i hate this part

I started mountain biking in the summer of 2003. I was severely out of shape and very much over weight. After the season ended, we started training indoors, and comitted time and money to florine who successfully helped dirt and I loose a significant amount of excess blubber on her weight watcher’s program.

When biking season 2004 picked up, and our exercise/food schedule changed, it became nearly impossible for us to keep up with the ww plan as we’d done all winter.

Here I am, close to 2 years after I first stepped on that ww scale, and I’m almost back where I started from.

Grrr.

Alas, I cannot live like I did when I was following florine’s plan. I was not happy and all I ever thought about was food. Ok, so maybe I COULD live like that if I wanted to, but really, I don’t want to.

This time, I want to do it myself. I know what I need to do. I just need to do it.

I’m not going to bore the average blog wanderer with my weight loss updates, but if anyone should care to follow the path, you can check me out here.

Yes .. the thing I said I wouldn’t do — tracking the food intake — is starting today. My thought is this: I’m not going to go nuts with the writing down of nutritional content in everything I eat. I’m not going to completely skimp myself into a 1800 calorie per day plan. I will (and do) have a daily goal, and I will keep myself in somewhat of check by tracking it and posting it live on the internet. I promise to keep myself honest and track all the food I eat. I will, however, concede that from time to time I will go over my daily goal. This is a situation I’m willing to accept. I would like to keep myself reasonably close to my daily goal without obsessing to the point of exhaustion.

I will do whatever it takes to keep me from bonking while riding my bike. I will not skimp on that.

I will, on occasion, order pizza with pepperoni for dinner.

I will allow myself to eat Taco Bell and Wendys, but will limit myself to what I would get there if I were following the dreaded ww plan.

I will try to walk (at least around the block) with my dog(s) after I eat dinner every night – even if its after 10pm, it only takes a few minutes to walk around the block.

I will spin on my bike at least 2 nights per week, hike a trail at least 1 night per week and get to the ski hill and learn to snowboard.

So, check the link if you’re interested in seeing how I’m doing with this plan of mine .. otherwise, look for a healthier me on the bike in a few months 😉