Lethargic is what I am today.

It was gray and rainy this morning. I didn\’t ride to the salvage store, and the lack of exercise only made me feel less energetic. I went to the drug store, but I didn\’t ride. There\’s road work in progress in the street where I live; and it\’s enough of a mess even when it isn\’t raining. I didn\’t feel like riding through all that mud.

At the drug store, I found Cold Stone Protein Crisp bars. The one I got is a flavor called Birthday Cake Remix. It\’s pretty good; another addition to my ride-food pantry!

By noon or so the rain had stopped; and the sun was dodging in and out of the clouds. Around 1 pm I finally decided to go for a ride, to see if I\’d feel less lethargic afterwards.

I also needed to do something to get myself to stop nibbling for a while. Recording everything I eat is irksome at times; but if I want to keep pre-diabetes from progressing to full-blown Type II, I\’ve got to be honest with myself about what I eat; even if it seems downright brutal.

It was warm enough not to need leg warmers for the ride. I\’m glad of that! I get so sick and tired of slip-down leg warmers and slip-up shorts legs. It was warm enough for half-fingered gloves, too. I wore my lightweight skull cap, though; and a long-sleeved blouse and my vest.

The ride didn\’t make me feel take-on-the-world energetic, but I\’m glad I rode. If nothing else, I burned off about 200 hundred calories.

Once back home, it\’s still hard for me to keep from munching — especially the ice cream I got yesterday!