Week 11, Day 6: Biking routes and distances / weight loss report in Daily News

Home to the Lakes (FDR park): 2.8 miles

Round the Lakes: 1.7 miles

Home to the Lakes, round the Lakes 3x, and back): 10.7 miles

Home to the Union League to Chemical Heritage Foundation, down to Oregon via 4th St, over to the Lakes, round the Lakes 3x, and home: 14.5

Home to the Union League, down to South Philly via 4th St, over to Pattison Ave, down to the Lakes @ 20/Pattison, round the Lakes 3x and home: 16.7 miles

Google maps/directions is a fine mileage calculator. No need for an onboard computer.

So far this week, I've biked 10.7, 10.7, 14.5, and 16.7. That would be more than 50 miles, and I still have two days of "this week" to go. This plus scrupulous adherance to "the program" ought to reward me on the scales Saturday morning.

In other news, the Philadelphia Daily News reports a two-year study wherein both the low carb and the Mediterranean diets beat out low-fat for weight loss AND cholesterol. Heee.