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<\/a>\nLunch was salad (baby spinach, spring lettuce mix, cauliflower, broccoli). Michael also baked a chicken breast that we split. He used one of the spice rubs that my mom gave him for his birthday last month and baked the chicken. It was a good, filling lunch.<\/p>\n
Ride Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n Time: 1:36 Calories Burned: 542 Miles Ridden: 19<\/strong><\/p>\n When we got home we started making dinner and I packed us lunches. For dinner I made salads, same as our lunch time salads but this time adding chickpeas, black olives and tomatoes to it.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
\nSince he was feeling pretty good so far we agreed we were probably safe to try for a bike ride.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAt first we were going to drive to Hagg Lake to bike there. My thinking was that they had paved bike trails AND it’s the location of a triathlon I was considering doing this summer. Unfortunately Google Maps said it was over an hour from our house.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nInstead, we decided to drive to Blue Lake (Another triathlon location) since it was closer.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe arrived at the Blue Lake Park and while it was a gorgeous park for picnics and summer fun, it wasn’t really what we were looking for in a bike ride. We decided to bag that idea and just ride on Marine Drive–which was really close to Blue Lake.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe hadn’t discussed how far or how long we’d ride. It was a gorgeous day, a tad windy but nice in the sunshine. I lead the way up Marine Drive and was feeling really good until I decided it was time to turn around.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe’d ridden about 50 minutes or so and I was starting to feel it in my wrists, neck and shoulders. Plus my butt was starting to hurt a bit. I might need to buy new padded bike shorts. They are pretty old (at least 3 years?) and I don’t know that they offer much padding anymore. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFor snacks on our ride we took baggies of raw almonds. I added some seeds and peanuts to my bag for variety. I munched on those since we couldn’t do the norm: GUs, protein bars, or Chomps because of the carbohydrates in them. I was starting to feel a bit hungry and tired and I could tell I was dangerously close to crashing into “The Dark Zone” of improper fueling. I am worried about this Diet and how I will handle it in combination with working out. Not being able to eat carbs means I have to figure out how NOT to crash…Any tips?<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe turned around and rode back to where we parked the car. I was relieved to be off the bike and stretched a bit, ate some more almonds and we drove home.<\/p>\n
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\nIt was a big jump from the 12 mile ride we did a week or so ago. If you think about it, 19 miles really isn’t all that much BUT I’ve been only doing about 8 or 10 miles once a week! That’s basically doubling my mileage. I don’t know that I was necessarily ready for 20 miles on the bike, but now I know how much work I have to do.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMichael grilled the zucchini I sliced and I realized that the Goat Cheese I have only has 1 gram of Carbs in it! YAY! That’s not going to break the bank on the diet, so I topped the zucchini with a teeny bit of Goat Cheese.<\/p>\n