First off, remember those capris that my Mom bought me that were too small and I said I was going to use them as a clothing goal? I couldn’t even zip them when I bought them on March 1st.
Um yeh, they fit!! They’re slightly snug, but I think they look ok! I couldn’t believe it when I tried them on! Even the shorts that I bought for the cruise (that ended up not zipping while ON the cruise) now fit! Those are some very encouraging NSV’s!
Today, hubby and I had to go over to the in-law's to help my father in law tear down a barbed wire fence. He thought it would take two hours to tear down the fence and then was going to take the posts down another day. Well, I offered to help hubby, imagining a mad calorie burn, and we had BOTH jobs done in 1 hour 36 minutes! I was totally a country girl today.
And I wore my new capris to do it! Hopefully I didn’t ruin them because I was covered in dirt when we were done. My job consisted of tearing down the wire and laying it neatly on the ground for hubby to roll up. And then I helped pick up the rolls and load them in the wagon, they were heavy! I walked a lot, even ran a little, and used my arms a ton. For the second part of the job, I was assigned picking up all of the posts, knocking the dirt off them, and throwing them into a wagon. There were at least 50 posts, each weighing about 5-10 lbs. I tried to pick up two in each hand. I ended up burning 576 calories. Totally worth it. And my FIL was happy.
After that, hubby and I came home and cleaned up and headed out for the second part of the day, our first long bike ride of the year!! We ended up doing a loop of 14.5 miles with lots of hills. It felt awesome. With a couple of stops, it took us 1 hour and 42 minutes.
I really need a new bike. This was just a cheap one we bought from a friend a couple of years ago. It doesn’t fit me right, but it works for now.
I didn’t get a lot of pictures. It was nice to see things starting to green up!
Taking a break:
These laces keep me going.
Our usual picture after the ride:
Hubby loading up the bikes:
Overall, I burned 842 calories on this ride! I couldn’t believe it! I love calorie burns like that. Looking forward to many more of these rides this year!
And I always love getting an ice cream cone after our ride. My favorite ice cream shop opened up for the season! I got a raspberry flavor burst. SO good.
I’m very proud of today. The fact that I was able to be as active as I was today is proof that I have come so far. I remember getting tired doing much less when I weighed 288 lbs.
I love the feeling of being physically tired and worn out at the end of the day. I know I’ll sleep well tonight!
love that the pants fit!!! woot woot!
ReplyDeleteThat ice cream is PRETTY!! That is the prettiest ice cream I've ever seen! LOL. You had a great day! You know what, I don't think I've ever seen your hair down. I always wear mine up and back at home and exercising, too. You should do a "let your hair down" post! Haha. I really want a bike, but I have no idea if I should get a 24 or 26. It's intimidating to me because I've not owned one since before I was a teenager!!!
ReplyDeleteHow weird, hubby just bought a bike today. We are talking about getting me one. Fun fun fun :)
ReplyDeleteWooooo hooooooo on the NSV clothes are such a huge motivator!!!
Awesome job on the exercise!!!
ReplyDeleteI love when I fit into something I couldn't before. It really is so much better than the scale.
Cute capris! We have been getting a lot of rain here in Tx so everything is green. Gotta mow today.
ReplyDeleteI loved this post!! and I love NSV! What a fun filled day with tons activity. Your happiness really shows from this post :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the pants! That is exciting!
ReplyDeletep.s. I just had an ice cream cone like that yesterday (only green apple!) Yumm!
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The capris look great! No muffin top or looking squished. Congrats on getting into them comfortably so soon.
ReplyDeleteYay! Congrats on the capris!! That is beyond awesome - and you look adorable in them! :)
ReplyDeleteDang girly how FABULOUS are you looking! xo
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