Biking update - August 29, 2008

This has not been the best week for weight loss. After a good ride along the Stratford Beach last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Bowhunter (and the Bowhunter babies), my diet and exercise regimen mostly left my own control for several days. Sunday, Mom's employer took us to a Bridgeport Bluefish minor-league baseball game with an all-you-can-eat picnic buffet (I was reasonable, but veggies were not part of the menu). Then Monday we had a coach's meeting for this upcoming year of Bible Quizzing, where birthday cupcakes (with butter-creme icing) were on the menu and it would have been impolite not to have one. During both days, exercise was impossible due to the schedules which added to the inability to bring down my weight. Anyway, enough excuses - or explanations, whatever - the point is my weight stayed pretty much flat this week. Toward the end of the week, I was able to control my eating and my exercise again, so things began returning to my old low. Hopefully, this next week will be better.

Tomorrow probably will not be better, as we are going to Revelation Generation, a concert for Christian rock bands in New Jersey, and again my schedule and my options to eat will be largely outside my control (especially since no outside food is allowed). There is a decent chance, though, that I will have a chance to get some exercise, at least in the form of walks. But Sunday and the Labor Day Monday will be in my control, and it looks like we will have a real chance to get some biking in. We're thinking of trying the Shelton Trail and I just got a book on the rails-to-trails in New England which may broaden our riding options quite a bit. It would be fun to be able to try a few trails in Rhode Island or the other neighboring states. And at least one of the trails is 40 miles long, so it would be a good way to build muscle and endurance in preparation for next year's Ididaride. Please keep praying I stay on the plan and keep losing weight. My target is at least 20 pounds away, still, and ideally I'd like to get there and push beyond it by this time next year.