Finding Radiance

I am glad everybody enjoys the ride posts. Of course, not all of where we ride looks like the road to the Emerald City, but I really am not going to take a picture on a busy road getting to the path.  Or maybe I will some day  Monday rolls around again.  I cannot believe [...]

First off, thank you all so much for your comments on my 100-pound anniversary.  Nothing like tooting your own horn, right?   Guess that is what a blog is all about. So, yesterday was a really long bike ride and I needed to decompress last night, so I saved the recap until today. We wanted [...]

Doesn’t metric century sound so much more than 60 miles?  Woke up to a gorgeous day today and a fabulous bowl of oats. Pumpkin custard oats sweetened with molasses, fresh cranberries (okay, frozen), and topped with toasted pecans. That and some coffee seemed like a good starter fuel for a long bike ride! We packed [...]

Well – last night was ice cream at Friendly’s!  I got a happy endings sundae with butter crunch ice cream and peanut butter sauce. It was very good and I enjoyed every bite!  Plus it was nice just to get out of the house for a while. So, this morning was the 8-mile jog!  Here [...]

I have to admit, I miss my exercise routine!  Today was just a 30 minute walk outside.  I actually should have done more considering what I ended my day with! Rest days are just as important as the training days, though!  That is when the body makes repairs and builds strength – not on the [...]

Gained 0.2 pounds. So, basically a maintain. Still in the 140s, though! This is going ssssllllooooowwww now.I lost 4 pounds for the month of June. Went down a whole size, though! Inches changes are much more dramatic at this weight loss pace than they were at 250. I have just had horrible munchies yesterday and [...]

It was such a beautiful day today! We went for a longer bike ride. 16 miles. 8 miles to an ice cream shop and back. DH wanted to stop there, I did not want any ice cream – since I had Only 8 frozen yogurt yesterday, I certainly didn’t need ice cream today.He got some, [...]