So as I'm sure you can tell from me previous posts, I am working on getting healthier. I have a phsyical coming up next month and of course have to get my blood drawn next week for the lab work. So like anyone in my position I am studying for me blood test. However being the geek that I am I want a way to measure what I'm eating and how my exercise affects that, and I want to keep track of it online. Well after a quick google search, volia, The DailyPlate. This thing is great, almost anything you'd eat is already in their database, and if it isn't, you can added it and use it immediately. It's a great site. I think of it like flickr for my food. You can sign up and use the site for free, or you can be come a gold member for $29.95 a year.

As I mentioned before I am working on riding more. I just finished the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour, and that was so much fun. However I had to train for it, and being a geek I need to have a away to keep track of my mileage. So I started using Google spreadsheet. This works just like Microsoft Excel, so I have it caculate my distance for the week and keep a running total of mileage. I can see what weeks I did good and what weeks I did not so good. It really helps. And somehow for me looking at the spreadsheet with a lot of blank spaces makes me want to go out and ride some more.