Alas...

So one of my riding buddies took this picture on the way back from Castroville when my back was hurting!

So have you ever found a picture of yourself from a time when you knew you were fat, but now that you’re fatter you wish, “Man, I wish I was that skinny!”

Well the last five years have been one battle after another to get well, uninjured, and then lose the weight gained while convalescing! The last bout of inactivity that pretty much ended two posts ago! January, yes January! From October to January nothing, heck I wasn’t even supposed to be walking on my dislocated metatarsal! That last battle to lose the weight continues till today! Before five years ago, I gained weight, but would drop it like a hot potato! No problem! But then, bam! No more, most recently, during two months of COVID-19 I did everything right like I used to, ate sensibly, exercised religiously to build up mileage and not get injured, but only lost two pounds of weight! Yeah, water weight came and went but the number that stayed off two! Ahrrgh!

This picture taken by Patty Clark, thanks Patty! On the Medina  River  Linear Park

On Sunday, I hit the 1,000 mile mark! So, base miles at 1K not 65 hours, but 133 slow hours! My weight has budged past the two pounds lost, but not because of the miles, but because of the Pre-Diabetic scare. Reminds me I still need to see Dr. Horn about that! But I made life changes before even going! Those life changes have now translated to eight, count them 12345678 pounds down in two weeks! Today,Tuesday, my best day to check my weight! Do you know your best day to check your weight?!? A post for another time! But today, 282.8 pounds still 20 freaking stone!An improvement! COVID-19 283 lbs. no less, but definitely more!

After two months of hardly no weight loss, after I started the RideYourArseOff page, I gave up! Thinking, “why am I stressing myself and getting almost nothing to show?!?” Ballooned to my scariest weight ever 290! I’ve hit that once before, don’t remind me! Then came the blood work! I was hoping the bloodwork would explain something! It did visceral fat, subcutaneous fat! Bad!

Future, was not bright, type 2 Diabetes! I had friends in HS with type 1, sux! Now as an adult, I have friends with type 2! Still sux! They changed their health lives and so can I!

If you’re reading this you are part of the solution! Thank you to Gayle for your patience with me! If only I would have swallowed my pride and done this ten years ago! Thank you to all of you for your friendship and encouragement and allowing me to write with you! God bless you and hold you in the hallow of His/Her hand!