A cycling jacket I have owned for eight years that has never, ever been loose, and has mostly been too small to wear, is now, officially, loose... and I have a fleece sweater on under it. The thing is comfortable, roomy. I had no idea I'd come this far so soon, and spring's just beginning.

What a lovely little moment for me. This is the whole point of all this grief. That I'm two pounds from my lowest weight since college 15 years ago is icing on the cake.

But there's still so far to go, so I'm off for a lazy early spring evening ride.