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LIW 166.8
Today 173.2
Over 6.4

Calories 1465
Fat - 43.8% (74 grams)
Protein - 12.9% (49 grams)
Carbohydrates - 43.3% (165 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Daily Sodium Intake - 4,136 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 66 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 134 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 27 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 11 grams
Nutrition Grade B-

Before I tell you all about the weekend, I want to do a quick commentary on my diet the last few days. First, it is VERY HARD to eat enough correct calories when I am working out!!! Second, I eat way too much fat, and lastly, I am WAY over doing it on the sodium!

Ok, now to the good part! Our ride on Saturday was a blast, and I did great! It was cold and damp when we started, due to a "cold front" that came in on Friday. Cold in March in Texas is a relative term..but it was in the mid 50's, high humidity, and a fairly strong breeze. I finally warmed up about mile 3, and it was all good from there. I could really tell a difference hauling my happy butt up the hills...it was much easier! My girlfriends were all impressed with the new svelte me, and equally impressed with my ability this early on in the season.

Awhile back. I read an interesting article on cycling, that quoted one of Lance Armstrong's coaches. He said that he had attended autopsies of obese people and was shocked to see how large their muscles were. So he then looked at people who had formerly been obese, and started measuring their power on a bike. He concluded that people that had been large, and removed excess fat, were power machines on a bike. He went discuss standing vs sitting up a hill, and that's too technical for here, but suffice it to say, with the "back" that I have, I should be a power machine!

Ok, We got home and I didn't stop moving until 9 pm, when I crashed on the couch. By 10 pm, I was in bed!

Sunday morning I was sore, but nothing major. The cold front from Friday had now pushed back north as a warm front, and it was muggy, and drizzling. Oh boy! What fun! Right after the start of the 10K, it started to rain pretty hard. But actually that was a good thing! It made it not so muggy! But it also made the streets very slick. There were a couple of places on the hills that had me pretty nervous! But we finished with an average of 15:06 per mile. Nothing out standing but not bad either.

I came home after we wnt to brunch, took a shower and took a nap! Then we had friends over for dinner, and so I had to move around. It probably was good for me. Yesterday, I was sooo sore when I woke up, but as the day went on, I got better.

So this weekend, we are doing at least one organized ride on Sunday, and maybe another ride on Saturday.

I LOVE riding my bike! I LOVE riding my bike! I LOVE riding my bike!

On to comments:

Lili, I'm about biking like you are about raquetball! But I am FAR from nailing this nutrition thing. The slick streets kept me from over achieving!

Biz, there you have it! I survived!