I Ate How Many Calories?!

I’ve been very truthful in that my diet is horrible. Have I tried to eat better? Sure but I always have problems with eating too much and eating the wrong stuff. I knew it was a problem but was too lazy to fix it. I made some half-heart attempts but never put anything permanently in place to correct the problem. This is further mind-boggling because I knew that I needed to be counting, or tracking, my...

Five Reasons to Consider Cycling to Lose Weight

Exercise is an essential ingredient in our goal to lose weight (diet is another but we’ll talk about that later) and riding a bike, cycling, is a great exercise. You don’t have to train like Lance Armstrong to lose weight cycling but you have to do something. For those of us that are overweight, cycling is a great sport to help us and here’s why I think so. Weight Scale You probably already have...

Century Training Series: Days 33, 34, 35 & 36 (Week 5 Re-Cap)

Day 33 – Rest Day Not much to be said about that. I considered riding anyway because I had missed a day earlier in the week due to rain but decided against it so I didn’t compromise my Saturday morning ride. Day 34 – 3 Hour Endurance Pace Ride I woke up a little before 7 AM and headed on down to White Rock Lake to get this ride in. The morning was just beautiful and the temp was still in the...

Century Training Series: Days 12, 13 and 14

Day 12 This is the traditional easy cycling day that has 30 minutes of easy spinning scheduled. Due to having to drive out of town I had to skip it. Day 13 This was Saturday and I had a 3 hour endurance ride scheduled. Before heading out of town on Friday I mapped out a new route on MapMyRide to try. I was up at 6:00 AM on Saturday morning and rolling by 6:30. After 15 minutes I reset my computer and set out...

Century Training Series: Day 1

Well, today kicked off my Century Training Series in which I’ll be blogging daily during my 12-week training plan as I get ready to ride my first century in September. I’m following the basic plan in the June 2009 issue of Bicycling magazine for those interested in following along. Since it’s Day 1 it means it’s Monday which is sort of anti-climactic since it’s a scheduled rest day. ...