Friday, June 15, 2012

Bicycle + Baby + Beats = Beautiful

Adding music to my rides has been the best thing I've done since I got my cushy saddle. Of course riding is fun, especially on a lovely warm sunny day with a cool breeze, but add some reggae tunes and you take it to a whole new level of awesomeness, I feel like I'm on vacation and should have a margarita in my Sigg bottle.



Today we made a short trip to a friends house for some fun and came home in time for lunch with Kyle. I finally managed my first cough free ride today since that awful cold we caught, which is encouraging because I hate riding along gasping for air.

I'm still keeping up my food diary, and whilst I haven't made any changes yet it is giving me more insight into when and what I eat. I feel so confused about food, I think I probably know more about nutrition than some specialists, what I lack however, is the direction needed to incorporate positive changes that are sustainable within my lifestyle.  I have started to drink more water and less coffee, I drink tea fairly regularly but I'm unconvinced that it's bad for ones health, in fact the benefits to me personally, outweigh any adverse ones. I have also started to wean myself from late night snacking, which is really a lot harder than one might think.

We have added an evening walk to our routine and it really is a lovely habit that I have missed. The great thing about toddlers is once you get them in a routine they very rarely let you forget it, so Jack's pre-dinner routine is now collecting all the things he wants to take with him for the post-dinner walk, he then places all these items in the stroller, pushes the stroller to the front door and sits in it, impatiently waiting for dinner to be over. I love the fact that Jack always inadvertently inspires and motivates me to do better, I wouldn't be on this journey without him, it really is a wonderful thing that he brings about these changes in our lives and he does so without even knowing he has. I imagine he will continue to do this throughout his entire life.

Ready to ride today- we left yesterday's load on so we could use the tents again.

8 comments:

  1. Is that MP3 player made specifically for bicycles?

    I'm happy that you abstained from headphones.

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    1. No- it's just a generic MP3 player available at most big box stores or online- made by COBY. The speaker is made for bicycles- but is also sold just about anywhere, it's made by iLuv.

      Yes headphones were out for me, for one I wanted Jack to enjoy music too, but mostly, personally that wouldn't feel safe to me.

      Thanks for always commenting Cullen!

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  2. It was great to hear your voices!
    That seems like a great setup. I am eager to copy it.
    Nice blog!

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    1. If you can't find one locally they have them on Amazon- I posted a link on my facebook page with a close up picture of the speaker.

      Thanks Davey Oil-

      Lindsay

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  3. Thank you for this inspiration! I definitely need to set up my bike (and the Yuba) with music!

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  4. I wish I could safely use something like that-maybe on my rail-trail bike camping-just too much traffic I ride in here. I HAD to show that to Tina (the Wife),Jack made us both "AWE" and giigle :)

    The DC

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  5. Great article you got here since you wrote about a very inspiring bicycling experience topic!

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