Aim to complete at least 5000 miles in 2011





Friday, 5 February 2010

Case Study!!!???

So today, I attended a TWUG meeting (a Two Wheel User Group) at our office. I am one of the reps, we have one for each site. So anyway, I'm just chatting about the shock I got from standing on the Wellbeing Centre and how I can't wait to get back into cycling and they all thought it would be a great idea to have me as a "case study" for the Wellbeing programme.
This basically consists of my "results" being posted and monitored on the company infonet (internal internet) for all to see; so that people can see what a difference it makes to my health (weight, bmi, blood pressure, heart rate etc) between now and the end of the year as I get back into my cycling after the winter break.
That's great! Now everyone is gonna know I'm a fat cow! ha ha. I've told them that they are not doing anything with the info until I'm certain the results are heading in the right direction!

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Whoops...

Today I got on the "wellbeing centre" at work, which is basically a machine you stand on and it does all your weight, heart rate, bmi, fat content, blood pressure etc.
So, bearing in mind my "fit weight" is about 11st 3lb (well, I am 6 foot tall so don't gasp with horror just yet!)....
Well... today it's 11st 12lb!!!! (now you can gasp with horror because I did!)
Those darn hills are gonna hurt when I get back on that bike.

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

3.5k in 30 days

Just seen on the news that there is a bloke who is going to cycle across America in 30 days covering 3,500 miles. That's quite a lot isn't it? wouldn't mind doing something like that, but right now, I don't think I could cycle to work. too much cake over Christmas :)

Friday, 22 January 2010

Even worse...

Since my last blog... I've discovered a fat lump!!! OMG it's like a baby saddlebag... right there on the side of my hip!!!! and it's only on one side, what is that all about????

This is NOT good... it's the kind of lump that's always in liposuction adverts!!!! you know the ones, removal of spot fat that won't go no matter how much exercise you do!

O no! I can't afford lipo, so how the hell do you get rid of that? I mean that calls for serious attention and if I go on a diet to lose weight I'm bound to lose my boobs instead! This is a disaster! plus I've now been on a health kick diet for over a week and I'm starving! I need proper food, not rabbit food.

It's just so hard being a woman! Back to the turbo I suppose, too cold to ride out!

Monday, 18 January 2010

The Definition of Boredom...

3 hrs 50 minutes on the Turbo in a week... and my bloody Christmas cellulite is still there! What's that all about..?? All I ate was 2 boxes of French Fancies, one box of Viennese Whirls (all of which were exceedingly good!) and a few [boxes of] chocolates! o yea, and some chocolate fudge cake and ice cream, amongst some other things that really are so insignificant I can't even remember them!

Really I don't understand it... I thought if you tipped them upside down, the calories fell out?

So now I am paying for it ... with boredom!

Sunday, 8 November 2009

A cycling hero...

Got invited to a posh cycling black tie dinner and met 2004 Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt ... (in case you can't tell, he's the one in the dress!)

He's almost as tall as me LOL. I thought I was gonnna have to lend him my heels (alright, maybe he IS a LITTLE bit taller than me. He's about 18 stone too!)

Friday, 6 November 2009

I haven't done enough...

O No... you know that moment when you've got a BIG HUGE ride that you are supposed to be training for ... and then you realise... it's like... a day away !!!! and you haven't trained enough...

Well... two weeks ago someone invited me to a Black Tie thingy and I knew my dress was a tad tight so I thought a few cycle trips to work would sort that out...

Well....

I've been a lazy bitch... and to top that I had a MacDonalds tonight... hamburger, two large fries, coke and strawberry sundae!

I better not breath or eat at the party tomorrow or I may split the dress LOL. In fact, I better not eat all day or I won't even get into it!