Lent Day 29 (Thursday)

Exercise: Cycling 24 miles.  This was the first Thursday ride at the local bike shop.  The weather wasn't pristine, so the turn out was low.  Thus I got to put "Rule 5" into effect and hang on for dear life as the A group folks put the hammer down.  I think overall I did pretty well, even if my numbers in Strava really don't show it.  When the pace is something where I'm not over lactose threshold just keeping in the peleton, I think I'll be fine.

Verse:

2 Peter 1:5-8
New International Version (NIV)
⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thoughts:  I still struggle way too often with emotional eating.  Without a lot of preparation, I can make good choices and manage to do okay on any given day, maybe two days in a row.  The issue is making good habits every day.  I still contend that I need to improve on preparing for the bad days, so the choices aren't being made when I'm already in a bad place.  When I get home from work and I'm tired, and not really happy with myself for whatever reason is the last time that I really want to make choices about what to eat and make sure that I eat just the right amount.  If I can decide what I'm eating when I'm in control, then when I'm having a breakdown I should be able to stumble through it without having to expend the energy I don't have to cope.  I am happy that I have more good days than bad, I can manage to string together multiple good days, and that I don't roller coaster as much as I used to.  Now if I can just continue to improve on my preparation, I think I'll see the results both on and off the bike.