We have been having glorious weather here lately. Not too hot or too cold...just perfect. So the other day we decided to go on a family bike ride. Don't ya just love my helmet? I look so cool;)
They are redoing a road close to where we live so we explored this new path. Little Chick was able to keep up really well. She just learned how to ride her bike earlier this summer, so we were all really impressed with her ability.
Our reward for making it all the way to Dairy Queen. YUMMY!! I know this kind of contradicts my previous "diet" blog post for this week, but that's why it's called a treat right??
See this right here is why those last 10 pounds won't budge. I keep cheatin'!
My honey's favorite...chocolate ice cream with peanut butter sauce. What's your favorite flavor or summer time treat?
Have a blessed day.
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O YUMM! I would go on a bike ride any day to DQ, if thats what I got when I arrived !
Looks like a great time :)
Stephanie
You should see me in my helmet. :)
I am looking forward to being able to bike ride as a family one day. I was at DQ last week when we had our heat wave. The strawberry cheesecake blizzard was delish!
I am not sure if we have a summertime favorite, but I know I am looking to the peppermint icecream that comes out around Christmas.
ooohhhh... chocolate and peanut butter! my fave!
well...i eat a medium mocha chip blizzard from dq every single day of my life! i know, i have issues!!
how can you still look so dang pretty in a helmet - not fair!!
Go little chick!!! Go syrupy goodness!! GO YEAH WHEW!!! I got excited. I need to work out too..
Just look how cute you look....and wow, that ice cream looks good!
I love ice cream - had a melon ice cream in Italy that was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!
I can't even tell you how your "diet" post the other day spoke to me - I could have written that myself - and I SO need a lightbulb moment right now, although I think going to Italy was a mini-one.....I felt enormous!
I have heard of the syrup/pepper diet - didn't Beyonce do that for some movie? About 2 yrs ago, I did an extreme diet where I paid an amount each week, went to a class and got a bag full of bars/soups/shakes - I lost 56lbs in 14 wks. It was fantastic and I felt great, I was finally back to my wedding day weight (and that was 10 yrs ago!). BUT it was unrealistic and extreme - and actually, although I generally always need to be slimmer,I had never followed a proper diet before and this kind of diet was the sort I always said was ridiculous because it was so extreme. But some friends did it and lost the weight, so I thought I would try it....I wish I had never done it.
The weight was back on without 6 mths or so plus some extra and now I seem to find it impossible to lose weight at all - I do agree with you that it messes with your metabolism. They say that once you start a diet, you will never stop doing them. And now I know how good losing all that weight felt, I want to be that slim again even more!!!
Funnily enough, when I started my blog a few months ago, I lost about 8 lbs without trying AT ALL in the first month - and that has never happened in my life!! So clearly, happiness - and distraction and being busy - are in there somewhere for me.
I have 2 events next month that I would really like to be slimmer for - I need to get my lightbulb moment....and soon :)
Sorry for the long post - you know me! I just wanted to say that I really "got" your post - you put it perfectly....as always :)
Take care of you xo
If I always had to exercise to my dessert I would actually lose the last 10 pounds!!! I am not a huge ice cream fan but if I have some I like cake batter from Cold Stone with cookie dough, caramel and graham cracker crust...yummy!!!
Well a family bike ride looks so nice!! And then ice cream in the end, HEAVEN!!
Don't we all look "so cool" in our helmets?! ;) After our time on Mackinac Island biking as a family I am hoping to get a bike soon - then we could all go together.
Biking for ice cream - exercise there AND back - not sure that counts as cheating; it just about equals out.
I'm not a huge ice cream fan. It has to be REALLY hot outside for me to crave it; but I do enjoy hot caramel, fudge, and any kind of nuts on ice cream.
I love riding bikes! Unfortunately out here in AZ it's too dang hot to be outside on aphalt with rubber tires, I'm sure they would melt. Ha! So for now I'll be driving to Dairy Queen to keep cool, but their blizzards are my weekness. Cookies 'N Cream! Wow.....I feel a serious DQ Craving coming on! :)
That sounds like a fun day Becky! you look cute in your helmet and the girls look happy to be getting some ice cream, the oreo's look yummie!!! XO Have a great weekend!
Cute photos! So many treats I like in the summer and ice cream is close to the top of the list (like DQ blizzards for instance) :-)
I love all icecream but chocolate and any with fruit in it. Okay, so that eliminates half. I like half of all the icecream out there. Especially any with peanut butter in it.
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What a great treat! I would totally order that chocolate with peanut butter. Yum! And I love the helmet.
I scream you scream we all scream... or bike for ice cream... YUM!
Well... you biked to DQ, so clearly that isn't cheating ... right?
I am a butter pecan sundae girl, myself!
~Amy
Chocolate!
I thought that I had added your blog to my dashboard.
Was wrong.
But done now.
love your new profile photo!
Wow, I wish I could go bike riding with you guys!
My parents could get my brother and I to go anywhere on Sunday afternoons if soft ice cream was involved. A busy ice cream shop is a sure sign of a good neighborhood.
Love this post and love that you guys are such a sweet family! Hugs from Texas!
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