Heavy

Weight's moving in the wrong direction -- 207.2. I am blaming business travel and vacation, but the fact is that I need to be more careful about what I eat. Period.

That diet is key here is well illustrated by an uplifting (albeit heartbreaking) blog post from a woman who just missed finishing her first shot at an Ironman -- and along the way "learned that you can train for IM and not lose an ounce. It really is 80% diet." I need to apply her lesson. (BTW, her blog is great. Check it out at www.chasingiron.com.)

Slow Progress

Crazy week in a lot of ways = no riding. We began with a massive power outage throughout DC that had us moving like nomads for a few days, and ended with some busy work and trying to help my family get ready for a sans-daddy beach trip. I've got to learn to get myself up in the morning, plain and simple. And I have to learn to hit the gym when I can't get out on the road. A business trip this week will be a good time to start.

Anyway, got back on the bike yesterday and banged out almost 25 miles with a friend. Not a great pace, but good to just get my butt used to the saddle again. Hoping to get out there again today for a similar ride now that my family has left for the beach.

Despite it all, and despite eating way too much, I seem to have lost a bit of weight -- down to 202.6. Likely means I didn't rehydrate enough after yesterday's ride, but as I only do one weigh in a week, I'll take it!

Starting Out . . .

This is yet another blog about a cyclist who doesn't ride enough, and hopes that a good dose of public humiliation (and maybe some support), will help me get on my bike more. That in turn should let me ride a century this October, and hopefully lose some weight. By my count there are only a few million similar blogs. Whether this one will be worth reading your time, I don't know. I suppose it depends a lot on whether I blather on only about riding, or whether I come up with other stuff worth reading. We'll see . . .

Oh -- weight this morning was 205, which is down 10 lbs from January 1. Got a lot to go, though.