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Update: Losing Weight – Slow but Steady

Well, I’ve moved well beyond the little plateau that I was dealing with a few weeks ago and have dropped around 10 additional pounds since mid April, bringing me down to 226.6 on the scale.  This is the lowest I’ve weighed in about 6 years. Paying attention to the amount of beer that I was [...]

Advice: Solicited and Unsolicited

Isn’t it strange how we react to advice? A few weeks ago, I was out on a ride and a dude in jeans on a beat up old mountain bike pulled up next to me and said, “Totally unsolicited advice here, but that bike doesn’t look like it fits you very well.” “Really?” I was [...]

Am I eating enough, or too much, on my riding days?

I’m rapidly approaching an important milestone, dropping 10 of my 30 pound weight loss goal, but it’s getting to be somewhat hard going.  I can’t say that I’ve plateaued yet, but I’ve been hovering in the low 230′s for a few weeks.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining here.  I’m damn happy to have [...]

Making Progress

Last year, I made a commitment to myself to lose thirty pounds. I did not keep that commitment. Going into this year, I made the same commitment, and did nothing about it in January or February. On Wednesday February 29th, everything would change. I ate a salad at lunch. That salad would be the catalyst [...]

Getting Stronger

Every now and again, when I’m out on a ride, I come to a spot that once gave me a great deal of trouble and realize that the spot has now become “just part of the ride.” In the past two days, there have been many of these moments. There’s the ever so slight rise [...]