While I'm trying to build positive habits, I've managed to let some negative ones mess up this journal.

In the meantime, I was promoted to Ikkyu at Judo, that means my next promotion will be to black belt. That will take 1 to 3 years or so, depending on how I do competing.

My weight has crept up to 232, and I'm going nuclear. Back to riding the bus, which is now feasible because I can also ride my bike. In winter the schedules to my house didn't work, but there is a much more frequent bus that goes 5 miles from my house that I can bike from.

I'm easing up on paleo and switching back to a 'beans and rice, rice and beans' diet. That terminology might be familiar to folks who listen to a certain radio talk show host. I'm doing it to consolidate all dollars. I have a very aggressive savings goal, and if I'm going to make it, I'm going to have to cut to the bone to do it. I still want this to be as healthy as possible, so I am still choosing home grown and organic fruits and vegetables as the bulk of my diet. If you just heard organic and cheap together, well, they aren't. But I won't sacrifice my health! Also, with my weight creeping up, paleo hasn't been working for me like I'd like, although that's because I'm NOT STICKING TO IT.

With the extra biking, moving up to as many as 170 miles a week if I can grow into that, this will help with fitness goals. The last time I biked close to this much, I ended up the leanest, strongest, and fastest I had been. These goals are all synergistic. I save money by commuting 'free', I get in better shape losing weight, I get fitter which helps me at Judo. Win/Win/Win. The downside is time, I spend more time. But, I needed to spend more time exercising anyway, why not make it part of my commute? Kill two birds with one stone so to say.