500...

A year ago I would have laughed if you told me that I would have done 500+ spin classes in a year, but here we are.   I don't really comment on ride counts, weight loss or any of the fitness things I've done anywhere but here, because I'm not doing any of this for accolades or praise, don't get me wrong I like it but that's not what drives me.   However, I do want the cube and I'm halfway there.

Someone else posted this image, thank you Tom, and it completely describes my focus.   I was looking at my month, and I'm 10 days away from October, yes that too is hard to believe, but I seem to have hit another weight plateau.  I'm not bothered by it, but it is a little annoying.  If I believe my scale my body fat has lowered substantially, and that's always a possibility, but I tend to take the body measurements from smart scales with a grain of salt.   We'll see how it looks at month end.

Two years ago...

 Two years ago Merinda and I closed on our house in Florida.   Kind of hard to believe we've already been here that long.   It feels like we've been here for a long time and we just moved here, at the same time.   I don't know how to describe it.   Regardless, despite all the things people gripe about in Florida; Heat, Snow Birds, Hurricanes, Flordia Man (really Florida People) we both like it here.   Yeah I miss a few things from up north, mostly some people, I don't miss Ashburn as a place to live.   It was without a doubt, the least charming place I've ever lived and utterly without appeal.

On the fitness note I've been struggling a little bit to find my rhythym since we got back from vacation.   I seem to be a little more tired than usual and having challenges waking up on time.    If you add in some Echelon  schedule changes, that I'm less than pleased with, they removed classes I took and didn't replace them, some work meetings that interfere, it just has made it harder for me to make a regular routine.  I've just don't like having to squeeze my ride in at random times and that's only going to get harder soon.  Hopefully they put some classes back into the schedule on Monday and Thursday mornings.

I also bought a new ride.   I've always had a particular fondness for Italian bikes, and since a Ducati probably isn't the best choice I got a Bianchi.   Looking forward to getting out and riding this soon.

Fantasy Football

 Are you ready for some football?   Just sticking this up here