A pretty good indicator that no one reads your blog any more

I SHAVE MY HEAD and one person posts a response.  (Thanks, Dave C.!)  To be fair, I did get a couple email responses, and my mom called to see if I was out of my mind.  But really, that's it?

I actually had another good week this week, down another 2.4 since last Thursday.  That's two down weeks in a row, which hasn't happened since mid January.  This weekend might be tough, since today's my birthday and I plan to celebrate accordingly.  I'll just have to hit the frisbee that much harder tomorrow morning.

I figured out why I wasn't losing weight!

A lot of you "know it alls" have been saying it's because I eat too much and don't exercise enough.  Shows what you "experts" know.  Turns out is was because my hair was too heavy!

Let me know what you think of the new look!

Hit me, I need the money!

So I got $500 for "pain and suffering" yesterday from the lady's insurance company, as well as $ for a new bike.  So I guess I could take the $950 and get a really sweet bike.  But more than likely, I'll just put it toward the 4 grand I'm out on a BMW transmission and try to fix my current bike.  I called the local bike shop to ask how much a new rear wheel is and they quoted me $180!!  For just the wheel, no tire or tube or cassette or labor or anything.  So I'm looking online and on ebay.  The frame is only very slightly bent so I think I can just straighten it myself.

I did weigh in a little lower today, at 257.8.  Monday morning I was 268.4, so that's down more than 10 pounds in three days.  Of course, I should never have been 268 in the first place.  I'm getting excited about the good weather and softball and frisbee seasons coming up.  I ran outside today and it was absolutely perfect.  Hope to see you all on the frisbee field Saturday!!

That didn't go so well

So in only my 2nd time out on the new bike I got hit by a car today.  I'm not seriously hurt, but the bike is pretty messed up.  Hopefully the driver's insurance will pay for a new one.  I was in the crosswalk and she had a red light but was turning right.  She looked back to check on the baby and just didn't see me.  I have some cuts and my wrists and neck are sore, but nothing too severe.  C'est la vie.  At least I was having a fairly good ride until that point.  I was about 12 miles into a planned 15 mile ride, and I felt good.  Oh well.  I still have my old 50 pound upright steel bike.

Hoping to bike outside tomorrow

Forecast for tomorrow is 69 degrees!  Forget trainers, let's see some open road!  Time to take advantage of the "work" at home!

Stagnation, they name is James

If I was at my goal weight and had gone four months without gaining anything, I'd be really happy.  But since I'm only HALF way to my goal weight, and have gone four months without gaining (or losing) anything, I'm not as happy.  I know, I know, many of you out there probably blame Dan Simpson for refusing to play racquetball with my last night.  I think that's unfair.  He's not the one that shoveled all those Girl Scout cookies into my mouth over the weekend, or ordered that reuben at Mackey's instead of the salad.  Also, it appears that the benefits of a full day of skiing are negated by Indian casino buffets.  Who knew?


One other blog-related matter:  For many of you, I've been manually emailing the blog postings b/c Blogger will only send each update to ten addresses.  If you look at the right side of my blog at the bottom, there's an "email subscription box" where you can put in your address and a third party will forward it for me.  For those that I was manually forwarding, I will put in your email address for you.  But you still have to opt in if you want the service.  So if you do, just click on the link they'll send you.  The email will come from:

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