| Winter, Endorphine Withdrwal, & The Munchies
Everyone:
While I'm in the midst of an emotional roller-coaster with a very sick cat (see Chit Chat for details), I'm also noticing that as winter has set in here in NJ that I'm also experiencing Endorphine withdrawl that is taking the form of "the munchies." I have a great desire for CHOCOLATE! Fortunately I have found a low carb (5 g. per 8 oz serving) chocolate drink, but not having that daily 90 minute outdoor tandem/single bicycle ride is playing havoc with me. The drink takes the "edge" off the withdrawl but doesn't completely satiate the withdrawl.
We do have a winter routine that is a double/tripple Bowflex session on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with a 16 mile "Indoor Time Trial" on our old tandem mounted in a magnetic resistance trainer on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The endorphine blast just isn't the same.
Does anyone else have a similar experience in the winter?
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Be well, do good work, and keep in touch [Garison Keilor]
Ronin (a.k.a, George N. Wells, CPIM)
Tandemist/Lay Theologian
Enjoying Life and Learning about myself everyday.
Pre-D -- Not on Insulin  (yet) 
For Cholesterol though:
2500 mg Niacin
5 mg Zocor
2008 cycling miles: 3712 (05 Sep)
Fasting C-Peptide 1.3 HbA1c's:
01 Feb 2008 -- 5.0%
01 Mar 2008 -- 5.4%
01 Apr 2008 -- 5.3%
01 May 2008 -- 5.1%
01 June 2008 -- 5.1%
01 July 2008 -- 5.0%
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