… a trip to the gym, getting my mail, and a few hours makes. I’m starting to think this regular blogging thing really has therapeutic merit for me. After my long lament about my weight [Thanks to Lisa and Jeff (Utech, I have so many Jeffs) for their kind and encouraging words], I went to [...]

This post has been marinating in my head for a month. Part of Lisa’s post today inspired me to get it out of my head. Sadly, its less optimistic than when I started composing it in October. This is going to be rather personal and some people will see it as whining or an excuse [...]

I sucked it up and went to yoga at my gym last night. Describing how I felt today to a co-worker, who also teaches yoga, elicited a chuckle and the comment, “it hurts just to be.” She is so right. How I wish I could “not be” today. I am beyond sore. It hurts to [...]

Kids. After a shameful multiple month absence at my gym, I went back last night. I did the BodyPump class which is instructor-led weight-lifting hitting all the major muscle groups set to music. I’ve taken this class many times before and knowing I hadn’t done it in along time, I went with the lightest weights [...]

I must confess: I didn’t ride my bike to work today. I got up late and it looked like it might rain, so I drove. I know its stupid, but I just feel so guilty about it. Honestly, like I’m disappointing every person who was supportive yesterday. I hate having these grand plans for getting [...]

to work. On my bike. Can I go home and take a nap now? Ok. So it wasn’t that bad. I made it all the way here in 21 minutes without getting off the bike at all. My overall speed was lower than the first time I made the ride here but I had all [...]

And with a not-so-sutble push from Lisa (I think the exact words were “NO EXCUSES!), I just finished riding my bike from my place to the library, over to World of Bikes, and home again. Along the way I got to view the variety of curbside furniture offerings as it is end of the school-year [...]

A couple three weeks back I purchased a brand-new bike. I haven’t had a bike since I was in high school, but when I realized that its only 3.2 miles from my place to my job, and with the cost of gas, it seemed ridiculous to not be riding to work. Behold my Trek 7.2 [...]

As I enter into my second week of effort to shed some pounds, I have made a truthful update to my little countdown ticker that I gained 2 pounds this past week. *sigh* Confession time: I gave in and had a Pepsi on Saturday. I only made it to the gym twice and I only [...]

One of my main goals in revamping my blog was to make it so I would want to use it and in using it, keep myself more accountable to projects and plans that rattle around in my head all the time but that I don’t act on for one reason or another. The idea is [...]