Binge Eating on the Weekends: My Nemesis

Posted by Bryan on Jun 17, 2011 in Blog, Nutrition | 6 comments

Binge eating on the weekends can wreck your weight loss strategy faster than my daughters can tap out a text message. And they’re fast. I love the weekend but no schedules to keep, no meetings, and no commute spell disaster for my healthy eating plan.

Can Bad Rides Be Good Rides?

Posted by Bryan on Jun 15, 2011 in Blog, Motivation | 4 comments

The last couple of weeks have seen me have Saturday shop rides at both ends of the spectrum. Good and bad. I detailed in on of my recent posts about how awesome of a ride I had Saturday before last. The ride this past Saturday wasn’t nearly as awesome. In fact, it downright sucked for a few miles. The stats at the end of the ride told the real story though.

When was your last Awesome ride?

Posted by Bryan on Jun 6, 2011 in Blog, Cycling For Beginners, Cycling Tips | 9 comments

Saturday saw me return to the local shop I’ve been riding with for group rides. I hadn’t given the ride too much thought throughout the week but it turned out being Awesome with a capital A. That’s why I capitalized it if you didn’t notice.

New Phase of Training Started

Posted by Bryan on Jun 3, 2011 in Blog, Cycling For Weight Loss, training | 4 comments

With my century attempt behind me, I took about a week off the bike to rest up but it’s time to get started again. This gives me the perfect opportunity to start a interval training program I’ve been wanting to do for a while that’s specifically put together to help people, like me, who need to lose a lot of weight.

What does Biking To Live Mean?

Posted by Bryan on May 24, 2011 in Blog | 4 comments

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve slightly changed the look of Biking To Live over the last couple of weeks. Nothing major – still using the same theme, same colors, and stuff like that. I have tweaked some of the visual elements though and they are most evident on the homepage.

Tour de Cure Ride Report

Posted by Bryan on May 23, 2011 in Blog | 28 comments

Saturday saw me attempt my first century ride. While I wasn’t able to complete the full 101 mile route I did manage a decent 80 miles. Having had a day to think back on the event, I wanted to tell you about the ride.

My wife and I showed up at the starting point around 6 AM and it was already starting to get hot. I got ready to ride while my wife went to check-in at the volunteers table. She worked the first aid station at the start/finish line from 7 AM until 4 PM.

Preparing for the End

Posted by Bryan on May 20, 2011 in Blog | 3 comments

As I’m sure you already know, and are tired of me telling you, tomorrow is my first century and I’m super excited. I’ve spent the week tapering my mileage and gettin everything ready for my epic ride. Stuff like fuel, early check-in yesterday, cleaning the bike last night, and so on. Not until yesterday though did I realize there was one thing I hadn’t prepared for tomorrow. The end of the world.