218 again today. Hopefully I won't be on this number long enough to fall in hate with it. Right now I'm liking it. Beautiful day today - 60's, sunshine. Gorgeous. Spent the day with family - lots of laughs and hugs - two of my favorite non-caloric items. And sunshine - that makes three! Perfect day for a long bike ride. I have my bike up for sale - when I got it several years ago the salesman talked me into buying a man's frame because I'm 5'9" - and I have struggled with the size of the frame ever since. So I'm selling my too-tall machine and using the money to buy a new just-right frame for all the long long bike rides I plan to take this spring and summer. There's something about hopping on a bike - an outdoor bike - not an exercise machne. Something about the freedom of it - no phones, no music, nobody talking. Just me and the bike and the road and all the incrdible scenery that moves past me as I zoom down the road. And I get to make all the decisions - where I go, how fast I go, how long I go. The road that I live on is long and windy and the hills are perfect for biking - just when you think you can't climb any further the road levels out - or even better drops off for an exciting almost-too-fast coast. And there's something about it that makes me feel like a kid again. All the years fall away and it feels like I'm riding the bike I used to own - my one speed only blue Schwinn with big fat tires and baseball cards stuck on the spokes that created a one of a kind percussion as the tires spun.  When I hop on that bike - there are 49 pounds that don't ride with me. 49 pounds that have melted off this body. I'm two pounds away from being half way to my goal of 102 - and then it'll be all down hill!