Ok, Please accept my deepest apologies for abandoning my post for almost over a month and a half to riding Felty, reading Julie Morgenstern�s self-help books and doing some late summer cleaning. You�re probably thinking isn�t that what the bikes for?

So here we are, time to get the kids back to school. My thoughts have been on so many bloggers, such as Lori (biketownblogger.blogspot.com) and others that I�ve linked. What�s going to happen now that the temperature has dropped and will continue to do so in the coming weeks here in the north? I�ve had to pull out the comforters and throws to keep the chill off and circulation moving. One of the worse feelings to have is to wake up and feel like a Mac truck has hit you. Sorry dad, a Peterbilt. We're all cyclist, since we're all about to scrape the last dime up for gas.

Since receiving the new fall Terry Bike catalog l found l will need an indoor trainer. Someone did not think past the gas problem and basically 'left out' gear for The Plus size division. So what are the pro�s and con�s to keep moving in-/out-doors. lndoors you can add mirrors, watch dvd�s, listen to music or read a book to pass time on the trainer. Outdoors you get to thrash ideas, hopes and dreams to come up with a plan as the result of reading Morgenstern�s non-medical quips. She wants you to listen to yourself, figure out what�s inside you and watch yourself fly. The true reason to ride outdoors. Freedom of movement, the view and fresh air. Please insert yourself riding outdoors right there!

Wouldn�t a pill do the job? No amount of Zyrtec, Allegra-D, Paxil, water-soluble multivitamins, Nexium or old Stacker-2 can do what a human on a bike can. Most of the illnesses that humans have are directly related to our eating habits and environments and some just out of our hands. I�m my number one victim, which is why I decided to return to cycling. Out of a list of about 10 illnesses I�ve actually seen the results of one-licked sickness just by riding this summer. My computer odometer is almost at 100 and there's atleast 75 miles missing. lt shows. Wow!

No pill was necessary, so let them dissolve so raccoons and possums live another year. So now where will I ride this winter? Who knows, maybe visit a friend or family member in the sunny zone, or maybe on an island.

September's Bicycling arrived with a topic very close to my heart, XXXL Dreams. Written by none other than the Lummox himself, Mike Magnuson. This former heavy weight trimmed himself with a self-inflicted vengeance that appeared like hate, which eventually bares fruit still today. Maybe he needs a psychiatrist. Yet he writes of two men, the first a man who has turned to cycling as his last hope to remove morbid from referencing his girth. When you look at Sam Wade you love him as a human being, but after reading that he admits maybe he's not going to make it you pray. Hard!

Then there's the model, David Krozy. He reminds me of the ex l gave my first bike away to. I purchased it for commuting. Yet l feared he would die from smoking or obesity if someone didn�t help. However, Krozy's much healthier from his years of commuting and riding 16 centuries than most overweight people. He's enraged with cycling�s clothing industry; I agree I�m a 4XL. Yet he channeled his energy to produce sturdier wheels for his steed when most products were found to be inferior. Now here�s a man I would buy wheels from to hold my womanly figure upright on Felty.

David proves proper weight loss doesn't happen overnight with or without a pill. So go ahead, flush them, put your helmet on and take a nice ride on your steed.

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