Happy New Year!!

Welcome 2010 . . . and what an easier year that is to type! But how to say it. My kids are insisting I say "Two thousand ten", but the rest of the world seems to be saying "Twenty-ten". Hmmm. Not sure about that. I don't know if I like the sound of twenty-something, although it makes sense, since all the other centuries before this one were spoken in a similar manner.

Well, whatever you call it, this is the first year of a new decade. A decade I'm looking forward to, optimistically. Okay, sure, by the time this decade draws to a close, our children will be 20, 18 and 14 (yikes!), but I'm fairly certain we will weather the teenage years with the same skill and patience as we weathered the Terrible Two's and Three's. Although, in the case of our daughters, it was more dramatic than terrible! Oh boy, what levels of drama are we destined to suffer through when they hit 13?? Yikes.

In the meantime, I'm slogging on with my non-resolution, and hitting the bike at least 3 times a week. So far so good. This week I stuck with it, and worked out 3 times . . . although I missed Friday's workout (did it today instead) . . . a little too much New Year, perhaps? Anyhow, I didn't quit, or post-pone it indefinitely.

Today's stats: 20 mins on the bike (Level 2, as always), but I did the plateau function this time. Distance covered, 6.88 km (let's just round it up to 7 km, shall we? lol), followed by 66 sit-ups. I finished the final set of reps and didn't quite feel dead, so I squeezed out another 6. Yay me!! I'll have rock-hard abs in no time!

Haha- that's not the goal. The goal is to trim the flab. After 3 kids and a lot of stretching in the mid-section, I'm not looking for washboard abs (or the concave belly I once had). Although, it would be nice!

So, after a week, I'm half-way to my goal of 14 km . . . the 7km wasn't done "easily", but obviously, it didn't kill me. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, so I'll be back at it again on Monday. Also on Monday, I'll do a weigh-in and post the changes, if any.

Thanks for reading!!