You strong, Girl!!

This weekend I put my willpower and my strength to the test! I'll be damned if I didn't prove to myself that I am strong and I able to work hard and get my  brain into it.

I went home Saturday morning after sleeping at my parents house, the BF was out of town which always calls for cocktails (hence why I DIDN'T drive and stayed at my parents. :)  As I was laying on the couch eating breakfast I thought to myself.. hum I should ride my bike to my parents house this morning, that way I can get exercise in and also I won't have to spend gas money to get back to Ames.  

I made up my mind and nothing was stopping me after that! Once I talk myself into something 

I feel let down if I don't follow through!

I took a shower got dressed in biking gear and hit the road! 

One hour and 13 miles later, I was feeling STRONG! 

I'm not sure the exact mileage cause my  speedometer isn't 100% correct.

After I got to Ames I was feeling really good, I was confident in myself for actually finishing something I said I was going to do, also for actually accomplishing it and not giving up.

When the BF and his brother got back to town they decided they wanted to ride, so

we thought it would be fun to try a new trail, we headed south to Bondurant where they are

paving a new trail to ride.

Come to find out the trail isn't done yet... or else we just weren't smart enough, we

followed what we thought was a trail and it took us to a lake

and around the lake and that was it... so we ended up just turning around and heading back to Founder's.

I think we all may have been relieved to not ride very far cause the boys roofed a garage 

and I had already rode 13 miles that day so we were all a little pooped...

we had a few drinks and headed back to the house to grill!! 

Total I rode about 16 or 17 miles on Saturday! 

I'd say that's pretty awesome since I haven't ridden much this year yet... Definitely felt it Sunday though. :)

NO PAIN, NO GAIN!

(Also I stepped on the Scale this morning cause I thought it would be a fair

number since I  burned 1500 cal Saturday and ate fairly well... no such luck

287lbs. the darn scale just doesn't want to agree with my new

changes... Soon enough I guess.)