{"id":5813,"date":"2016-04-25T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:18:56","slug":"bike-love-fabulousness-and-little-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/25\/bike-love-fabulousness-and-little-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Love, Fabulousness, and Little Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week was pretty fabulous.\u00a0 The rain decided to be a little less of a pest than expected.\u00a0 I got to play outside a lot, and I was limited by the fact that I was tuckered out from playing, not the weather or schedule conflicts or whatevs.\u00a0 I liked it.<\/p>\n

Monday and Tuesday were about errands and cleaning up and family visits.\u00a0 We tried to get to the gym to do weights, we even hit the parking lot, but it was COMPLETELY full and we had other things to do and we were hungry so we just left.\u00a0 It still feels a little weird to be fine with no planned exercise for 3 days in a row, but I got in my 10k steps every day, so it was fine.<\/p>\n

\"2016-04-20<\/p>\n

It looks better cropped, I promise. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday, we hit the gym for weights and then went to paddleboard and took pictures and hey, lookie, new blog header!\u00a0 I actually figured out how to make a pretty quick turn, we’ll see if I actually remember how to do that next time.<\/p>\n

Thursday, we went for an hour bike ride.\u00a0 After work.\u00a0 In traffic.\u00a0 Around our extended hood, so quite a few stops and starts.\u00a0 I rocked it like a badass and felt fairly confident doing the clippy thing.\u00a0 I still have to concentrate on it, but once I learned the motion I’m supposed to do, it just makes sense, and feels so right.\u00a0 Super nice way to wind down the day.<\/p>\n

\"Apr25-1\"<\/p>\n

Happy helmet selfie.\u00a0 Helmet-fie?<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday, I wanted to paddle again, but our BSS team had an open water swim at the same lake.\u00a0 I figured if we were going to be there anyway, we might as well join in.\u00a0 I used my sleeveless wetsuit for the second time and swam two laps (1500m) in an unimpressive 32-and change minutes, but it felt nice to swim.\u00a0 Then, we followed up with weights.\u00a0 It’s nice to lift heavy things again.\u00a0 I always forget this.<\/p>\n

Saturday, we went to go play at Lake Pflugerville again.\u00a0 It was getting hot, so we ran first.\u00a0 The run is just not my happy place right now.\u00a0 Zliten and I set out to do a one loop easy jaunt around the lake, and he took off like a rocket and then gave me THE LOOK like… why so slow?\u00a0 I was like… nope, not having it, and just ran around the lake the opposite way, enjoying my nice, leisurely 11:50\/mile pace.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure I could be doing better if I was taking a little bit better care of my body, so I’ve got some goals for next week.<\/p>\n

Then we got on the bike and apparently the BIKE is my favorite right now, which is just bizarre, but I’ll take it.\u00a0 We had a gorgeous 10 mile bike ride through Pflugerville in the sunshine.\u00a0 Considering I have a lot of cycling to do in the next year to get to Ironman, it’s a really good thing.\u00a0 Yay bikes!<\/p>\n

\"Apr25-3\"<\/p>\n

Happy place.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday, we were both beat from lots of playing outside, and we expected rain, so we had planned a couch day.\u00a0 However, the weather gave us a break and after looking out the windows at gorgeous weather for a good portion of the day, we decided to venture out and take two long walks and go fishing at the pond near our house.\u00a0 In 30 minutes, we had a few nibbles, but the only thing I caught was the tree a few times while I was practicing casting my line.<\/p>\n

This coming week is about taking some more little steps.<\/p>\n

Hydration<\/p>\n

I’m getting really lax on my water intake since it’s just pleasant outside and not hot, and I’m not really exerting myself.\u00a0 Let’s just say my digestive system is definitely feeling it, not to mention energy levels, run performance, etc.\u00a0 I don’t *really* care about the latter right now, but it’s never a bad idea to drink the proper amount of water.\u00a0 So, one of my goals this week is to drink 4 – 20 oz bottles of plain or lemon water (non-sweetened) water per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nutrition<\/p>\n

On this calorie reduction thing, my commitment at first was simply to eat the proper amount of calories, without care to food quality.\u00a0 It sounds counter-intuitive, but it’s really helped knowing I could eat whatever the fuck I wanted as long as the bank balance stayed even.\u00a0 However, it’s lead to these thoughts:<\/p>\n