My New Motto:

"If you aren't hungry enough to eat an apple, you aren't hungry."
**Because I must give credit where it is due, please know that I ripped this off from a friend's Facebook status**

So I saw this today and have adopted it as my new motto. And it is killing me at this very moment... Ahh! Like I seriously may go downstairs and get an apple...

So remember my previous blog where I mentioned that weight I had lost. That was awesome, right?! Yeah... Well it was until I discovered Dutch junk food--And then proceeded to stuff my face with it each and every weekend that I've been out of the house. So, yeah... Not much more of a decline in my weight going on...

But that's okay! For I have a plan!

Step 1-- Live by my new (aforementioned) motto.

Step 2-- Instead of "eating out", save all that money for weekend travels.

Step 3-- Bike! Yes. That is right. Bike!

You see, this week, I finally realized that it is not biking that I hate. ...It is the bike (I've been riding) that I hate. You see, the bike that I have been using is a fold-up bike. Basically, it breaks down in three different spots, folds up, and can be taken on the train. And furthermore, the wheels are about half the size of a normal bike. So it pretty much feels like you are biking across town on a stunt bike. You do twice as much work and only go half the distance... In two words: It Sucks*.
*Or as Carolyn Nipp would rather I say, It "creates an insufficient vacuum".

And after getting a taste or a real, adult-sized bike, I think I am ready to take the leap and get my own. After all, it is the most efficient way to get around here. And everyone's doing it! I mean, if I am going to totally immerse myself in the Dutch culture, then I am just going to have to get a bike! And that way, I can explore the country-side of the Northern Netherlands with day-(bike)-trips during the days!


So there you have it. My three-step plan to the skinnier me. What do ya think?!