{"id":2148,"date":"2010-09-22T04:41:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T04:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2010-09-22T04:41:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T04:41:59","slug":"the-most-expensive-hand-weight-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/the-most-expensive-hand-weight-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Expensive Hand Weight Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m having one of those (TOM induced) thinky evenings.<\/p>\n<p>I could talk here about how I REALLY REALLY REALLY need to figure out how to deal with my ever-expanding waistline.\u00a0 I&#8217;m getting frustrated with it again.\u00a0 I now can&#8217;t seem to figure out how to get under about 162 and I haven&#8217;t even had the guts to get on the scale again after Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>I could talk here about how work is definitely taking up much more of my mental space.\u00a0\u00a0 I used to walk out the door at night, and not think about it again (rarely) until I walked in the next morning.\u00a0 Now I think it, dream it (no joke, I go to work at least three times some nights before I even get out of bed), and especially live it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m happy &#8211; however, it&#8217;s definitely an adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>I could talk about being nervous for the tri in 11 days.\u00a0 I could talk about many things.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, I&#8217;ll just say, &#8220;WHEEEEEE NEW BIKE!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/web21.twitpic.com\/img\/165869995-a85bca4f6e786ef7acc0f24c21714ff7.4c998648-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/791137\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>.\u00a0 I can bicep curl it with one hand.\u00a0 It cost almost a week of my salary after taxes, but it is my new precious&#8230;just riding it around the store (and they even made me wear a helmet, lol) felt awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, I make up the 9 mile run I planned to do today, and this weekend (after it stops incessently raining), I am going to do the 26 miles\/6 mile run outside and see how awesome it is.<\/p>\n<p>And then, I will eat birthday cake (not mine).<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ll stick to my jeans that actually fit me and worry about the scale later.<\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/the-most-expensive-hand-weight-ever\/' data-title='The Most Expensive Hand Weight Ever' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/the-most-expensive-hand-weight-ever\/' data-title='The Most Expensive Hand Weight Ever' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_7'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/the-most-expensive-hand-weight-ever\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\" show-faces='false' width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m having one of those (TOM induced) thinky evenings. 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