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Bicycle! Bicycle!

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Niamh
, 04-21-2009 at 03:09 PM (1742 Views)
So its been over a month no since i last had a cigarette and i think i may be over the hard part. (i hope!) Although my trip to Edinburgh next month will be a challege seeing as a few of the girls i'm going with smoke.
But this entry is not about the whole yeay me one month thing, its about my plan to help me get over my munching issue.
Most of my munching happens when i'm off work. I only get one in three weekends off, so all my other days off are during the week and my friends are always in work so i spend my days sitting in an armchair, either reading, writing, listening to music, on here or another site, or talking to people online. So, plenty of opertunities to just sit and munch.
Now, i could be doing something more productive during the day to stop me from munching and putting all the weight i lost over the last year back on, and i thought, well i love walking so i could do that...but i walk for around 8- 9 hours a day when i'm in work. Now i love to cycle, but havent had a bike in years, and was meant to buy one last year but Australia came along instead. so this is the plan. This week i'm going to buy a bike and on my days off if its not raining, i'm going to go cycling for a couple of hours. There are plenty of lovely spots not far from me, like Malahide and Howth. There is also a great cycle track along the coast from Sutton to Clontarf that i can cycle along.
Now its hard to cycle and munch so thats great. Its also hard to cycle and smoke so i wont be tempted. And i can bring a note book and pen with me and write if i stop for a break... or a book to read. I can also bring my camera and snap lots of pics of beautiful North Dublin. Its also a way to get fitter than i am.
So hopefully on thurs i'll have my bike and cycling my munching away by friday.
Yet that all depends on my shoulder. Its still in a bad way. I'm off to see the doc tomorrow. First time i can say i'm happy to be going to see my doc!
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  1. 1n50mn14's Avatar
    Yay, bicycle! I'm investing in one soon, as well.
    Hope your shoulder gets better soon
  2. motherhubbard's Avatar
    that sounds like a great idea. I hope youpost pictures. I'm working on my work out plan for the summer, but I have one more part to my last project to finish first.
  3. Niamh's Avatar
    I thought it was a good idea! An exercise i can enjoy at the same time.
  4. Virgil's Avatar
    Great idea Niamh. Exercse actually curbs hunger. At least for me. So not only are you burning calories, you're also not eating as much.
  5. Niamh's Avatar
    thats the plan!
  6. a_little_wisp's Avatar
    Yay! Bicycles!! Give it a good name!!

    And make sure it has a cute bell.
  7. Niamh's Avatar
    I'm not good with naming things. My Lappy is my baby, and my camera is my other baby...
  8. a_little_wisp's Avatar
    Oh, well, sometimes it's a good thing! I mean, I get attached to things I name. Like the pen I use when I waitress? It's name is Bink. And when I lose it, I'm probably going to make a big unnecessary deal about it. xD

    My lappy is my baby too, and her name is Alice.
  9. Silas Thorne's Avatar
    'Great idea Niamh. Exercse actually curbs hunger. At least for me. So not only are you burning calories, you're also not eating as much.'

    What madness is this? Exercise curbing hunger? I don't think that's the norm.
  10. Virgil's Avatar
    How about searching Yeats peoms to find a good name? How about Ben for Ben Bulben? Perhaps you can bike it up Ben Bulben?
  11. Niamh's Avatar
    I'm nowhere near Ben Bulben and are you trying to kill me?
  12. Niamh's Avatar
    Actually Silas, i agree with Virgil. When i was going to the gym, i didnt feel hungry for ages afterwards.
  13. BienvenuJDC's Avatar
    Yes...I need to get a bicycle so that my daughter and I can go ride. I might even consider one for my wife with an infant seat (which of course, we could trade off turns taking the infant). But first I must modify Hannah's training wheels for her new bike. She's not ready to go without them yet.
  14. Niamh's Avatar
    I bought my bike! will take piccys and post them tomorrow.
  15. skib's Avatar
    Kevin broke my last bicycle . . .
  16. Virgil's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by skib
    Kevin broke my last bicycle . . .
    What are friends for.
  17. Niamh's Avatar
    Oh dear! how did her do that?
  18. skib's Avatar
    Well . . . it was kind of my dumb idea. We tied a rope to my truck hitch, then the other end to my bike and . . . well, you get the idea.
  19. Niamh's Avatar
    yeah... that was a disaster waiting to happen!
  20. skib's Avatar
    A broken bike (and a broken Kevvy) and lots of laughs for me!