Training and diet have gone to hell. Occasional google rides sprinkled in but not much otherwise. Lack of cycling leads to bad diet. Work is crazy, wife is pregnant.
Resolved - no more cokes, better diet. Decided this AM I would get up and hop the 7:04 to Redwood City and ride some better roads than seen on the google rides, and eat a banana on the train. Of course wifey had eaten all the bananas and I missed the train. There is now a place at 22nd that sells stuff so I finagled a banana and took the next train, which only stops at Palo Alto. Did get a nice ride in from there. It's not like I turned a corner but it was a worthwhile day.
I've decided I need to diary more of this to put the fire to my feet, and do the RWC to Sunnyvale ride which includes Jefferson and the bottom half of Page Mill on the way to the office. This will be more effective than dealing with the crazy bike paths on the Bayway.
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It's nice to know that I'm not the only one, except for me it's ice cream and not Coke. And I haven't said "No" to it. Just bought some peanut brittle ice cream at lunchtime today. Mmmm....
I have to leave work earlier to get home later because trains and buses are so crowded these days with commuters, leaving me with little to no recreational riding and training time. :-(
Possible Motivational tool: http://www.plus3network.org/
obvious answer - ride the whole way
You can still do it! OLH 20 minutes requires being able to ride hard for 20 minutes. Not 21. Not 180. So the key is the trainer.... For example, pyramid interval sets. Brutal, kill yourself, want to puke, intervals 30 seconds to 5 minutes long. Even 30 second intervals alone have been shown to improve aerobic capacity as well as continuous exercise!
On and off the bike in 40 minutes, max, 3 times per week. WRT the weight loss side, well, hunger is fat leaving the body.... It doesn't take a huge calorie deficit: just 10-20%.
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