal the bike (and do crazy fun yoga poses). My ride in total today was about 7 miles….that’s pretty good, right?! I rode down to Ryan’s, ate my larabar and picked up my cookbook, strapped the book on back with a bungee cord, then rode on home. No falls, breaks or sprains…the worst that happened was that I almost ran over an old man in the middle of the sidewalk. Don’t ask.

When I got home I made some carrot-orange juice in the VitaMix—

An orangy concoction of 2 organic carrots, 1 cup water, 1 orange and 2 tsp fresh lemon juice. It made about 2 cups or so but I only had this one glass and gave the rest to my mom.

And then there was the bread……………

Gahhhhhhhhhh I really don’t want to talk about it. I know I’m a perfectionist when it comes to this stuff, but I really am NOT happy with the final product. Its all my fault…..I didn’t add enough salt. I HATE it when I make little mistakes like this that really do affect the bread. Of course everyone else in my family thinks I’m crazy and that the bread tastes fine, but I think its super bland and although we will eat all this, I want to re-make it again next week or something. I’m planning on making homemade garlic croutons with some of it tomorrow. Blah.

I was in a blah mood from my bread tonight and just had a sunshine burger for dinner with a slice of the bland bread and a babybell cheese:

With an apple—

And then later, for dessert, I wanted to ride my bike to the ice cream place but my mom said I shouldn’t because I was alone, it was already dark and I would have to ride on the street, not the sidewalk. I know, I know….I’m six years old….but I listed to my mommy and instead I made more “ice cream” in the Vitamix. This time I mixed 1/3 cup reduced fat milk, 2 tbsp organic sugar, 2 cups ice and three of my favorite special French cookies.

Here’s my cup with another cookie as a topper—

This recipe made a ton of ice cream. I ate about half maybe? It was yummy.

I also had some of the special tea that santa brought me

I chose the raspberry nectar one—

I’m going to bed early tonight because tomorrow will definitely be a late one!

edited to add: my mom just came home with frozen yogurt for her and my dad (I know…after I made my own ice cream because I couldn’t bike there…gah) and I had a few WHOPPING spoonfuls of her coffee yogurt with hot fudge and pecans. It was a two dessert kind of night I guess!

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