StephanieShine’s BodyBlog

After failing the first car inspection, fixing the door and the license plate light, we found out the tire had to be replaced the check engine light came on. We replaced the tire, disconnected the battery, put in some fresh anti-freeze and cleaned the muck off a few connections under the hood. Yes now we take the car in (on two separate days) to finally have it pass inspection. After 200 miles, the new tire forms a bubble, potentially very dangerous and would most likely pop in the next 25 miles.  Ok, another new tire! Take it in and put it on today. No lights blinking, no funny noises or sounds and everything is safetly in working condition. Good news? The tire guy filled up the gas tank again for me. I have yet to pay for gas out of my own pocket after 200 miles and just 1/2 tank. Now its back to full and only put about 20 miles on it today going to and from work. At this rate, I’ll probably only have to fill up 2 or 3 times before Im off to college =]

Its been awhile since I did any real, consistent training and its been even longer since I blogged about it. Now that I have my own car I am free to go to the gym whenever, with whoever and for as long or as little as I’d like. In order to reinspire myself and get myself back into the groove and the mindset I was in at the begining of May (the peak of my training, nutrition and supplementation) I’ve pulled out the back log of oxygen magazines (I went months without reading them), I am starting to read articles here again, downloaded a few podcasts to listen to on the way to the gym, created a well thought out meal plan for the week, re-stocked up on the essentail foods, have been getting more sleep and lastly been putting my body before other interests of mine such as getting ready for dorm life, learning french for paris, saving money and being simplified and organized.

Whew I’d say thats quiet a good list to have accomplished in the past 3 days. I am really sore from yesterdays leg, back and chest workouts and Im saving Shoulders, biceps, triceps and abs for tomorow when I can go with my younger brother. But I have an hour to kill before I go to work and Im thinking about loading up my mp3 player with some more podcasts and just hopping on the bike for a little while.

Driving home from work at night is the best on my gas mileage. Theres not many cars around and its alot of down hill roads. Tonight it took me 15 minutes to get home and by the end of the trip I had gotten my mpg to 35.6 by going into neutral as much as I could and staying there. I also tried to keep it in 5th gear, but right under 2x RPM when I was in drive.

From now on though, I will be driving my own 2003 Ford Focus and not my moms passat. The passat is great on gas and drives smoothly, I can only hope the focus is the same.