crg39’s BodyBlog

or deep detailed reasoning, sometimes life just gets in the way of what you want or even NEED for yourself. Therefore, my absence from BB.com for 7 or 8 months. However, I am back and ready to devote at least some time to myself. I am not exactly starting over but need to refocus and get back to the level that I was so that I can continue progressing. I will post current pics as soon as possible.

I have never been a "real" cyclist, and I haven’t been on a bike in 2-3 years until last month, BUT, I have been training for my first tour next month on August 9. It is a 42 mile slightly hilly ride in south west south central Texas. The DeLeon Melon Patch tour. There is a 71 mile leg also but HA HA there’s NO WAY. not this year 42 will be enough. This new challenge has changed up my workout habits a bit, I’m still going to the gym 3 days a week but doing less legs, less cardio, then riding 3 days a week. I have to increase from my current 26 ish miles to at least 45 by 8-9-08. I have been eating enough to maintain the weight I gained and am still working on gaining the other 7 lbs, this has been a HUGE accomplishment. All the riding has not taken ONE LITTLE BIT of cellulite off my butt though and that is very disappointing. OMG why won’t this stuff just go away. OK I’m over my rant now, lol. anyway, wish me luck, I’m going to need it.

I had been using my workout tracker to make sure I was getting in enough times per week, this week I have been very hecktic and busy both with work and home and still trying to workout enough, so when I pulled up my june and july I realized that I have worked out 6 days in a row and decided that I had better take today as a rest day (especially since I have a bike ride tomorrow morning.) It is a wonderful thing to have a calender covered with W’s so that you can maintain balance, but it only helps if you look at it often enough.

I’m sorry you are having a crappy day, I hope it gets better and I hope your b-day is SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let us not forget the reason that we celebrate this day. It is not about beer and bar-b-q, not about getting an extra (or 2) days off work, nor about the fireworks. We celebrate this day; "Independence Day", for our FREEDOM from tyranny and oppression. Freedom from CONTROL by ANOTHER country, freedom that was hard fought and WELL won. Our forefathers fought for something they believed in, that was right and no one should ever be able to take away from us.  We stand to this day in defense of our Country, our homeland that we shall not relinquish to another. We stand and honor those who have past, present and future defended this country and her people. Let us take the time today in this celebration of freedom to remember and honor those who have are and will defend that freedom and made this possible. First, to all our troops; I thank you for your sacrifice and your belief, and to all those who do their part everyday (no matter how small you may think it is) to make this a better place. Let us celebrate our freedom and never forget those who make it possible.  This was not known as July 4th when I was growing up, it was known as INDEPENDENCE DAY and I for one will continue to call it that. Thanks, C

Had a great workout tonight, fueled properly, worked past my tiredness and tried a couple of new exercises, tate press and bent-over side lat on cable. I’m feeling a little numb so I know it was good and I may be a little sore tomorrow, which is good, I haven’t really been sore lately even when I have pushed passed my limit. I like the soreness it feels like progress. I’ll get my cardio again tomorrow on the bike, maybe real early. Peace to the masses, C

Yesterday I went back to the biking trail, I have had so much fun with this that I decided to go ahead and buy a new (good) bike. I am doing well at 20 miles and intend to see how much I can push it to. The other part of this is that I had a really crappy I mean REALLY crappy workout tonight. I felt very weak and tired and thought that I would work through it as usual but no such luck. I was not able to lift as much weight or do as much as usual. I am going to try to keep better track of my eating for the next 2 days and get some more rest to see if that doesn’t help. Wish me luck.

I’m sure you all have heard it and most of us have used it. The expression "That’s just a drop in the bucket." It can be used on so many different things, I couldn’t even begin to name them all. But, for now, let’s use it on us and our world. Too many people think, "What does it matter(good or bad) I am just one person, what I do doesn’t have anything to do with anyone else? or Can’t possibly affect the over-all big picture." Recycling, for example, it’s ok if I don’t, I’m just one person. Ok, let everyone think that and see what happens. Voting, it’s ok if I don’t, what difference does one vote make? Without them we might as well just appoint someone. Right? Negativity, my sour ass mood is ok, after all it’s just me having a bad day. How many other’s where affected that you didn’t even realize, by the negative energy you put out there in the world? These are but a few of the many examples that I’m sure we could come up with. Our world is one big bucket, and we are all just drops in it. Every drop that goes into that bucket not only makes a splash or a wave or a ripple, but every drop affects the over-all contents of the entire bucket. If you put in all good drops, well, no problem, you still have a bucket of good water. Start putting in bad drops and your bucket becomes contaminated, and with too many it becomes unusable. Right? So, how are you going to use your drop? I hope to make mine not only a good drop, but also one that makes a splash. Just something to ponder, til next time.  C

I had the most incredible adventure yesterday. At first I didn’t think I was going to be able to go because I had only had 3 hours sleep, but what the heck, right? Who needs sleep. I rented a mountain bike and drove to an out-of-the-way lake out west that has a hilly trail from one side of the lake around to an old 1800’s frontier fort. It is 10 miles each way, gravel and dirt path starting at a swimming hole and ending back up at it if you put in at the right spot. I am not a cyclist (in fact I haven’t been on a bike in about 2 years and have never mountain biked) so it worked my ever-lovin’-butt off. There were a couple of hills that ALMOST got the best of me. (but for anyone who knows me, I am not much of one for letting ANYTHING best me, so I did it)And I know that any serious biker would just laugh at those hills. It took me about an hour and a half to do each direction. On the trail I encountered more wild life than I could even tell you about, the coolest being a bobcat and some sort of shrew-mole-tail-less mouse thingy. Hung out checking out the history of the fort for a bit, then rode back to the swimming hole.(where people had begun to gather by that time.) BUT, the coolest part of the whole thing was, from the time I unloaded to the time I got back to the swim spot(except the people at the fort), I WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON THE ENTIRE TRAIL. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWESOME, for 20 miles I didn’t encounter another living soul. It was so great. That is exactly what I leave this huge, smelly, over-crowded city for is peace and man did I ever get some of that. So, now you see why I didn’t start this by saying where it was. I’m selfish and not willing to share. LOL. After my ride I had a lovely swim and drove home, all total I was up and on the rode and doing my THANG from 4 a.m. Saturday until 2a.m. this morning, but it was so good that I don’t even feel tired. I want to do it again soon. Peace to the masses, C

There never seems to be enough of anything. 3 days a week workouts, not enough, but given my life it is difficult to fit in more, so I found an awesome weight bench squat rack w/cables set up at a garage sale for 50 bucks (no weights) and am going to buy weights for it. I cleaned out my garage and put it in. I can use it on the days between the gym(and I might be more willing to try some exercises that I am not good at in the privacy of my own garage). Next issue, eating enough. I am having a terrible time getting in enough food and calories, I’m working on it but it is very hard. You are talking to a person who sometimes would get so busy in a day that come bedtime I would realize I had not eaten at all that day, especially summertime in Texas, hot and humid does not help the appetite. It’s all coming along, but nothing ever seems to be enough. I will do this. I will gain weight, I will build muscle. There I said it. Now I gotta go eat. Peace, C