I\’ve got food on my mind; perhaps too much so!

There\’s the carb-watching, because I\’m working to keep prediabetes at bay. Naturally this means constant meal-planning; and that keeps food on my mind. Sometimes, of course, I get rather burned out, and have great difficulty in keeping on track. When that happens, it actually seems to be helpful to just let myself go for a couple of days. Ice cream! Candy! Cookies! Chinese food! After that, I\’m ready to get back to work on my diet.

On Saturdays, I have to plan my on-bike food for the Sunday long ride. Yesterday I went to Whole Foods instead of the salvage store, and found a new bar to try.

Bulletproof Collagen Protein Bar

I suppose those bars might turn up in the salvage store grab-bag bins eventually; but I don\’t remember seeing them anywhere before. I taste-tested this bar; and it\’s pretty good!

Food on my mind even invades my dreams sometimes. Yesterday morning I woke up, and remembered a really strange dream. I was in my kitchen, getting my food ready for the Sunday long ride. I kept finding things (salvage store finds, of course!) that I wanted to taste-test; and still hadn\’t cut up the bars that I need to take along for the ride. Meanwhile time was flying; and I was uneasily aware that, at the rate I was going, I wasn\’t going to get started until 10:00! Dreams are weird!

On-Bike Dining

On-bike dining is far from fine dining! I didn\’t take along the Bulletproof bar this morning, because it\’s better to try new ride foods when you aren\’t on a ride.

Today\’s menu consisted of two FitCrunch bars; one Gatorade bar; and two \”goos\”. And some Nuun.

Nuun Sport Electrolyte Tablets

Keeping fueled while riding naturally keeps food on my mind; and I need to watch the time on my cyclocomputer, so I\’ll remember to grab a bite or two every 15 minutes. In this hot weather, on-bike dining becomes quite messy, because the heat melts the bars\’ coating. It\’s annoying; but what can I do? I\’m not going to wait to do long rides until the weather is cool, or I won\’t ride until October. Or later!

Back home after the Sunday long ride, I\’ve still got food on my mind. I\’m ready for my recovery drink; and I make it a habit to record what I ate during the ride; and how much of it. An hour or so after that, I\’m ready for a real meal.

Today I got very lucky with the weather. On the way back home, I had an uneasy eye on some big thunderheads building up in the East — the way I was heading!

The top of that cloud arched over in such a way that I was under overcast skies for much of my way home. I was concerned about lightning and rain; but at least I got some welcome relief from the heat! Then, beginning 10 miles or so from home, the bike path was wet; and it stayed that way until about one mile from home. I\’m glad I missed getting caught in that rain. Maybe our patron saint was looking after me!