california

I cannot figure out how to get my photos on here.  I've tried direct uploading, I've tried picasa and it just won't work.  I thought I was good at techy stuff too.  I will figure this out eventually.

Anyway,  I love being in California!  It was just too damn stressful in Chicago and all the triggers that make me want to eat all the time.  I'm going to stay here as long as I can, which I think will be the beginning of June, and get as much exercise and mental strength as I can before going back to Chicago and dealing with the everyday there.

I remember going to my first lap-band seminar here and then sitting out on the driveway crying to my mother on the phone because I felt like it was the answer I had been looking for, and it just seemed so completely out of my reach.  I remember feeling like I would've done it the next day if I could've.  Now, here it is three years later and I've had the surgery and I'm on my way to where I want to be.

This week I've managed to exercise every night.  I started out walking because my bike had flat tires from sitting in the garage since October.  My legs were real tight and it was painful, but I think they're starting to loosen up and it's getting easier.  Last night I got my tires fixed and I've managed to ride two nights in a row after walking.  I love riding at night when I have the streets to myself.

A pic of my beautiful bike was going to go here.

So that takes care of my cardio.  I really need to start focusing on strength training.  I thought I would just do some lunges and crunches myself, but I think I need to go a little bigger than that.  I think I need to just bite the bullet and go to my aunt's gym.  It's convenient enough and I'm pretty sure they have everything I need for my old strength training routine.  I just don't like how it's so open and there's no separate area for weights.  But you do what you gotta do, I guess.