Day 10 - BAMBOOZLED!

 Today I was really excited to get home and ride my bike with my husband. On the way home my head started hurting and initially I was going to cave and not ride. Then I thought to myself, "Ok, there is ALWAYS going to be an excuse! Just get up and GO....and so I did. Larry and I aired up our tires and hit the road. It has been an EXTREMELY hot day here in South Florida and we headed out while the temperatures and the sun were still very strong. I say this because about 3 miles into riding I knew something was wrong. It started with feeling SUPER emotional (for like no reason at all)...the next thing that happened was that I became aware that my body was totally dry, when I should have been good and sweaty. The next thing was that I found myself feeling extremely fatigued. We stopped a few times and drank water, but it quickly went back to the same. I told my husband at 5 miles that we needed to go home. By the time we reached the entrance to our neighborhood I had chill bumps all over me, which I knew was not a good thing. Thankfully, 7 miles total, we made it home and I got in a cold shower. I felt totally bamboozled, because  this was really no different than any other day and I was really pumped to go for a super long ride. I almost never was able to sweat for most of my life and so I avoided getting in situations where I could get to hot, but after we started riding, I began REALLY sweating good...until today. I am peri-menopausal and have over the last couple of months been having INCREDIBLE hot flashes day and night, so I'm not sure if this has anything to do with what happened today. So on the one hand, it kind of scared me having that happen, while on the other hand I'm very thankful that nothing bad happened today AND I'm glad that we still went the distance we did AND....I didn't let an excuse keep me from getting on my bike!

This is a cool idea I found on Pintrest to make exercise different everyday. Each stick is a different exercise and repetition and each day (throughout the day even) one or more can be drawn and just do what it says. I'm thinking of variations I can use...like cycling sticks...DVD workout sticks...and then basic exercise sticks to draw from. This is SO my next Michael's project!!