another 14 miles and a story

Okay so today Traci and I headed out at 6:30 to ride not knowing how extremely fatigued our legs were from yesterday. If we had been smart we would have just taken the short 5 mile ride but NOOOOO, we opted for the long ride with one little change. We wouldn't take an extra leg of the route but we would shorten the route but about 3 or 4 miles. When we got to the turning point we decided to go for it and so we took off. 

The extra stretch is down a long corn lined country road and back to where we trun to go home. 

At the end of the road I stopped to wait for Traci before we turned around to head back. On the side of the road there was an old farmer selling potatoes. So I'm sitting there trying to recover from the ride so far and the man gets out to chat. Our convo. goes like this:

HIM: where you coming from?


ME: from pribislavec through Belica, Mala Subota

HIM: you need to ride that at least 5 times. (that would be 70 miles)

ME: no, I think once is plenty

HIM: you girls sure like those cakes huh? Ate a few too many?

ME: huh? (in shock) uh, yea 

HIM: you're fine just like you are (as if that would make up for the cake remark)

I translated and Traci and I broke out into a delirious laugh. 

Anyhow, we made the 14 miles. I'm pretty proud of that. Tomorrow, I think 5 miles is plenty.

Cycling, who me?

Yea, me! This morning I managed to ride 14 miles, not only 14 miles but I also burned 1500 calories too! Oh yea! Super great feeling of accomplishment. Heading out tomorrow too at 6:30 in the morning. YEA, I can do it!

SparkPeople WI #2

Okay so I'm blogging my weight loss progress thus far. Keeping in mind that I was in the hospital for 4 days, I have lost 11 lbs. I'm pretty excited about that!

I have a really long way to go but I'm on my way. Traci and I have been riding our bikes in the morning, 10 miles in two days. YEA!
Oh yea and you know what is so awesome with SparkPeople? You can map your riding or walking routes with Google Maps and it tells you exactly how far you went and how many calories were burned.
I have mapped out 3 different routes with the below map being the longest. It's 8.31 miles.

If you are trying to lose weight of keep your weight in check then SparkPeople is a great tool. they have everything from food trackers, fitness trackers, support and tons of resources. God ahead and give them a try, it's all free and tell them ToriLeslie sent you!


Anyhow, this is my progress so far. My ultimate goal for this year is to be down 40 lbs, before we head to furlough the end of December. I don't want to pack on furlough weight on top of the extra fluff I'm already sporting. You missionary ladies know what I'm talking about!

I'll be back in a month to update you on my progress, as for now, the STATS are below!

6/30 - 7/26/ 

11 lbs. lost