Geek Habitat

I splurged on some new clothes from REI thanks to their end of summer sale, including snatching up a $150+ North Face Gore-Tex windstopper jacket for less than $50 and a pair of Vibram-soled $100+ Vasque hiking shoes for just $38.50!

The downer is the two comfy t-shirts I also scored during the sale are ridiculously tight in the arms, bustline and, well, everywhere. Enough is enough. The weight I’ve held on to since pregnancy, coupled with the 5 additional lbs. I gained due to not getting enough aerobic exercise, is weighing me down physically and mentally.

My downfall is Dr Pepper. Prodigious quantities of it at all hours of the day. Until now. As of yesterday (Thursday, August 28) around 2 PM, I have had my last Dr Pepper. As a result, I’ve got a nasty headache but that will pass. I need to get my body back. It’s a Catch-22 when you pack on weight in such a relatively short span of time–your joints (particularly my ACL-reconstructed knee) start complaining; you have less energy and stamina; you get LESS active at precisely the time you need to be MOST active.

I also need to get back into cycling and hiking, neither of which is particularly fun when you weight the most you ever have in your life.

So there you have it, documented for posterity and to keep me honest.