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Once a fluke, Twice is luck, But the Third Time was just plain hard work!

I did it for a third time — rode my bike all the way home from work (19 miles).  This time I took Union Hills instead of going down to Greenway.  I’m disappointed that I haven’t yet lost any weight, and my bloodsugar was 166 yesterday AFTER riding home.  That’s exremely high even after eating a good sized meal, but after exercise?  I should have been at 90 or even lower.  All day yesterday I had a high bloodsugar headache.  I’m guessing that I had to have been well over 200 for most of the day.  So, I’m going to start taking my bloodsugar meter with me to work again.

I need to start watching my food intake.  I’m guessing that’s why I had higher bloodsugar – my diet lately hasn’t been very regulated.  Well, that has to change.  I haven’t lost any weight despite the fact that I have put over 150 miles on my bike in two weeks!  I will not give up, I believe its only a matter of time before I begin to see results.

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My Weightloss Journal

Ok — One of the BIG reasons I finally moved to AZ was my wieght. I gained an average of 10lbs a year in Columbus OH, taking me from the slightly overweight 230lbs to the extreemly overweight 330lbs! The last summer I was in Columbus, Stephanie and I bought bikes and begain to ride a couple of nights a week and on weekends. I lost 30lbs that summer, but it got cold (remember, I was in Ohio) and I couldn’t ride anymore. I started to gain some of the weight back.

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I made it!

I started riding the bus to work a few weeks ago.  It saves us over $120 a month in gas – which is cool – but it takes me an hour and a half to get to work – which is not cool.  So, I noticed every bus has a bike rack on the front so you can ‘bike-n-ride’.  I got to thinking maybe I could take my bike to work in the morning and ride my bike home.  So I tried that almost two weeks ago.  My thought was this, sure its 100 plus degrees outside, but I can get on the bus any time I get too tired, right?

So my first real attempt was no too bad; I made it about 8 miles before I got on the bus (oh, it’s 18-19 miles to work).  My second attempt I made it 14 miles.  But yesterday, I made it all the way home – in all I put 23 miles on my bike yesterday.  I had to ride up to Union Hills from my house (about four miles) because my bus already had two bikes on it (they only carry two).  I could have waited 30 mins for the next bus, but I chose to cycle instead.

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