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Yeah, so I haven’t posted recently. I’ve been busy following my own advice of putting fewer groceries in my maw and playing outside. Actually, I’ve been riding my bike to work recently like I said I was going to start doing months ago I picked up some panniers at the bike shop so I can carry all the crap I have, and have been doing a couple days per week on the bike. It’s a 15.5 mile ride one way, and there are some killer hills that I can do 40 mph down on my loaded up hybrid, but have to climb at about 7 mph. I haven’t lost anything lately, but I’ve been getting compliments recently from people I haven’t seen in a few weeks or months who say they can tell I’ve lost some weight. Those always help and really give me motivation to keep at it. I mean really, who wants the compliments to stop?

I wanted to ride this weekend, but on Sunday I hemmed and hawed until about 3:00. At that point I finally couldn’t stand it anymore and started to get things together to go out to the bike path. The first thing I checked, however, was the weather. There were thunderstorms all over the place. Great, I thought. Now what? I don’t mind getting wet, especially when it’s hot out, but I really don’t want to get struck by lightning. Then I got the inspiration to actually get back on my trainer! So I dug the bike out of the car and put it on the trainer. I got into some biking clothes, set up a fan and put in a great cycling movie. (American Flyers, in case you are wondering) I rode on the trainer for a good hour and a half watching the movie while the heavens opened up outside. Pumping away on the bike during a thunderstorm is really meditative and is quite a pleasant experience. Hopefully we get more early evening storms soon (on a day that I don’t ride to work) so I can ride the trainer. (Also we really need the rain here. The grass looks like it’s August already!)