Here\’s hoping for better in 2021!

We\’re more than happy to have to bidden the year 2020 good riddance, in many ways. There were hurricanes. Let\’s hope for fewer of them this year! There were terrible wildfires. And of course, COVID-19.

We all want an end to the pandemic. Some people are unfortunate enough to have the virus, and suffer lingering effects for months afterwards. That\’s what worries me most of all about catching it. Besides, I\’m at risk for serious complications should I catch COVID-19; and it will be great to finally get vaccinated and stop worrying so much. I don\’t dare hold my breath about it, though. I\’d suffocate!

I want to keep working to improve my eating habits. Goodness knows, it\’s not easy. My sweet tooth keeps acting up, and it probably will always be a fight. But I don\’t want my prediabetes to progress to full-blown Type II.

Yesterday, Silvesterabend, I munched and nibbled all day. Since Christmas Eve, there have been too many days like that! I didn\’t get much exercise yesterday, either. The possibility of bad, or severe, weather kept me indoors most of the time.

I\’m hoping for better in cycling, too; both in riding itself, and in improving on-bike nutrition. The nutritionist I worked with advised me to look for bars that have at least 12 grams of protein. But what about carb content? Do I need to worry so much about carbs during a 40-mile ride?

Incidentally, a New Year\’s Day ride typically means finding large patches of debris from fireworks all over the bike path. I wish people who decide to set off their pyrotechnics there would be dragged out of bed at 5 am to clean up their own messes!