Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Back To Normal, In Biking Terms
Not much change lately besides the weather of course. Okay so a lot has changed, and I have been able to bike excessively for the first time since September. already for march i have biked about 65 miles with another week plus to go for the month. This is already far surpassing my March 2011, in fact I do not believe i biked to work until late April or early May last year. This week i will be biking to work three times and I am loving it. The route to work is much more dangerous and busy but the simple fact of not driving and getting exercise is great. On Saturday I biked for over two hours and then walked around for another four or so hours. We are for sure being spoiled here in Michigan with these 80 degree temps. I am trying my best to take full advantage of this as this weekend it is expected to rain and next week will be 50s and 60s, still not bad but also not 80. Okay I'm off to enjoy the Summer, or Spring as some people like to refer to it.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Summer? Spring? Nope Still Winter?!
Work might be stressful, but everything outside is getting crazy awesome! I was planning to ride my bike to work for the first time since September or October but being me I could not find my bike pump for the life of me. I tore that room apart, ripped every box open, and now all I am left with is a disaster zone. Tonight the plan is to watch a clip of Hoarders and go wacko on the apartment.
So an update on my 30 day challenge, I have currently ran about 17 miles in the first half of the month and only skipped this past Sunday as it was my mother's birthday and I literally had no time. So far I am loving this challenge, sometimes it is sucks especially when I am running inside on a treadmill. Now when I get to run free outside everything changes, granted when it was snowing and below freezing it was not a pleasant run, but God did it feel amazing. Now that it has been warmer this week and just happens to be getting nicer I am loving it even more. That and as of tomorrow Summer dress code is in full swing at work, shorts for me!
As for the other half of the challenge, I am still enjoying making calls to friends that I have not spoke with in quite some time. I have slacked the past couple days but I hope to make those calls up in the days to come. In fact I am pumped to really catch up with many people on this list. One person it took a couple days to get through to so hopefully the rest of the list goes through much smoother. Also trying to root myself in my new place and become more comfortable with my life as it is. Going to try having more friends over for dinner or to play Just Dance or Mario Party 9, also doing a volunteer trip in the next week or so planting trees on a Saturday. I have been in this area for over a year and need to get used to live here, so far so good. With the changing of the season things look to just be getting brighter!
So an update on my 30 day challenge, I have currently ran about 17 miles in the first half of the month and only skipped this past Sunday as it was my mother's birthday and I literally had no time. So far I am loving this challenge, sometimes it is sucks especially when I am running inside on a treadmill. Now when I get to run free outside everything changes, granted when it was snowing and below freezing it was not a pleasant run, but God did it feel amazing. Now that it has been warmer this week and just happens to be getting nicer I am loving it even more. That and as of tomorrow Summer dress code is in full swing at work, shorts for me!
As for the other half of the challenge, I am still enjoying making calls to friends that I have not spoke with in quite some time. I have slacked the past couple days but I hope to make those calls up in the days to come. In fact I am pumped to really catch up with many people on this list. One person it took a couple days to get through to so hopefully the rest of the list goes through much smoother. Also trying to root myself in my new place and become more comfortable with my life as it is. Going to try having more friends over for dinner or to play Just Dance or Mario Party 9, also doing a volunteer trip in the next week or so planting trees on a Saturday. I have been in this area for over a year and need to get used to live here, so far so good. With the changing of the season things look to just be getting brighter!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Running, Running
Things are starting to look good. Work is still very stressful and I slept through my workout/weight training this morning, but in general things are good. I now have a roommate and have run at least a mile for the first four days, three of them outside. It has been cold but still exciting to get outside again. There is just something about the air through the hair and trees swaying in the wind with the sun shining down that just makes one happy. Now add twenty degrees and it would be perfect. With temperatures soon to go up in the next month and with daylight savings less than a week away I am aching even more to be outdoors, especially to get on my bike again.
Even though it has only been a few weeks since I have really tried getting active again i can already feel it working, in fact in a week or so alone I have lost about three pounds. I just seem to have more energy and happier lately. As the season begins to change I am excited to see what Spring brings. This kind of humors me because just about two posts ago I was all excited for Winter. I guess this just goes to show you how odd this year has been so far.
As for the other part of of my monthly challenge is to try and get in contact with people since I have not been diligent with it lately. So as stated before I am calling a different person out of my phone every day. So far I have four people down. It is good to hear how their lives are going, be it them living in Florida, New York, Mid Michigan, or even just down 94. It is good to know that even though you have not spoke to some people in quite some time things never change when it really counts. Real friends are always there for you and it is nice to see how lives are progressing; be it a new job, grad school, living far from home, attacking debt, braving fierce storms, or just life in general. I am really excited for this challenge because it is great to hear from people again and I have quite the list to get through and to surprise people as it has been a while since talking to many of them. Hopefully this leads to keeping in better contact from now on. I'm mostly just making my way down my phone's contact list that way it is easier to keep track of (that and so no one can be offended that I called one person before another).
Until next time, next a strong mind and a healthy lifestyle.
Even though it has only been a few weeks since I have really tried getting active again i can already feel it working, in fact in a week or so alone I have lost about three pounds. I just seem to have more energy and happier lately. As the season begins to change I am excited to see what Spring brings. This kind of humors me because just about two posts ago I was all excited for Winter. I guess this just goes to show you how odd this year has been so far.
As for the other part of of my monthly challenge is to try and get in contact with people since I have not been diligent with it lately. So as stated before I am calling a different person out of my phone every day. So far I have four people down. It is good to hear how their lives are going, be it them living in Florida, New York, Mid Michigan, or even just down 94. It is good to know that even though you have not spoke to some people in quite some time things never change when it really counts. Real friends are always there for you and it is nice to see how lives are progressing; be it a new job, grad school, living far from home, attacking debt, braving fierce storms, or just life in general. I am really excited for this challenge because it is great to hear from people again and I have quite the list to get through and to surprise people as it has been a while since talking to many of them. Hopefully this leads to keeping in better contact from now on. I'm mostly just making my way down my phone's contact list that way it is easier to keep track of (that and so no one can be offended that I called one person before another).
Until next time, next a strong mind and a healthy lifestyle.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
March!
So February is over and that means month one of my 30 Day Challenge is complete, now onto the second month. For March, I have decided that I will run at least a mile every day and to keep myself accountable on this and to record my progress I will be tracking it at http://www.dailymile.com/people/zerfas. Today I have completed my mile so far on the right step.
My second part of the challenge for my mental health will be calling a friend every day, most likely I will just go right down the line of numbers in my phone. I haven't kept in touch with people lately so it will be great to hear from them, especially because I am not on Facebook until April so it is hard to see what is going on in the outside world. I don't have much else to say today, but more updates to follow.
My second part of the challenge for my mental health will be calling a friend every day, most likely I will just go right down the line of numbers in my phone. I haven't kept in touch with people lately so it will be great to hear from them, especially because I am not on Facebook until April so it is hard to see what is going on in the outside world. I don't have much else to say today, but more updates to follow.
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