My ongoing war with the scale...

has re-commenced. And I have to remind myself that small daily battles don't matter, long-term strategy does. Part of my long-term strategy includes a daily one-hour session on my recumbent stationary bike. When I first started, a few minutes would wind me. I gradually was able to do ten minutes in a row, then fifteen, then twenty, then twenty-five.

Yesterday, I did forty-five minutes in a row.

And today, I did the whole hour, and burned (it said) 500 calories. I'm considering doing another session tonight while we watch the "Human Target" pilot and then get caught up with "Fringe."

I still loathe it. But if I can knock the whole thing out in an hour and not have it hanging over my head while I recover, that's...better. I guess.

Oh, god. Wish me luck.

My ongoing war with the scale...

has re-commenced. And I have to remind myself that small daily battles don't matter, long-term strategy does. Part of my long-term strategy includes a daily one-hour session on my recumbent stationary bike. When I first started, a few minutes would wind me. I gradually was able to do ten minutes in a row, then fifteen, then twenty, then twenty-five.

Yesterday, I did forty-five minutes in a row.

And today, I did the whole hour, and burned (it said) 500 calories. I'm considering doing another session tonight while we watch the "Human Target" pilot and then get caught up with "Fringe."

I still loathe it. But if I can knock the whole thing out in an hour and not have it hanging over my head while I recover, that's...better. I guess.

Oh, god. Wish me luck.