"Muscle weighs more than fat." Do you know how many times I've heard that in the month of July? Too many. But finally that wicked scale finally threw me a bone and dropped by two pounds. I'm now under 240.

Now, I'm not whining although it sounds like it. I have biked over 170 miles since July 3rd. So I deserved to drop at least 5 pounds in my mind. Don't you agree? Yes, the inches are dropping off too but I'm yet to drop a full size so that will be the telling moment.

Everyday I jump on my bike with a renewed sense of awareness of how strong I'm getting. The hills are not so itimidating, the traffic less invasive, but more than anything my mind is opening up to challenging this body to go another mile.

Two days ago it hit close to 100 degrees when i was biking home 9 miles from work. Someone asked me if I felt sick when biking at that temperature but amazingly if you hydrate you're fine and it's almost cool when the breeze hits you.

I have a goal to hit 500 miles on my bike by my birthday on August 28th. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Ollie

I hear the chorus, friend! I work out everyday - either running or weight training - and I too had the plateau from hades during the month of July. Finally dropped 5lbs!

And yes ... muscle does weigh more than fat ... but that doesn't mean our scale driven egos should suffer, huh?

Congrats! You can make your goal!!