Biking Update - October 25, 2008

So, I guess the question now is when I should stop calling these weekly check-ins "Biking Update" and start calling them something like "Weight Loss Update" or "Health Update". Again, this week, I had no chance to do any biking, aside from a few hours on the stationary bike in the attic. This time around, the issue was not the dog's health (though she remains sick and we have some hard decisions to make, so please be praying). Instead, it was work and issues surrounding our church's Missions Weekend. CRChair runs the Weekend, so he has been preparing all week which shot down most of our weekends. But the weight loss is still good, as I am down another 2.2 lbs this week. Not quite the 5 or 7 lb weight loss week that I have reported in the last few, but still not bad. I am still waiting to hit my goal weight at this point. But it is not a bad thing to be staying so close to it for a while. The longer you stay at one weight, the longer you are likely to take to gain back the pounds.

The one new bit of reporting I can give is on options for exercise in the winter. Obviously, biking will not be as fun or easy when there is snow and ice on the ground. (Though I am amazed how many websites exist to talk up "ice biking" or "snow biking.") So I am looking for an alternative form of exercise that would fill the gap. I learned Tae Kwon Do (korean karate) in College and got up to a Green Belt (about halfway to black belt). I have not touched it since, but there is a Tang Soo Do (also a form of korean karate) just down the road. I visited Valley Karate this week and spoke with Master Berger about the school. Seems like something I can do, and I recognized all the forms they were doing from my days with Tae Kwon Do. I would have to start as a white belt again, but after 15 years I think that is adviseable anyway. Next step is to visit my doctor to see what I can and can not do safely, after my back surgery and with my bad knee.