Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
I mentioned before that the grind of my employment situation has been weighing heavily on me. Those kinds of mental/emotional burdens have a profound effect on my weight loss. Emotional eating, lack of inspiration or energy to follow through on the plan, just a general feeling of "Oh hell, why bother?" become obstacles to be... Continue Reading →
It's been a couple weeks since I last posted. I'd love to report that it was because lots of wonderful things were happening, but that would be a lie. Nor has anything horrible happened. That's really the problem. It's just more and more and more of the same. What it's really been is depressing. I... Continue Reading →
At the encouragement of my parish priest, I started cycling about fifteen years ago. It wasn't a brand new activity. I had biked in college. Two of my friends were serious cyclists and I tagged along with them. These two chapters of my biking life have two things in common. Then and now, I was... Continue Reading →
Not much happened this week, so I'll spare you any blathering. No significant change in the primary number. This is just normal fluctuations. The weather conspired against any more riding after a good start to the week. It's been good to be back in the saddle (and a new saddle pad is coming next week!)... Continue Reading →
It's always one step at a time. One pound at a time. One challenge at a time. Last week I talked about the changes needed in my activity/exercise level. I'm happy to report progress on that front. The bicycle is out of storage and was on the road twice this past week. One of my... Continue Reading →
Continuing the "plateau". Which isn't bad, just a little frustrating. I've been thinking about the next set of changes needed to get moving again. Clearly, the exercise component needs to be changed. My bicycle is out of storage and I got my first ride in. More about that next week. My thoughts this week have... Continue Reading →
There is truly nothing to say about this week. Just look at the number, lol! Let's just say that...nope, I got nothin'. See you next week. Onward. My resolution remains: I want to am going to be The Guy again. The Guy weighed 175 pounds and looked good and felt good. And his blood... Continue Reading →
The weekend kind of got away from me! Followed up a surprise great week with a less than great one. But OK. Lots of little things. A temporary change in the schedule I had established (beyond my control), and an associated change in my exercise/food routine. That's never good. A little backsliding on my... Continue Reading →
Then you have a week like this. It didn't seem like a great week. Of course, it didn't seem like a bad one either. I got almost no exercise. Schedule and weather just got in the way. Included in that was no exercise on my shoulder, and I saw some very quick negative... Continue Reading →
Just a tiny bit of movement. At least it's in the right direction. The weather is improving so I have no excuse not to increase my activity levels. The bicycle will come out this weekend as well, so I will have some miles to chart there. Food is fine, exercise is low, blah, blah,... Continue Reading →
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