Finally back on the bike

I made great strides last year, with both my physical and mental health, when I started biking before work. And due to it being so warm in Florida during Summer and Autumn, early morning was also an ideal time because it was still cool.

But when the Florida winter hit, and it dropped to the 40s and sometimes 30s early in the morning, my bike riding waned. My healthy eating waned as well. So, between when I stopped riding in October and now, I put back on 20 of the pounds I lost.

But, now I'm back on track. Finally warm enough at the wee hours...and I got my chain and rear gear replaced.

And I picked a great day to start. The weather was great (even though it rained just a bit at the beginning of the ride.) I headed down to Venice beach and had a bit of breakfast. Then I biked down to Maxine Barrit park to do a little bit of journaling and morning pages for my novel.