Mr. Hunter.

Yes. I have been caught. Caught by this desire to do one of the things i love most...cycling. I started cycling at the tender age of 13...everyday...to my high school... so it was not so weird when i decided to cycle from the rented house to ukm (university) as well... this love for cycling was ingrained in me...coz...well...for one thing...this is one of the things i do best...cycling.

Getting married n moving to this land was a big challenge indeed.... the terrible traffic of istanbul..plus no safe routes for bicycles made it impossible to cycle. I also gave birth to my children...n while raising them..it was impossible to cycle.ı didnt have anyone to leave them to....Now baddin is in the 1st grade...n hatice..2nd.. n since we r sort of financially stable... i dared to buy myself a gift on our 9th wedding anniversary........and besides... the municipality has done a great job in preparing the cyclists routes alongway the seaside area all the way to pendik...

Even in this fasting month... i cycle every weekdays. i left the bicycle at baba's apt...15 minutes to 20 minutes walk from our place... bicycle in hand...from babaz..i cycle to sahilyolu area..and from there....to bostancı...turn back all the way to fenerbahce...n later agin to bostancı n later to baba's place..n then...15-20 mins of walking home..(if i dont get deviated by the stores along bağdat caddesi hehhe)...this cycling routes take about 10km (sahilyolu only)i think (not so sure)...so basically from 8am...i will be out n home again by 10am...it feels great coz....well... i simply love cycling! i plan to extend my route till the kids' school... but so far... i havent got the permission to cycle till there yet... mainly coz..well..this blabbermouth (me) had once mentioned that ı was sort of harrased twice while walking from the kids' schhol till home using the sahilyolu.. i am simply concentrating on building my strength... to be fit again before i try to persuade my beloved for his permission...

bostancı till fenerbahce route is safe coz there r policemen petrolling the sahilyolu area at all times...after bostancı...no police.. that is why my beloved gets worried... but he knows i am stubborn...i am sure i can persuade him somehow...

So now.. i have 2 options to be fit... on bad cold rainy n snowy days..i can always go walking at the çamlık park where i had my weight challange, pre malaysia...on sunny days... i can cycle... this will be fun!

Frankly speaking... after Malaysia... i have sort of changed.. i dont give a damn anymore about my weight problem... yes..i want to be fit... but i do not feel inferior anymore for being fat..i am comfortable to be me.i feel revived in a lot of ways...as evident in the purchase of my mr hunter n my dareness to drive in istanbul esp to go to the kids' school...if i lose my weight in the process of cycling...that will be great but it is not my priority...to be able to cycle again is my priority....i am simply loving every moment of it! I am happy..