weekend update!

Don't you love that segment on SNL?  It was my favorite until Tina Fey left...

anyways, my weekend was great! But this post is going to be lacking in pictures.  The reason?  The photographer at the barista jam (more on that later!) hasn't sent me pictures from the jam yet, so I don't want to post without those!  So, I figure I will do a post about just the barista jam, sound good?

So, here is my weekend.

Friday:  I went to my new team director's house and picked up a kit (AKA uniform)!  I am really really excited about this season with this team, because the guys are really nice and down to earth, and I feel like it is just going to be great!  I then proceeded to go to bed at like 9:30 so I could get up in time to ride on saturday ;)  I also got my Aeropress and Operation Beautiful.  The aeropress is really hard to explain, but basically it is a totally new way of brewing coffee.  It is similar in volume to an espresso (3-4 oz) but is filtered with paper instead of metal, and is extracted under less pressure.  The result I find is a very smooth cup of coffee, and you can adjust it with extra hot water to taste.  Here is a pic:

And, I just HAD to buy Operation Beautiful once I heard that the wonderful Rebecca was in it!!!!  So, it came in my shipment from amazon with the coffee stuff and I just started reading it, and so far it is SO GOOD!!  I read the blog, but I didn't know how they would make it into a book, but let me tell you that it is great!  

Saturday:  I woke up at 5:00 to ride to the ride that started at 6:00.  I ate a bowl of muesli (overnight oats) and had some coffee (while still half asleep), got dressed, and headed out to the ride.  The ride was, again, great :]  I couldn't tell you where I went, because I just follow the crowd and I have no idea whatsoever!  I do know that we were at a place called the towers, but I don't know where that was ;]  Regardless of where we were, it was a good ride, yet challenging.  I am still not used to the hills here, it is a big change from the Indiana pancake.  Then we went out to Tee Pee Mexican restaurant here that is supposed to be famous, but it wasn't all that special I didn't think.  And the rest of that night was the Barista Jam, which I pinky promise I will share with you as soon as I get the pictures ;)

Sunday:  Today I rode again with a smaller group made up of mostly teammates.  It was a rather hilly ride again, and it was SO humid cause it stormed last night.  I did pretty well though, didn't get lost, and got home so all is well :)  again, all the teammates are just so nice, I really feel like I am in the right place in that regard.  I also got to talk to Pascal and some other friends from Germany!!  The 9 hour time difference is just awful, it is so hard to talk to them :/  Then we went to IKEA, which was nice, but that store is just TOO BIG!  I get so frustrated sometimes...  Then we went out to dinner (too hot to cook, didn't want to heat up the kitchen) and I had a grilled chicken sub.  It was so good!  And I tried some of my dad's roast beef and it was great too.  And now we are home, about to watch some tv, and then go to bed for school tomorrow!

Have a magnificent monday!!!

Scott

a new realization

I just want to thank you all so much for all your insightful and uplifting comments :] It is really interesting to hear what you all have to say about complete recovery. I have really learned a lot from you guys! After reading these comments, I really feel that it is possible to fully recovery from an ED. If nothing else, this realization is so encouraging that we do not have to live with this demon inside of us for the rest of our lives! And I will never find out if it is possible for me if I do not try it for myself. So that is what I want to do, what I must do. This is what I am going to do :)

Book Update: I read the beginnings of both books from my last post, and I really like Regaining Yourself, but Inside Out is a bit upsetting :( I just want to warn you that it may be triggering to some.

Today was awesome!! Nothing really special happened, but I was just so happy from reading all of your posts that I read throughout the day ;] I had math, ugh :/ but I got a lot of homework done, so that was good. Then I had health with a sub and we watched the. most. boring. video. EVER!! it was about fad diets, and was just a woman talking on the tv. borrrrringggg!!! Then we had band, which wasn't too bad. German was better than usual because we actually had our real teacher. Frau B ist sehr nett und cool! (das ist fuer dir Alexis ;)

Then the highlight of my day, the training ride =D It was so beautiful, and I felt so good! After being weak a lot of last year from ED, and continual discouragement because of it, I felt so awesome to be able to keep up today! We had a really fast ride and I ended up taking a flying sprint up the right side when the road opened up near the sprint point =D I think I may have one, but there wasn't really a "finish line" so to speak. Either way, it was such an accomplishment for me, and further encouragement that ED LIES because he never would have let me believe that I would be faster if I gained weight. Rigggghtttt... i gained XX pounds over the past year and a half and am faster, stronger, and feel better than ever! Take that ED!! Also on the ride, one of the guys I really look up to (he is amazingly fast) told me good ride and that it looked like I gained some muscle over the winter :] I was so proud, and I took it for what he meant it to be (a compliment), and not what ED thought it was (something to put me down) So it was quite awesome and I am so happy, and thankful for you and my family and all my other support, because I know all of you have helped me see things like this!!

Dinner was nothing to post about. Some take out chinese for the fam while I had a boca burger with a bit of chinese. good though!

So that was my day! This week is going by so fast no?

Have a great wednesday! You more than deserve it!!

Love you all!

Scott

That was pretty much my day,

Time Trial!!!

So I have been doing a training class at the local bike shop and today was our time trial to establish a baseline. Here are my results for the 20min time trial.

Average Speed= 19.8mph
Average Power=approx 256 watts
Average Heart rate=182bpm
Distance=6.59 miles

Max Speed=22.8mph
Max Power=352 watts
Max Heart rate=192bpm

I am pretty happy with the results and hopefully will see an improvement by the end of the eight week session.

What have you done lately that has made you proud?