Will work out for food!

I want to eat more.  I LOVE food, but I don't love gaining weight and feeling fat!

What to do?

EXERCISE MORE!!!

This summer I took the mantra, "No excuses!" and made it my own.  I can make up all kinds of excuses NOT to exercise, most of them having to do with L-A-Z-Y!!!  Enough already!  What has LAZY gotten me?  Belly rolls, thunder thighs, and tight clothing.

I have learned that if I do a little exercise...

1. I am not just sitting around wanting to eat.
2. I eat less when I do eat.
3. I am intentional about what I eat.

My parents and teachers taught me to work for what I want in life and that is what I have learned to do!  :)  

Right now I am walking on Trudy Treadmill as I type this blog post.  Walking so that I can have a bowl of fancy ice cream and still have calories left over.

This is one tip that has really worked for me!  I've learned that I can burn about 250 calories riding my bike for 30 minutes.  :)

What is your secret?

What's next?

 Bessie and I have been riding a lot this summer and thanks to the help of Bessie's cousin Barbara (my stationary bike), we just hit a milestone:  500 miles!

Never would I have believed I could survive the pain in the butt (quite literally) of bike riding so many miles!  But I did!  And what got me there?  I think it was my hairstylist Kayce because when I told her I was riding my bike, she asked about my goals.  At that time, I really didn't have any goals...I just wanted to ride so that I could exercise, burn calories, and lose weight!

Kayce's question had me dig deep within myself to come up with a realistic number.  I think I started with 200 and worked up from there.  What is my next goal?  1000 miles!  By...?  The year 2015!!!  Can I do it?  You bet!