Today is the 2 week mark in my diet program. I feel like I've made some progress. Weather has kept me from doing much riding but I have done a few runs here and there. I imagined myself doing a lot more running and that may happen yet. As my weight decreases, I expect that to be more and more easy to do. Right now with each step I take, I lug the weight of a 40 lbs sack of feed on my body. I really want to make it to a very lean body this time. I haven't been able to yet. Each summer I seem to lose my focus and get into a bad habit of eating everything in sight. Maybe not this year.
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