CyclingMimi

Oh, I did, Super Sam. I went on two rides today. So even though I'm not going out this instant, I hope I'm not grounded. haha Butternut, I'm a walking commuter when I'm working here in my town. I work in home support as a home health caregiver, &, while I do have to drive to one client (it's a 20 minute drive to his parents' house), I do walk here in town as much as possible. I hope that when you put air in your tires, you're over our cold & feeling much better. I'm getting used to drinking more water again, & I know I'm doing much better for it.

Congratulations, Chesterton!! Keep up the great work!!

Cool, Sloth The Slow And Steady.

For a while I've been an email subscriber to the Tapp Brothers' Parkour training, but I've not done much about it. Well, they have a new 30 day challenge starting up next week, & I'm going to take advantage of that & use that for the upcoming challenge starting here very soon. I'll keep on walking to & from work when I work here in my town (that's 20 minutes one way), & go for bike rides at least three or four days a week. With all this, my fitness is in place. I've basically given up pop, but I'll make that an official thing starting for this challenge. I have a goal to increase my water intake to at least two litres a day because that works for me, but I've been sliding with my water intake in the past months. I need more, & I've been slowly upping this. Not nearly as much as I should be drinking, though. I'm also going to cut out junk food at least six days a week, & if I go the whole four weeks without it, even better! But we shall see. It's stuff that should be a treat - not an every day thing. A few months ago, my doctor warned me that if I don't lower my blood pressure, I'll be at an increased risk of heart attacks or stroke. I DON'T want either, & so I'm doing something about it.

Thanks so much for your encouragement, Butternut, & for that name - I'll check online.

After work today, I'll come here to see what I can come up with the next challenge. I'm working on getting prepared for a writing event starting this Friday (1 April), but I want to set up the next challenge so that it works well for me & so that I don't get discouraged too easily, which happens when I set up goals that are way too extreme for me - which often happens. Well, they're not too extreme if I push myself harder than I do, but then I get discouraged the first time I fail, & then I give up. I need to work on getting past that fear of failure or of success (which seem to go together sometimes) & to just keep on, no matter how hard I fall on my face at times. That's part of life, & I need to just get up & keep going, as I do when I ride my bike. Not that I fall off of that often, but it has happened, & I just got back up & kept going - that's what I need to do in life. Cycling's my favourite form of exercise, followed closely by hiking & swimming, & I want to get back to the place where my username suits me again. So this afternoon, as long as the weather stays good (which it's supposed to), I'm going for a bike ride after work. It won't be long since it's been a long time since I've been on my bike, but at least I'll get out on my bike & go for a ride. That's the first step, & a journey has to start with that first step. So, yeah! I'm looking forward to that bike ride - it's been far too long!!

Sounds good! You obviously took some time to think about this.

Sounds really good!! Welcome here. I was trying to get rid of the quote thing, but I can't figure out how. I'm not quoting anything. Sorry for it.

Thanks, Spezzy. It's been quite a while since I've done any NF challenges. I'll definitely be joining the next one.

Hi, Rys! Welcome!! Hi, everyone! I'm so sorry that I've not been here at all - I wasn't able to sign into NF at all for quite a while, & I also haven't been receiving any notification emails from here. Very strange! Suddenly it's all resolved, though, & now I'm here again. I'm happy about that! How are all of you? I'm fine - getting outside every single day, & today's Day 77 without any Coca~Cola. Yay!!

Day 77 for me without Coca~Cola!! Yay!! I'm not cutting out all pop, but Coke I am since it's by far the hardest thing for me. There've been a few times that I've really missed it, especially seeing the commercials of the name bottles they have out again now, but, overall, I don't miss it. It's not easy for me, though, that's for sure, & I'm very happy to not have it as part of my diet any longer. Yay!!

Hi, Terinatum! Thanks for your last comment here. Sorry I've not been here for quite a while - I couldn't log in here to NF. I have no idea why, but it was suddenly resolved, & here I am again. It was most frustrating! I also wasn't receiving any emails notifying me of any of the things to which I'd followed. They just suddenly stopped coming one day, although I was receiving general emails from NF. Very, very strange! So, I'm doing quite well - today's Day 77 of no Coke. Yay! Last weekend, I was super active. Kayaking, hiking up & down a steep hill several times. Just being outside almost all the time. It was wonderful! Since then, I've been outside almost every day, whether walking or just being outside. I spent time cleaning my car yesterday, which is active. haha Anyway, I'm glad that I could get back in here to NF - I've missed it!!