Palo Duro Canyon Texas 31 days. 4 states. 200+ miles. In July I did the 30 day ride challenge hosted by Trailforks and Anthill Films. The challenge was simple: ride each day, including at least one full trail as mapped on Trailforks. Tijeras, New Mexico trails 3 Bottles - Tijeras, NM My month started off with lots of rides close … [Read more...]
My January Whole30 fail
My big goal for January was to complete a Whole30. I will say right off that I did not succeed. I was going strong through day 16 when everybody in the house came down with the stomach flu. I managed to stay compliant to the program for three whole days of the flu after that but on the fourth day, I went off-plan just trying to find things that … [Read more...]
Know YOUR numbers
Some time back, I watched a YouTube video of a TED talk by Daniel Amen. He spends lots of time looking at brain scans as part of his clinical practice. I definitely recommend this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLKj1puoWCg Later, I checked out one of his books on Overdrive from my library's ebook collection. His books talk … [Read more...]
Whole30 mega-post
In this post I'll talk about what the Whole30 is all about, go over my experience with my first Whole30, provide some resources for if you're interested in doing one, and talk about why I'm doing another one. I mentioned in my last post that this year I am focusing more on monthly goals than annual goals. The idea is that this condensed time … [Read more...]
It’s still 2018
In January, it's easy to be gung-ho about goals for the year ahead. By this time of year, I just feel like thinking about next years goals. Frankly, I don't want to look at where I fell short of my aspirations for the current year. I do have a practice of reviewing the previous year as I'm working on my goals for the next year, and it's … [Read more...]
How do you spend your Saturday mornings?
Yesterday I woke up with a list of things I wanted to do over the weekend. One of those things was painting my old toy box for baby B. It's a nice toybox- solid, unfinished wood. My dad gave it to me when I was young with the intention of painting it. Twenty-five years later, it is still not painted. When baby B was born, I swore I'd have … [Read more...]
What can you accomplish in 50 years?
What can you accomplish in 50 years? Pick a long period of time to consider. My time for this exercise is 50 years. I’m almost 30, so in 50 years, I would be 80. Depending on your age, your time frame might be different. Even someone who is 80 could live another 20 years. A lot can be accomplished in 20 years! For this example, I’ll use 50 … [Read more...]
Yesterday we finally ran out of regular sugar… and a bunch of other thoughts on sugar and food
I thought I'd provide an update and a few reflections on my no-buying-sugar-for-the-year quest. In some ways the changes from it have proven to be more gradual than I expected. In other ways, the changes have proven to be much deeper and far-reaching than I expected. I figured that not buying sugar would quickly equate to not having sugar in … [Read more...]
No Buying Sugar for a Year – Plus Thoughts on Designing Goals
One of my goals for 2018 is to not buy sugar. This isn't about having a hard-core goal that is some sensational story to blog about: "I went one year without eating any sugar. Here's what happened!" Nope. There is nothing hard core about it when I'm allowed to eat desert at my friend's house or bake a cake for my son's birthday. But it's the … [Read more...]
2018 Goals
I wanted to share my big goals for 2018. As I mentioned in New Year's Reflections I take time at the beginning of the year to list out the important areas in my life and then write about the things that I want to happen in each area. This year, I did something a bit different. Once I finished my list, I picked the one thing from each area … [Read more...]