Here’s the winning man and woman for the 2012 Robie Creek race.

Warm weather – very warm weather – made the results a bit slower than the all time best race results.

Do what I did yesterday – eat a lot.

Even though I rode to and from work (9 miles each way), I ate way too much food when I got home.

Not good.

If you (me) want to lose weight, then taper off on the eating as the day progresses.  It seems that sleeping on a full stomach isn’t such a good idea.

Even better than anything … lost a tiny bit of weight and still ate some chocolate on Easter.

I had one Easter egg chocolate – and that was it.

Later in the day went for what was supposed to be a long single speed mountain bike ride.

The ride ended up being a short one as I had a flat tire.

Drank a lot of water.

That’s what I did – and I lost weight overnight!

Yeah, sure I had popcorn last night while watching a little TV – and I weigh less than I did yesterday morning.

What I haven’t told you is that I also went for a 2.5 hour single speed mountain bike ride yesterday afternoon.  That’s probably what kept the weight off overnight, certainly not eating popcorn.

Weight loss is really a matter of balance.

Balancing the amount of energy (calories) going in versus going out.

… since my last confession and these are my sins.

Opps!  Wrong person.

It has been about six months since I last said anything about losing weight.

And a year before that since I even made a post.

What the hell is going on?

No I Have Not Been Losing Weight

Sitting at the 180 lbs and less range for awhile now.

I’m “maintaining” a less than ideal weight for my height (5′10″).

Spring is here and now I’m starting to exercise more.

Have started commuting to work by bicycle – 9 miles each way.

Takes about 45 minutes in the morning going slightly uphill.

And 35 minutes in the evening going slightly downhill.

I feel great when I commute by bike.

Maybe If I Talk About Losing Weight I Will Lose Weight

There are definitely a lot of opinions on this matter.  Read here, here, here, here … should I continue?

When I first lost 23 lbs in about 6 months my motivation was my dad.

He came to visit and was NOT the picture of health.  I told myself that is NOT how I want to end up.

That drove me to lose about a pound a week for 6 months.  I painted a picture in my mind of the type of fitness I wanted and it included losing 23 lbs (specific and measurable goal).

Have you hear about the Get Insanity workout DVDs?

Looks intense.

The focus is on intervals, i.e. – repeating exercise with rest in between.  They claim that normal intervals focus on short periods of intense effort following by long periods of rest.

The GetInsanity method “turns intervals on its head”.  The intervals are long and the rest is short.

This is a two month workout session, 6 days a week, 45 minutes a day.  The second month ups the intense portion of the intervals without giving additional rest and recovery.

This is a Beach Body product – total body conditioning program that you can order online at www.getinsanity.com or via their 800 phone number.