Peloton
Three rides down in Matt’s advanced challenge of thirty rides in six weeks. He’s really great at focused isolation exercises to improve full circle pedal stroke. Riding in zone five or zone 6 for a minute sounds easy. Doing nine of them is not easy.
Bread
Yesterday’s bread making effort turned out well. I used a non traditional recipe that used a bit less flour (all whole wheat), more yeast, and practically no kneading. Less kneading did not give the gluten a chance to develop and strongly bind the bread together. The result is a light whole wheat loaf that is a bit crumbly. It came out really good.
Rising before Baking
The First Loaf Disappeared Quickly
Weight
You’d think that I’d put on a pound or two after scarfing a full half loaf of bread on top of a balanced dinner last night. I thought so. I weight myself every week or so to avoid obsessing about diet and weight. I do obsess about exercise as a means to keep doing it, but I digress. My weight this morning was 174.7 lbs. That is within “normal” for my height. Could this bread be a key to weight loss? Probably not, and that will not keep me from making and devouring home made bread in the coming weeks. This particular recipe is easy and made significantly easier with a mixer.