This was the morning trip to work day 6.
As of this morning – 112.5 miles. A full week both directions will be 125 miles but I started in the afternoon on the first day so I didn’t ride both directions that day.
It’s getting easier every day and my recovery time is much faster. My legs are still a little achy now 4 hours after getting off the bike but even that will stop in another week and will be replaced by a large amount of energy. It’s probably because I push myself just slightly harder every day as my endurance grows.
My appetite is beginning to grow as well so today I stocked up on wraps and lunch meats and cheese along with a good supply of fruits. So starting tomorrow my breakfast will be a whole grain cereal and a banana, then a healthy wrap for lunch (Tomato wrap) with turkey, pepperoni, havarti cheese, lettuce, onion, light mayonnaise and a dash of spices. In between I brought carrots from the farmer’s market and a fresh orange. I’ll try to eat healthy snacks in between meals like fruits and vegetables, but NO PROMISES! I do love my salty snacks! I don’t think indulging a couple of times a week is not such a big deal.
I am going to start keeping a journal of my daily diet and exercise activities along with unhealthy things so that as I replace the unhealthy with the healthy I can look back and see the changes it makes in my attitude and overall mental, physical and emotional health. For example I have a beer or two almost every day and the day I started riding I weighed in at 174 pounds. That’s almost the heaviest I’ve ever been! At 5′ 8″ most doctors would say I am healthy and average as far as the weight. But I want to be far above average personally in every aspect of my life. So the goal is a lean and muscular 155 lbs. Not a flabby 170 lbs.
