The last few weeks I have been doing real good as far as eating habits and exercise. I've been doing a lot of miles on my eliptical trainer in preparation for getting my ass back out on my bicycle. I lost 12 lbs in 24 days and was on a roll and feeling great. I've had a herniated disc in my back for over a decade. I am able to keep it in check for the most part by doing daily spinal decompression stretches but every few months or so it likes to act up just to let me know it's still there. The last four days I haven't been able to exercise due to the disc bulging again and pushing on nerves. Before you ask, yes, it can be extremely painful. It's been ok for about the last day but I need to make sure it's good before getting back on the elliptical. I don't need to be stupid and push myself too early. That will just cause more issues and possibly make the situation much worse than it was. Hopefully a couple more days just to make sure all is ok and then I can get back to my ...

Still in the midst of winter and it really, really does not feel like bike weather out. I do know a person or two who ride year round, but I'm not planting my butt on a frozen bike seat anytime soon. Still, I want to be ready to ride at the first glimpse of decent weather. I finally got off my fat ass and started working out at home on an elliptical trainer. I was surprised that I was able to get back into the swing of it without major issues. During the week I'm trying to workout early in the morning before work and again  in the evening. The elliptical workouts will have me ready to get back on the bike and pick up where I left off last fall. That's when I was doing 3 miles on the elliptical each morning and then doing 10 miles on the bike each evening. On weekends I would ride 10-20 miles depending on my available time. I ride a mountain bike and hope to hit some of the local KC trails this summer. There is a nice trail complex not too far out of the way between home and work. The plan is ...

It hasn't been the best month as far as health and my general well being. I was ill for an entire week and the repercussions were ongoing for another week or so after that. I have gotten completely off track with my bike riding and eating habits. I'm trying to get my mindset back to where it needs to be before I backslide any further. I plan to get back on the bike starting tomorrow morning. I really enjoy riding and the cardio workout I get is awesome. I was easily doing 10 mile rides and had done a 20 mile ride about 6 weeks ago. I know that it's really only been about 3 1/2 weeks since I was on the bike but it feels longer. Part of that is due to bad eating habits that aren't helping with my energy levels. I intend to get my eating back on track starting tomorrow also. I think I need to push myself and do a 10 mile ride tomorrow. That should be a good jumpstart to get back in my groove.

I've spent the last week feeling like crap and trying to fight off an illness. I really don't know if it's a cold or a flu variant, but none the less it's taking a while to kick it. This is rather rare for me. I don't feel ill very often and when I do it rarely lasts more than a day. Maybe it's just part of the price of getting older! Friends and family know I wasn't feeling well because I hardly spent any time on the computer. It's amazing (at least to me) how much I missed on the various social networks and onlline happenings in general. Once I started to feel somewhat better and got online, it took a while to browse through all the RSS feeds that I follow. I had to go through about 4,000 articles just to catch up. Today I went back to work after staying home all last week. Talk about a sucky day! OMG, everyone wanting everything done right away. Barely had time to catch up on emails. Will take a few days to begin to catch up on the work that piled up while I was out. That's the problem with having no ...