On my ride to work this morning I passed my weight. Yay!
A change this month, since the pounds are starting to come off I’ll base each month’s weight target on my weight at the start of the month.
Weight : 240, measured at work on the doctor’s office scale.
Miles : 244, after the morning commute 255 or more by the time I get home
Making this month extra special is that I didn’t ride at all on the 1st through the 12th. The first three days were “relaxing” after hitting weight day on June 29. The next week I got caught up in following the Tour de France and telling myself I couldn’t be late for work so I “had” to drive.
On Monday the 13th however I had a doctor’s appointment. My doctor strongly encourages bicycle riding. No matter what I ride to my appointments. Riding one day, or even for 240 miles in June, does not reverse the months off the bike. Dr. Yates and I talked about the higher cholesterol levels and the weight gain. He asked what was going on.
What do you attribute that to?
It’s the daily decision. It comes down to that ten or fifteen minutes in the morning when I decide to ride or drive.
We talked about the nature of the daily decision and what it was like each day. Then he started in on the big talk.
What you said about daily decision is very prescient [presceint? I've thought about it for years] Because that is exactly the problem. Making the decision now to ride. What happened yesterday doesn’t count. What you plan to do tomorrow doesn’t count. Every morning when you make the decision the decision now is what counts.
This is something alcoholics, recovering alcoholics, know. You have to rededicate yourself every day.
I’ve been riding every day since.
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