New Years Resolutions? - Page 8

nekokami · 01-11-2009, 08:11 PM

Update on my New Year's schemes: I got the bike stand into my office, and a table contraption to set the laptop or a book on while I'm pedaling. So far I've only pedaled a little bit, but I hope to do much more this week! The Muffin Man (my husband, who bakes, for those who don't know) gave me a bike odometer/speedometer/etc. for my birthday, so I'll be able to track my progress. I'll do some benchmarking this week, then start to set some goals.

montsnmags · 01-11-2009, 08:50 PM

Update on New Years Resolutions:

1. TBA
2. TBA
3. TBA
4. Under Construction
5. TBA

Cheers,
Marc (TBA = "Turds! Bum! Arse!", expletives being indicative of progress)

desertgrandma · 01-11-2009, 09:28 PM

'snort! And here I thought I was reading "to be announced"!

Sweetpea · 01-12-2009, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

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Hi! My name is Terri.
It has been 7 days since my last soda/pop product.

Only 358 days left...

rebarnmom · 01-12-2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Only 358 days left...

Make that 357 days!

yvanleterrible · 01-12-2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

Update on my New Year's schemes: I got the bike stand into my office, and a table contraption to set the laptop or a book on while I'm pedaling. So far I've only pedaled a little bit, but I hope to do much more this week! The Muffin Man (my husband, who bakes, for those who don't know) gave me a bike odometer/speedometer/etc. for my birthday, so I'll be able to track my progress. I'll do some benchmarking this week, then start to set some goals.

Put a generator on the bike to power that computer and you'll have the best reason not to stop.

nekokami · 01-12-2009, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Put a generator on the bike to power that computer and you'll have the best reason not to stop.

Yeah, apparently a laptop typically only needs 10 watts or so, and the bike generator can output 120 watts. I'm really going to need to look into getting (or building) a bike generator. Being without the computer was about the worst part of the ice storm that knocked out our power for a week in December.

And if the evil mutant ninja pirate etc. squirrels have their way, the next outage could be even longer.... <cue scary music>

Sweetpea · 01-13-2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

Make that 357 days!

But, but, but...

365-7 = 358! And as I posted in the morning, I counted that day as well...

Oh well, time for lunch...

rebarnmom · 01-13-2009, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

But, but, but...

365-7 = 358! And as I posted in the morning, I counted that day as well...

Oh well, time for lunch...

I wasn't correcting your math. I just meant that I had gone another day without soda, since my previous post. January 4th was my first day soda free So now, counting today (Tuesday), I've been soda free 10 days. I even did fast food for lunch today and avoided the natural inclination to get a soda to drink. A BIG test for me!

Despite my natural inclination towards pessimism, I prefer to count my days of success, rather than focus on what remains to be. Actually I consider myself a "hopeful pessimist", translated: expect the worst, but always hoping for the best!

Sweetpea · 01-14-2009, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

I wasn't correcting your math. I just meant that I had gone another day without soda, since my previous post. January 4th was my first day soda free So now, counting today (Tuesday), I've been soda free 10 days. I even did fast food for lunch today and avoided the natural inclination to get a soda to drink. A BIG test for me!

Despite my natural inclination towards pessimism, I prefer to count my days of success, rather than focus on what remains to be. Actually I consider myself a "hopeful pessimist", translated: expect the worst, but always hoping for the best!

Eww, soda for lunch... I prefer orange juice anyway... Freshly squeezed is the best!

montsnmags · 01-14-2009, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

...
I prefer orange juice anyway... Freshly squeezed is the best!

...with pulp.

Cheers,
Marc

Sweetpea · 01-14-2009, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

...with pulp.

Cheers,
Marc

Naturally!

Add banana, peach, kiwi, melon, actually any other fruit with it for extra taste!

I do that at least once a week (though fruit is expensive these days, and we don't have a lot of choices atm, no peaches, no strawberries...)

Sparrow · 01-14-2009, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Naturally!

Add banana, peach, kiwi, melon, actually any other fruit with it for extra taste!

I do that at least once a week (though fruit is expensive these days, and we don't have a lot of choices atm, no peaches, no strawberries...)

So, as Eddie Izzard once pointed out, you're basically drinking the fruit bowl (he regretted the consequences iirc

) .

montsnmags · 01-14-2009, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Naturally!

Add banana, peach, kiwi, melon, actually any other fruit with it for extra taste!
...

We usually just do a tiny bit of fresh ginger if we add anything, though I also don't mind carrot added. It depends how good the oranges are.

Cheers,
Marc

nekokami · 01-14-2009, 12:01 PM

Ginger in the orange juice? What an intriguing idea!

Sometimes I mix OJ 50/50 with seltzer water in the summer. No sugar -- the OJ is plenty sweet enough for me already.

Today I reinstalled my bike odometer/etc. so that it takes its measurements off the back wheel, rather than the front. This is so I can use it on the bike trainer here in the office and have some notion of how much exercise I've been getting. I had to find a block of closed-cell foam to position the detector close enough to the spokes to be able to pick up the signal of the little magnet that attaches to the spoke, and I had to move the display to the frame, rather than the handlebars, due to the length of the wire, but it all seems to be working now!

Naturally, I had to cut off the plastic zip fasteners I'd used earlier, and I didn't have any more, so I stripped some CAT5 wire I'd salvaged from a dustbin earlier and used twisted pairs in different colors to fasten the various bits in place. It's a real geek bike now.

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01-11-2009, 08:11 PM	#106
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Update on my New Year's schemes: I got the bike stand into my office, and a table contraption to set the laptop or a book on while I'm pedaling. So far I've only pedaled a little bit, but I hope to do much more this week! The Muffin Man (my husband, who bakes, for those who don't know) gave me a bike odometer/speedometer/etc. for my birthday, so I'll be able to track my progress. I'll do some benchmarking this week, then start to set some goals.

01-11-2009, 08:50 PM	#107
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Update on New Years Resolutions: 1. TBA 2. TBA 3. TBA 4. Under Construction 5. TBA Cheers, Marc (TBA = "Turds! Bum! Arse!", expletives being indicative of progress)

01-11-2009, 09:28 PM	#108
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	'snort! And here I thought I was reading "to be announced"!

01-14-2009, 12:01 PM	#120
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Ginger in the orange juice? What an intriguing idea! Sometimes I mix OJ 50/50 with seltzer water in the summer. No sugar -- the OJ is plenty sweet enough for me already. Today I reinstalled my bike odometer/etc. so that it takes its measurements off the back wheel, rather than the front. This is so I can use it on the bike trainer here in the office and have some notion of how much exercise I've been getting. I had to find a block of closed-cell foam to position the detector close enough to the spokes to be able to pick up the signal of the little magnet that attaches to the spoke, and I had to move the display to the frame, rather than the handlebars, due to the length of the wire, but it all seems to be working now! Naturally, I had to cut off the plastic zip fasteners I'd used earlier, and I didn't have any more, so I stripped some CAT5 wire I'd salvaged from a dustbin earlier and used twisted pairs in different colors to fasten the various bits in place. It's a real geek bike now.

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