every week i try to come up with something insightful to write about for you all...literally, i go thru out my days racking my brain for something i could write about...i make mental notes thinking "oh that's good, i'll remember to write about that". then it comes time to start typing & this cranium goes as blank as a new VHS tape...yea i said VHS. hopefully the youth of today has a clue what that contraption is! just imagine snowy static across the screen...that's what it becomes!
i'm not sure i'm drinking enough water. that's probably another reason i'm not losing weight as fast as i was before. Mostly because when i'm at work, i completely forget to drink it! sure, i take a my big green water bottle to work every day but don't really drink from it until mid afternoon. Doh! on an upside, i haven't been drinking coffee as much. i only drank it in the mornings to begin with but now i don't even depend on that to wake me up anymore!
today i noticed i don't have the usual aches & pains i used to have before i started IsAgenix. i've had a bad left knee since i was a kid..no idea what really caused but its probably from falling off my bike a lot growing up...sidenote: Mom, i swear i'm more careful now & i wear a helmet! i also have a bad right shoulder from falling off a chair in college (i was completely sober)..i had surgery to fix it but it still bothers me every now & then. also i think i have a heel spur in my right foot from all the standing i've done in the jobs i've had in retail in the past. but in all honesty, i'm not feeling any of those pains nearly as often lately...weird?! yes it is but i'm ok with that!
welp, right now i should be finishing up my journal for my vet tech preceptorship so i can turn it in this week when i go back to school but let's face it, i'm behind on it...again!! i have good intentions but if its just intentions, what good is it really unless i follow thru! i'm starting my 2nd year of vet tech school on Tuesday...i'm not mentally prepared...i'm having a bit of a freak out moment where i swear i've forgotten all the little trivial things i know i'll be quizzed over & tested on in an unruly fashion over the next 10mnths. rightfully so, its my future i'm studying for so i should retain as much as i possible can! but this brain is full of random stuff that will never be on a state board exam like the entire scene from Ace Ventura where he's in the dolphin's tank mocking Star Trek. yes i can recite it...why? probably cuz i learned it when i was 12 & that's the kind of stuff a 12 yr old should remember... not algebra schmalgebra!
so i was rather frustrated with bike riding for a couple days last week....i would even venture to say i over-reacted on my frustration but i had to get it outta my system! anyhoo...i was borrowing an old bike from the Ebberts who were nice enough to take it in & have it checked out & cleaned up before passing it on to me. the bike had a few glitches i was willing to deal with & over look. after all it was a free bike so i should be grateful, right? well at first i was, but the more i rode it, it's like the bike turned against me! it tried shifting gears on its own & then not allowing me to shift down into an easier gear...which never bodes well when you encounter hills...especially stuck in 5th gear!! anyhoo, like my buddy Mark said, the bike was like Stephen King's "Christine" & i just couldn't handle it any more. so i went out & got a new one...yup impulse buy! i went to a couple different places & weighed my options, first.
But thanks to the folks at Epic Bike store, they hooked me up with the perfect bike for me! its lighter which makes it faster & it only changes gears when i want it to! due to the color it's been dubbed "The Silver Bullet"...rightfully so...i can pass Kristin on a straight away now!
so after all is said & done, i've realized both IsAgenix & buying a new bike have been a good investment for yours truly...and yes i am truly yours...jk that phrase has never made sense to me! So i'd recommend one or the other..IsAgenix or a new bike...or both! i have no major weight loss to announce & only 3 inches lost this week but i feel good & right now that's satisfactory enough for me. Tomorrow i'll try harder to drink more water & be more consistent at eating healthier food. granted we all stray a little bit..i have! but when you bike 20 miles & burn a few hundred extra calories than normal, you need to replace them with something!
i'm not sure i'm drinking enough water. that's probably another reason i'm not losing weight as fast as i was before. Mostly because when i'm at work, i completely forget to drink it! sure, i take a my big green water bottle to work every day but don't really drink from it until mid afternoon. Doh! on an upside, i haven't been drinking coffee as much. i only drank it in the mornings to begin with but now i don't even depend on that to wake me up anymore!
today i noticed i don't have the usual aches & pains i used to have before i started IsAgenix. i've had a bad left knee since i was a kid..no idea what really caused but its probably from falling off my bike a lot growing up...sidenote: Mom, i swear i'm more careful now & i wear a helmet! i also have a bad right shoulder from falling off a chair in college (i was completely sober)..i had surgery to fix it but it still bothers me every now & then. also i think i have a heel spur in my right foot from all the standing i've done in the jobs i've had in retail in the past. but in all honesty, i'm not feeling any of those pains nearly as often lately...weird?! yes it is but i'm ok with that!
welp, right now i should be finishing up my journal for my vet tech preceptorship so i can turn it in this week when i go back to school but let's face it, i'm behind on it...again!! i have good intentions but if its just intentions, what good is it really unless i follow thru! i'm starting my 2nd year of vet tech school on Tuesday...i'm not mentally prepared...i'm having a bit of a freak out moment where i swear i've forgotten all the little trivial things i know i'll be quizzed over & tested on in an unruly fashion over the next 10mnths. rightfully so, its my future i'm studying for so i should retain as much as i possible can! but this brain is full of random stuff that will never be on a state board exam like the entire scene from Ace Ventura where he's in the dolphin's tank mocking Star Trek. yes i can recite it...why? probably cuz i learned it when i was 12 & that's the kind of stuff a 12 yr old should remember... not algebra schmalgebra!
so i was rather frustrated with bike riding for a couple days last week....i would even venture to say i over-reacted on my frustration but i had to get it outta my system! anyhoo...i was borrowing an old bike from the Ebberts who were nice enough to take it in & have it checked out & cleaned up before passing it on to me. the bike had a few glitches i was willing to deal with & over look. after all it was a free bike so i should be grateful, right? well at first i was, but the more i rode it, it's like the bike turned against me! it tried shifting gears on its own & then not allowing me to shift down into an easier gear...which never bodes well when you encounter hills...especially stuck in 5th gear!! anyhoo, like my buddy Mark said, the bike was like Stephen King's "Christine" & i just couldn't handle it any more. so i went out & got a new one...yup impulse buy! i went to a couple different places & weighed my options, first.
But thanks to the folks at Epic Bike store, they hooked me up with the perfect bike for me! its lighter which makes it faster & it only changes gears when i want it to! due to the color it's been dubbed "The Silver Bullet"...rightfully so...i can pass Kristin on a straight away now!so after all is said & done, i've realized both IsAgenix & buying a new bike have been a good investment for yours truly...and yes i am truly yours...jk that phrase has never made sense to me! So i'd recommend one or the other..IsAgenix or a new bike...or both! i have no major weight loss to announce & only 3 inches lost this week but i feel good & right now that's satisfactory enough for me. Tomorrow i'll try harder to drink more water & be more consistent at eating healthier food. granted we all stray a little bit..i have! but when you bike 20 miles & burn a few hundred extra calories than normal, you need to replace them with something!
Oh I will catch up with the Silver Bullet!! Inches is still progress and our mantra is slow & steady wins the race! Hopefully that wasn't the same tortoise Ryan saw on the road. :) We will need to bike again soon my friend. It helps warm my soul like Hummingbird Water. CHOCOLATE WALL!
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