My motivation

Having lost quite a bit of weight after my divorce, I find myself gaining it back again and I'm not happy.
During the divorce I was working for the school district and spent a lot of my time walking the halls and back and forth on the playground, up the hill and down to the playground. I lived in a two story house and then two apartments and then a townhouse so I was constantly walking and getting my exercise.
Since moving in with Pat my last two jobs have been desk jobs and our life has been pretty sedentary and my diet not so good all contributing to a rather large me.

My self-esteem is suffering again and I must do something about it !

I remember growing up that I used to ride my bike most nights around the park. Once the trail was completed between the park in Saddle Brook and the one in Rochelle Park it gave me more interesting places to ride and I took advantage of that.
Aurora is a mostly rural town with lots of places to ride so "I am gonna bike my tush back into shape !"
With that in mind, yesterday I spent my last bonus on a GT Timberline Comfort Bike. I looked at this bike a few weeks ago at Performance Bike on my lunch hour. I talked to my ever special friend Steve who is a bike enthusiast (he rides in the Seattle to Portland ride - WHAT A MAN !) and he agreed it was perfect for what I am trying to accomplish. He gave me lots of tips like not to overdo it, drink lots of water, GET A HELMET and wished me luck. He has an ulterior motive - the better shape I'm in the better I feel about myself and the sexier I feel and he loves it when I feel sexy - LOL
This blog will be the story of my journey back to fit !