taper time

Well, bike ride is in....5 days.. EEK!!! I think I am ready... I have lots of GU (I like it better than the other gels.. when DID I become such a snob anyway???), chamois butter, etc etc etc...

My hip has been bothering me a lot lately. So I really do need to adhere to the taper I suppose! I was told about 5 years ago that I have Degenerative Joint Disease starting in my hips (Osteoarthritis if you are nerdy like me) and that was before pregnancies, weight gain, etc. etc... I suppose after this ride I should take my lazy behind to the Dr. and get it checked out. Actualy I should have done this BEFORE - but it really didn't start until a few days ago. I have always had some pain in there, as long as I can remember so I don't pay attention. Dumb huh?

Anyway.....

time to relax because, it is too late to do anything else! wish us luck, though I have my suspicion that FM will do better than I will. :) Yes, I do think so. :)

Thank you to everyone that donated, cheered on, or in anywa provided support. Without you all there is NO WAY that this could have happened. I would have given up ages and ages ago when the rides started getting hard, the weather getting hot, my body hurting.... but I didn't and I have you all to thank! THANK YOU!

25 pound mark!! :)

So.. a few weeks ago I quit weighing myself out of sheer frustration. The dang scale wasn't gonna budge then I wasn't gonna visit it!! Well.. today I got on and I am down 8 more pounds and I have lost 25 pounds since Jan 1. :) :)

WOO HOO!! I am at the weight I was when I got pregnant, and in the same size... though oddly it doesn't fit the same since having kids. I have more to go - but I am excited and re-invigorated. Lately I have been feeling like I am not accomplishing anything - but I am!! :) yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

map my ride

Mapmyride. Go there, check it out!
I am using it to tell me approximate calorie burn and to track my walk/runs and my bike rides. You can also map on there (obviously) as well as find other maps made by other people. This site rocks!!