Started riding bikes again. Down 12 lbs. No Hollywood Diet. No voodoo. Just riding. Gotta change the lifestyle if you want to lose it.
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Started riding bikes again. Down 12 lbs. No Hollywood Diet. No voodoo. Just riding. Gotta change the lifestyle if you want to lose it.
I can hardly wait. If only the snow, wind & rain would go away. Any day now, I hope!
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When you go riding, how far to you go?
Good
thing is it strengthens your legs for float tubing and wading. :D Congrats. and that's a fine looking machine.
Charlie
Road bike:Usually 20 miles. Sometimes 10. Sometimes 30. Occasionally, Ok......once..................100 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotech
Mountain bike: 3-10 miles
My two little steeds:
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Been on a diet for two months and so far I have lost 60 days! ;)
Now that right there is funny
I don't know how it could have been said better.Quote:
Originally Posted by hap
Hey BBW, good luck in continuing your weight control program. Your method of "gradual" loss through exercise is probably the best way to control weight. Less chance of the yo-yo up/down loos/gain stuff that happens in crash diets. Reaching over and patting myself on the back, I've "shed" 25 lbs since last October ( absolutely abstained from my beloved Spam, lettuce and tomato on toast sammies). Stood on the scale this AM at 211.5 . My BIG problem is that I'd always "live to eat" and now I ( kinda) "eat to live". And to further test my resolve, we're visiting friends whose wife attended the California Culinary Academy . And, being the gentleman my mamma learnt me to be, it's been VERY tough to pass up or only nibble some of the delights she creates and I mean CREATES. This AM we had croissants ala French toast with fresh raspberries, blueberries and strawberries, powdered sugar and whipped cream. I ate about a third and the rest for lunch. This visit WILL be a test but it's the "grand scheme" I'm looking at. I turned 69 last Saturday and I hope to enjoy a few more years and getting fit ( more or less) is a step in the right direction ( dieting knocked my total Cholesterol down from about 230 to 150 (+-) Seeing results like that just fuels my motivation.
Mark
PS: Tonight it's MY "turn" at the stove. "Diet" potato pancakes.......................................... ...you're right, ain't NO such thing but......................
Good luck to all, I will have to throw my name in the hat. I did Atkins with exercise 7 or 8 years ago. Dropped about 50 lbs. which have found me again. I am back on day 2 of regular exercise feel better already. But I so love food. If it has too much fat, salt or sugar in it I love it. All my life I have heard people say "that was so rich I could only eat a bite." I have never seen that food, I would like another piece please. But I have to get my mind focused and cut back in addition to the exercise.
I don't know exactly how to structure it. But I have had several friends who have been in contest with friends on weight loss. The thought occurred to me to have a bet for a dozen flies in 6 months. What do ya think?
Any of you bikers ever do RAGBRAI..absolutely the coolest thing - at least in its "earlier" days. I did it 11 times.. used to ride a couple thousand miles a year. Kind of seems like a whole lifetime ago. I have three bikes... I even think I know where one of them is. ;)
I bike to work when the weather and sunlight permit. I won't ride in the dark, so most of the winter, I stay off the bike. I only have about a 15 mile round trip, but it is enough that I can eat pretty much whatever I want during my riding season without gaining any weight. I always add a couple of pounds during the winter when I can ride and have to find other ways to exercise that aren't as much fun.
Biking is a great exercise since it is low impact (assuming you don't fall) and burns lots of calories. I used to enjoy running, but my knees can't take it any more and I need to save them for fishing.
Ted
I have some friends that do RAGBRAI and they say it's fun and I'm sure it is. But a whole week sounds a bit much to me. No way I can take that much time from work with all the other things that take me from work. I could see a long weekend. Plus I'm just not into the drinking scene any more. My friend that does it and I are going opposite directions. Back in the day that would be me but not him. But not now for me. He seems to like that now and that is fine.
I totally understand Wulff... it's a commitment.. but there's waaay more to it than drinking. In fact - there's almost two completely diffrent rides - the "morning" crowd (beautiful scenery, great food, laid-back) and the "afternoon" crowd - usually the younger crowd who can ride hard, party hard and do it all on the same day. ;)
Actually a bit like fly fishing when you think about it. ;)
One thing that always amazed me.. I did it in its entirety 11 times and parts of it several others. I saw *0ne* fight in all that time and it was between two locals. Great folks.
anyway... it was finally just the crowds - and everyone trying to gouge you for a buck (or ten) that finally took the fun out of it for me.
Hey! BBW!! I found it for you!! It's attached itself to me!!
Once more "patting myself on the back", and despite the aforementioned "rich" culinary environment, I stepped ascale at 209# this AM. I now don't have to inhale and hold my breath to button my 36" pants.
I wish all of you that are striving, equally good luck .
Mark
PS: Hey Betty, unless since I've seen you last, youve been all Pizza and malteds, you've always looked JUST FINE.
I'll second that with a hearty endorsement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
:)
Ed
219lbs yesterday. Was 234 last year. Spread over 6'1", that's not too bad but my "ideal weight" should be like 180? That's a long ways off and I doubt I get there.....or even try. 215 was my initial goal. 210 would be great.
Wulff, at 6'1" an ideal weight of 180 would be right if you are 25 but as we get older that "ideal weight" can change. Also those charts were written in the 60's and only slightly revised for the new better nutrition available today. People simply are stronger and bigger these days. Have had this talk with more than 1 Dr and they agree, I am 50 and at 6'1" they put my ideal weight more at 195. I would be very happy with 200 am a little high right now at 215.
Bicycle riding works...I know I have at least 6 of them...wonder where they are?
I'll jump in on the weight lose band wagon here because I've been trying to lose weight as well recently. I am in fact on a "crash diet" currently, but that's because I was at a very unhealthy weight and needed to lose the first good bit pretty fast just to get in a bit healthier place so that I can start doing it gradually. I'm 6'6" and 32 days ago I weighed 390lbs. I went on a major diet and changed my eating habits to 950 calories per day, walking 1 mile every other day, doing some weight lifting and cut out anything unhealthy from my diet as well as only drinking water and one diet pepsi per day. I'm currently 359lbs now so I've dropped 31 lbs in 32 days. once I get down to about 300lbs then I will start doing it more gradually from that point. My target goal is about 230-245lb range because with being 6'6" that's the weight were I look & feel best.
Steve
So ... you all just sayin' I need to grow taller???