Why Am I Doing This?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I cuss like a sailor. This ain't no "Mommy Blog." Got a problem with it? Move along, Sailor Moon. If you are like me, you are: 1) Female 2) Hyper-athletic 3) Somewhat over-weight ("Fit-Fat") 4) Have problems losing weight 5) Peri-menopausal or menopausal 6) BEYOND FUCKING ANNOYED that everything about weight loss excludes #2 and the mantra is "Eat less, exercise more." Bitch, really? Like exercising 10-20 hours/week is not enough? "The Rona" + 5 surgeries in 6 years + peri-menopause = Where the fuck did this 25+ extra pounds come from? I mean, yeah: I couldn't do group rides. But FFS, I was still riding 100-200 miles/week in summer. I never missed the 50K Birkebeiner Ski Marathon (or Vasaloppet) during that time, despite injuries etc. Was I slower? Sure. But the weight is a bitch. And nothing was working. So I got complacent. So here I am. On Weight Watchers. Wait, what...? I tried it...long ago--after the "liver...