It’s time to sit down once again with a beverage of your choice and chat – I’ll remind you that I don’t like coffee or tea so my drink of choice today will be water. Let’s chat about things other than just running, cycling, strength training, yoga, and complaining about our most recent injuries. Sound good? I’ll go first…

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that I had to replace my water bottle after the seal broke. Its design wasn’t the best with an exposed seal that attracted mold. It took some time, but I found this Owala water bottle that doesn’t have the same type of rubber gasket. Its design allows for using a straw or not and it even has a little carrying loop on the top.

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that my monthly stats didn’t pan out as I’d expected, but I did as much as I could considering I didn’t have a ruptured appendix and 6-day stay in the hospital on my 2025 BINGO card.

The month started off strong while in Florida, but I got sick three days after arriving home and my workouts suffered for the rest of the month. I’ve divided walking into three lines, outdoor walks by miles, and then my indoor hospital and home laps by hours and minutes.

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that at the beginning of the year I cut back on my caffeine intake. For years I’d enjoyed one Zipfizz over the course of the morning, but at the beginning of the year I cut it back to half a drink per day in an effort to cut back on caffeine. Not a coffee or tea drinker and no longer a soda drinker it was my only source of caffeine. Each Zipfizz contains 100 mg of caffeine (a cup of coffee has 95 mg) so I wasn’t getting an outrageous amount, but still as I age, I knew cutting back would be a good thing.

While in the hospital I didn’t miss the caffeine at all so I’ve completely cut Zipfizz out of my morning routine. Come summer I’ll probably add a sports drink (like Gatorade) to one of my bottles when cycling, but otherwise I’m just a boring water-drinking girl with the occasional orange juice. And of course I’ll continue to enjoy a celebratory margarita now and then. 😉

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that I’m shocked at the amount of sleep I’ve needed since surgery. My goal for the past few years has been 7 hours per night, according to my Fitbit (Fitbit subtracts out restless sleep and any time I wake up during the night). Since surgery I’ve needed 8-9 nightly hours or else I fall apart during the day, and even with a good night’s sleep, I still need an afternoon nap. I hope as I rebound this changes because I don’t like how needing so much sleep makes me feel.

 

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Today I’m joining Deborah at Confessions Of A Mother Runner and Coco at Running With Perseverance for their monthly Ultimate Coffee Date linkup which goes live the first Friday of every month.  Be sure to stop by their blogs for a cup of coffee and to say hello; and while you’re there, be sure to check out some of the other bloggers who are participating in the linkup.

 

  • Questions:
  • • Are you a coffee or tea drinker? If not, do you have another favorite morning drink?
  • • On average, how much sleep do you need per night? ~ Seven hours used to do it, but now I’m needing much more.
  • • If we were having coffee, what would you tell me?

 

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