I have been under the weather the last 4 or 5 days with a mild chest cold so I was curious as to how my lungs would hold up. I must say that there is nothing that will make you feel better with a chest cold than fresh air and a 20 mile bike ride. Yes, 20 miles. This is my longest ride to date this year. We headed out to the Montour trail at Logan Road and road well into Peters Township. 10 miles out and 10 miles back, total time with 1 stop for pictures and a snack 1 hour and 45 minutes. Not too shabby if you ask me. The sun was shining and the temperature was just right to prevent us from overheating. If you haven't been to the Montour trail in the Bethel or Peters Township area I highly recommend it, the scenery is just amazing.
The ride gave me an additional 24 points to use during this week on the weight watchers program. I am going to try to avoid using all 24 points because I am trying to get out of this weight loss slump I am in. I made sure to snack on a fiber one bar while we were riding and got plenty of water. Afterwards I had a low fat turkey burger (high protein) on a bagel thin and a bowl of Campbell's select beef barley (light) soup. I also had a glass of skim milk right away to help get my muscles healing before I jumped in the shower.
Dinner last night was a spinach and tomato salad with light ranch and some leftover low fat turkey sausage with roasted peppers, onion, and garlic.
I don't know if it is the cold I am fighting or just the quality of protein I was eating yesterday but I feel very satisfied after those meals. Maybe I will have to try them out again when my system is firing on all cylinders.
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