Tomorrow morning I am going on a bike ride with some coworkers who have convinced me to do the 24 Hours of Booty challenge to benefit a cancer center for young adults in the area. Its in August, and its made me discover an amazing thing: all this walking has left me completely unprepared to cycle.
Who knew that walking was primarily a hamstring workout, while cycling was all about the calves and quads? I do now. After just a few short bike rides I can feel it in my quadriceps like you wouldn't believe. Maybe this new activity will help me with my achilles tendinitis which flared up throughout my walk training. Maybe it will just give me something new to do. Its definitely given me a reason to use my newly purchased Amazon Prime membership (worth its weight in gold. I have no idea why I waited so long to bite this bullet!) to purchase the appropriate gear (see below) and get it in less than 48 hours.
If nothing else, this will give me the opportunity to use my newly purchased sports bra (the best I've ever had), padded bike pants from Amazon and bike from REI. What did we do before Amazon and Google? Oh that's right, we had to leave the house to go shopping and researching.
I am getting back to feeling great. My stomach has settled down, I feel more focused (thank you magnesium supplement) and sharp, and now all I need to do is to get my sleep schedule in check and I will be unstoppable. CrossFit Silver Spring won't know what hit it on Monday.
All in all, I am glad that I'm keeping myself motivated. I have decided that while I didn't win the genetic lottery, it's not going to keep me from doing what I love. I have decided that independent of the scale and my dress size, I want to be the poster child, the ultimate example, the very picture of how someone who looks overweight can be in fantastic shape, and that strong is the new sexy, regardless of what your scale says.
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