It is a lovely day out - sunny and not “equator” kind of warm but “warm for Canada in March” warm. I did the only thing any right thinking Chick could do under the circumstances and got out my bike, pumped some air in the tires, and went for a ride.

It was a bit chilly. Though the air is warm the lake is still really cold, and there was a slight fog rising off the water. Bit windy too. My ears are cold and I’m all salty, but oh, it felt good. I think March 16th is the earliest I have ever been able to go out and ride. If you hear me grumbling tomorrow about how my seat area hurts and my hands hurt and my arms/back hurt, remind me of how good I feel at this moment, will you?

At this minute, I believe that spring is a possibility at some point. There are times in the depth of winter when we all doubt.

I’m still thinking on the food exercise process that it will take to get to my goal. I think that I need to exercise for my heart health, but I need to eat for the rest of my body’s health. We ate breakfast out this morning, but it was big and late so I haven’t eaten since. Dinner we are going to order in tonight. I’ll have chicken without skin and some veggies or a salad, so that will be in the right ball park. Tomorrow I am going to go back to tracking everything I eat.

I know I can do this. I just have to decide I want it and not accept any behaviour that doesn’t help me reach that goal.

I’ve cooled off enough so I think I’ll go take a shower. My face is crunchy from the dried sweat. And once I finish with the water on the outside of me, I’ll get some water on the inside of me too.