Dang, this pothole is tough to get out of ;0) Anyone want to throw me down a rope???
Yes, I'm still doin' my darnest to get wriggling out of dreaded pothole of 'couldn't give a damn-ness' and onto the 'highway of healthiness' again. If its not one thing, its another. Now we have neighbour 'issues' driving us insane, making us drink many mugs of wine and consume well, nothing naughty really, just wine ;0) I mean, how dare we complain about their darlings using our busy road as their private playground. How dare we, huh??? Weeks ago 'Mummy Dearest' swore to us that 'my boys don't dare play on the street', to the current 'They play safely on the street and always move if cars approach..." Bulllll crapppp. If its not relationship issssues, and the 'don't give a damn' family next door .... it can also be the Easter Bunny's responsibility that them eggs somehow end up in my belly. Shakes angry fist at the naughty Easter Bunny.... watch out Easter Bunny, Anna Bligh might sell you too! (Sorry, thats QLD humour there!)
This week I haven't got the guts or balls to jump on my scales, weigh in was supposed to be yesterday morning. I know I've most probably jumped back up into the 120kgs yet again. My biggest hurdle this upcoming week, despite avoiding anymore of them horribly tasting choccie easter eggs, is when and where am I going to exercise. My son is now on school holidays for about 10 days, so there goes my hill climbs!!! If its not one thing, its another!!!
Yesterday, was Good Friday here in Oz and instead of sitting home staring vaguely into a Facebook screen, we actually WENT OUT!!! Yeah, I got parole for the day ;0) We were invited to a very big bike ride which happens every Good Friday and somehow we haven't attended before. Probably because 'the hubby' wasn't the keen cyclist he is trying to be at the moment. He has gotten right into cycling and has a couple of 'attachments' for our two sons to accompany him. You are waiting to read what kind of bike I have, aren't you???? Well firstly i still consider myself far too fat for a bike at present. Secondly I have NEVER riden a bicycle, at all. Well I used to love riding a school mate's girly dragster in the late 1970s, but thats it. My mother refused to buy me a bike, so I never learnt or experience riding like one would today. Thirdly, the last time I rode anything with two wheels ie. a Gold Coast moped, I crashed head first into an apartment wall, my glass lens popped out and sliced my face apart, just missing my right eye. This all happened on the day an earthquake shattered Newcastle in NSW in 1989. So the likes of Anna Meares, Lance Armstrong have absolutely nothing to worry about ;0)
Anyways, yesterdays bike ride, family thing, hubby rode with 37kg of sons behind him. Starting at Sandgate, reaching eastern side of Redcliffe and back again. I drove ;0) , someone had to transport the morning tea ... LOL . So we shall see how my journey on the weight loss highway goes for the next 50 odd weeks and see if I join in the 'bike train' next year. Even if I lost 50kg, I still don't know if I could do it. Like I said, I've never really riden a bike and I still remember smashing my fat head against that solid brick wall, unfortunately that memory will not fade :0(
Oh, how I wish I could buy a bucket load of confidence ....
Andrew did a big effort that day with all the weight and drag behind him. He certainly had it tougher than anyone else on that ride.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a way to try out riding is to use a stationary trainer (wind trainer). Not an exercise bike, you put an ordinary bike on the trainer and ride while watching TV. Great exercise and gets you familar with riding - two birds, one stone. Happy to lend it to you if you want to try it out.