Up Early

I got up early this morning so I can be more physically active.  It's a bit chilly. I need to get up more often from the computer and break the inertia of sitting and staring at the magic box. I don't want to make too much noise and wake my boyfriend up though.

Bike Riding

A few days ago I started riding my bike again. The weather in S. California has been gorgeous as the new year gets off to a warm start.
The day after I rode, my shoulders were pretty sore. I'm not used to leaning over handlebars. And I had some trouble with the shifting process, but over all I'm getting over my fear of bicycling.  And it's so much more time efficient that walking. It's nice to go fast for a change and not spend 30 minutes just getting around the block. I hope I make bike riding a habit.

Frustrated

I would really like to lose 10 pounds before I see my doctor again. I feel like I'm not making any progress in this area of my life.  Spark People is helping somewhat, but I need to move my butt more and get busy sweating off some of these pounds. Which is hard when I hurt all over. Maybe I should go for a walk right now before it gets hot out. See you.

Hooping in Atascadero

I got to do some hooping at my daughter's baby shower in Atascadero, CA. We got a little carried away and took too many photos. It was nuts. My friend Mandy joined in too. The weather was perfect.

Then after I got back home to Anaheim the heat wave hit with several days being over 100 degrees. So no hooping for me. Luckily it's starting to cool down a bit. By this weekend I should be able to hoop again.

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Sparks Dot Com

Tonight an artist in the Etsy chatroom was talking about a group called Sparks.com that helped her lose weight. She lost 53 pounds, then quit the site, gained it all back, and just went back to the site to start over.

So I joined it too. Once I get over the eyestrain from even looking around on that site, I think it may be a lot of fun and maybe even help me focus on getting my weight down to a low enough level that my Dr. doesn't gasp every time I step on his scale. Seriously.

If you are also on Sparks, let me know so we can be friends over there.

Could It Be Gluten?

I've decided that for the next month I am going to eliminate as much gluten from my diet as I can after reading an article in First magazine. I wrote an article on gluten here. I'm no expert, just sharing my latest effort to get my weight into a safer zone.

http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Thoughts-on-Gluten

Fitness Day Four

I was so stiff and sore today. Even walking hurt. We went shopping and I had to walk really slow. Tonight I did some stretching. My knee is hurting but not in the same spot. Now it's hurting on the outside edge. I took a few photos of me stretching.