Cycling has really changed my life into a lifestyle, now enlarged to include other sports, so I am outside all of the time.
Before, I was fit, but it was something I did at 5 AM, or after work, at the gym, and then went on with the rest of my life.
My roster of non-cycling friends has dwindled down to 1 or 2 who probably can tolerate me blabbing on about what i do.
I no longer spend my weekends shopping!
DH and I live a lifestyle totally centered around outdoor activity. If we hadn't developed these interests, we'd be lolling around, sitting on the couch, waddling into our retirement.
I enjoy cooking even more, because it's part of an active lifestyle and a huge part of maintaining my health.
It's something I share with my grown up sons.
If I hadn't started cycling, I wouldn't have met the "Wednesday Wheelers," all of you on TE, joined AMC, or met our best friends.
And I can thank my little Scotty, who at age 14 changed our whole family by developing an interest in cycling.