Day 21

weight: 219lbs

days left: 26

today: 0mi

total: 124.3mi

the family came down to visit and pick up my brother. of course we had to go out to eat, but i think i did well in splitting a meal and having a little bit of salad. for breakfast i had 1 pancake with jam and later had a fiber-one bar and trail mix for snacks. dinner was healthy, had the last of the chicken with gravy and corn.

the extent of my exercise today was running around cleaning the house like crazy so that my mom and grandmother wouldn't think my brother and i were slobs.

i read in the woman's guide that bikes made for women and really worth it, they fit our bodies better with shorter top tubes, higher head tubes, and wider saddles. in the idiots guide, he had said that women's bikes weren't really different enough to go hunting down, but i'm assuming that technology has advanced since the idiot's guide was written in '99. the woman's guide was published in '08, so yea. if i ever get a new bike, i'll try to hunt down a good fitting woman's bike, they are still hard to find.

my 9yr old sister is staying with me for the rest of the week. tomorrow evening we'll be going roller skating and i hope that we'll be able to get in enough exercise and not too much food. i have to try my hardest to be good, i can't spoil myself like i spoiled my brother with all the ice cream and root beer!

Day 20

weight: ?

days left: 27

today: 0mi

total: 124.3mi

my brother and i got back from camping today, therefore i did not write a blog last night. it was really great, we had a lot of fun hiking, camping, and hanging out in front of the campfire. yesterday we hiked through canyons for 2 hours and again today, hiking through canyons and up waterfalls and over creeks. it was really beautiful and the weather was perfect. this afternoon when we got home, we hung out in the pool and had a good time for about 2 hours.

food, hmmm, let's see, it actually feels like we ate too much, for camping anyway. yesterday we had.....ice cream on our way there, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips and trail mix, beef brats, marshmallows, ice cream bars, and root beer. today we had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chocolate muffin, and chips. when we got home, we went over to my friends' house to watch the final World Cup game and enjoyed some snack foods such as chips, popcorn, little chocolates, etc. afterwards we went to have dinner at a drive-in, where we had hot dogs and root beer. it was so delicious! so yea, over the two days, it feels like we ate a lot.

i'm just hoping that the amount of food didn't exceed the amount of calories lost to hiking. we'll see how the scale shows up tomorrow!