Thanks, everyone.

I'm trying to stay positive about everything, but it's challenging. I'm hardly the first middle-aged woman who found herself facing divorce, though, with a child to consider, and having been out of the full-time workforce for over a decade.

Time to get real creative, and to stay with this new exercise program. I've actually arranged my work schedule to allow me three full hours of exercise time every weekday. I've joined the Y, for half-price thanks to a partnership with the school where I work part-time in the mornings. I plan to start swimming as soon as the membership card comes through, which should happen in the next couple of weeks, after the first pay cycle of the school year.

I'll start tri-training there.

I figured out this morning in the shower that to lose 2 lbs. per week, you have to have a 1,000-calorie deficit every single day. Now, I burned 1,172 yesterday on that 3-hour ride. Having to fit in 3 hours of exercise every single day is a little daunting. I'm really not good at the diet thing. I already eat really well most of the time. Dieting just feels like deprivation.

I'm at 240.2 this morning. Friday I was 238. I rode 40 miles yesterday and I've gained weight. I can't even fathom it at the moment. Go figure.

Roxy