[jhynesrockmtn]

I rode 50 miles on Saturday on my touring bike with a friend who's a nurse and works some wicked hours. I think she's about 43 or 44. She described a moment a year plus ago where she realized she was starting to take the same pain meds her older patients were taking and felt like crap every day. Sore, tired, etc.

Two weekends ago she did the Seattle to Portland bike ride in one day. She feels completely different, no pain from her arthritis, plenty of energy, etc. She's now in better shape than her co workers in their 20's and 30's. She literally talks about cycling changing her life. If you start exercising and continue to increase your fitness it will help your diet. You won't want to put garbage in to your body.