This is me and I am by no means a cyclist. In fact, these past couple months I've gotten no exercise whatsoever. Instead my days consist of sitting at this desk for 8 hours, then sitting on this couch and eating everything and anything I can. I've put on over 20 pounds and I can feel myself slugging through the day. So I decided to embark on a journey to bike a minimum 10 kilometers every day for 30 days with a goal be to lose weight and improve my physical and mental health. But with that being said, I deserve one more day of eating absolutely terrible. Sacrificious. Day one, let's go! Why 10 kilometers you ask? The everyday joke can do it. It takes less than an hour. So no matter if you're a parent, you have a full time job, you can do it. It takes less than an hour. Look at that guys. Day one in the books. Don't be discouraged by the time. It only took me night long and I stopped a bunch to get some footage. Which probably won't make it to this video. I quickly began to realize the hardest thing about this challenge wasn't the bike ride, but it was getting up and going. Recording it really helped me hold myself accountable. I'm on day 8 guys, so that itself is a big accomplishment. And before I go knock out this ride, I actually want to talk to you guys about something. The essentials you need to embark on this journey. Second is stretching. I can't stress to you guys how important stretching is. It actually works wonders. So right now I'm going to show you guys the stretches I do before I go on my bike ride. These are some of the stretches I do to loosen up my quads, hamstrings, and just legs in general. I know I'm not the most greaseful with it, so here's some videos I suggest you guys follow. I'll link it down below. One is a full body stretch and the other just focuses on the lower body. Both are great. Now we're ready. Let's go. 20 minutes later. That was by far my best day yet. I'll show you guys the results, but that's for the end. At this point, biking after work became an ingrained habit. Most days I looked forward to it, and I was noticing the positive changes it was having on me. I had more energy throughout the day. I felt healthier and my mind just felt clear. Spending so much time in nature and seeing green was just so nice, then this happened. See, this is a big deal. I have lived in the city all my life and never really took advantage of the many trails we have. I've never really seen a deer out in the open. Three. It was truly special. And as a biking journey continued, the deer settings became more frequent. And each time I was like a kid at a candy store. Stopping and taking it all in. It's been quite a while since I talked to you guys since last time. I'm on day 21. I have some critical updates. I have to provide you guys on how to make your biking journey better. And yo, you know what? Today we're just going to enjoy the scenery and I'm going to break it down all for you. Let's go. Yo, doesn't that just sound beautiful? You know, the water running. The leaves rustling the trees. The birds chirping. You know, I don't see you guys. You guys got to get outside, bro. I don't know how much you miss. It's actually like, works wonders for your mental health. Just getting outside, you know, biking, running, just walking, seeing green. You know? I'm sorry about fumbling my words, so you know I'm getting new to this. I still get nervous. When I started this biking journey, I noticed I was gasping out fear really quick. But I would tell myself, don't get better and I'm just really out of shape. My day 12, I noticed I had gotten better, but everyone was still passing me on their bikes. And I'm talking like 50 years old. So I decided to do some investigate and I found out three things I needed to do to improve my cycling. One was knowing how to use my gears. I would just leave my gear settings on downhill to out my rides. Or result in me having to grow my bike uphill and expand more energy to combat the resistance. Number two, adjust your bike seat. My bike seat was quite low, so a lot of attention and strain was being focused on my knees. You want your bike seat to be high enough where your leg is fully extended with each pedal. Number three, make sure your bike is properly maintained. My bike was in terrible condition. The gears weren't working properly, the gears would shift randomly, and my brakes would suddenly touch my tires. That's why you see me using a different bike these past couple days. I put the one I was riding in the shop, now back to the video. Several days later. It's one of those days where I did not want to go biking at all, but I'm really glad I went. I noticed that's how it always went. The days I dreaded going on my rides and just wanted to lounge around and do nothing. I would always end up not regretting going on the rides and really enjoying it. It's the very last day of this journey. It's actually bittersweet. Going to discuss the results with you after we're done today. I'm going for it. I'm going for my fastest biking time. It's so serious. I pause my counter to record this. I'm going for it. I'm going to break it. Okay, I finished 5km so far, and it's very exciting. So, you're probably wondering, did I get my best time during that last ride? I smashed it, finishing the ride in less than 35 minutes. For those who don't believe me, here's the proof, along with every single day of the journey. Yes, I kept the receipts. I'm not so proud of myself. I've earned my ranks. Now for the result portion. I lost 6 pounds, which falls quite short of my goal, but physically and mentally I feel so much better. The discipline I learned from this has helped me in every aspect of my life. I really hope I inspired you guys with this challenge, and you guys can learn from my mistakes. With that being said, my journey of losing weight will still continue, so I will see you again. But for now, I'm going to cook up these fries and relax for a couple days. This is SS Mustang, signing off.