Has anyone taken up Bycyling?

[OH Juli 15]

We should try the chat room, D and HP. I know you're out there.

[areellady 1]

I Hate This Computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slackaction 0]

WELL I have been reading you girls threads on bikes for the last two days and you all have convinced me to take up this biking craze. I just ordered a new bike have no idea about road bikes but ordered a Motobecane Vent Noir what ever that is. I have been walking/ running 4 miles every other day but getting bored with it and thought I would try this biking. areellady vbmenu_register("postmenu_524311", true); you have lost a ton weight pics look great good luck. I too have the vg band with 6cc but am starting to eat alot more than I should. I have learned allot about biking by just reading your comments and posts thanks to all of you girls and best of luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[areellady 1]

Slack, WELCOME!!!!! Please join us on your new adventure. We all LOVE to hear biking stories. I have not heard of the bike, but that means nothing, considering I don't know much!!!! Again, welcome, and jump in any old time, we are a tight group here and love to talk!!!

J, I am flying over there tomorrow and ripping your scale from your death grip hands, and jumping up and down and screaming, "Neenier neenier neeeeennnnierrrrrrrrrr"!!! Don't tempt me!!!

J, you rock at this weight loss stuff. You are doing sooooo freakin' awesome....100 pounds????? WTF????? Can there be anything, I mean ANYTHING, more cool than that? I can think of nothing!!!! You are gonna be hating it tomorrow when you don't have a scale, so you better enjoy it tonight!!!

[areellady 1]

OMG, Slack, I just looked up your bike and I am tooooo insanely jealous to even talk to you right now!!! Just kidding, but I am insanely jealous. I have been kicking myself in the ass everytime I think of the money I spent for my hybrid, and think I could of got a road bike for 300 hundred more!!!! I am having a time with this whole thing, but I will get over it, as soon as I find out where you live and come and steal your bike!!!!!! It really looks nice!!Definitely let us know when you get it!!!(this is me, green with jealousy)

[OH Juli 15]

Oh I hate this damn site.

Okay, kleptomaniac Deanna, you keep your grubby hands off of my scale and Slack's super fancy awesome road bike. (I looked it up too, and WOW! Very nice.)

So it's official this is a plateau, it's been 2 weeks since I've moved off of this number in any real way. When I weigh my self in the morning it says one thing, lunch time it goes up, by dinner it's even higher and before bed I think I should explode. (Ha, ha, Deanna pop your eye back into your head, I don't weight myself like that!) But the two weeks plateau is nuts considering I've biked a good 175 miles in that time and have done other workouts too. I've eaten more, but I have burned way more than I've consumed. There was also the TOM in that 2 week period....

Bitch ass bitches, is all I've got to say.

I know it will move, it always does and there are no alternatives to just keeping on. So I shall just keep on.

I'm missing BG and JC.

Oh, btw, Slack-JC's a dude and quite the motivation too. Where you at, Slack? Tell us all about your fancy new bike. How did you pick it out? Do you ride at all, yet? We want to know.

[areellady 1]

J, how right you are about my eyeballs popping out of my head!!!!! Well, maybe it is time for a fill???? I know I lost 9.5 when I went in and I told them how much I exercise and I am hungry pretty much all of the time. The RN said, it was time to let the band do some of the work now. I got 3 cc's. I have been eating very slowlyy now. Today is my first day back on regular foods.

I know that I truly thought I would be the "special" one, without any fills and still losing 20 pounds a month. The EP told me that if I was to keep losing 20 pounds a month, I would be losing a lot of muscle too. 1-3 pounds in the exact right amount for maximum fat burning. SOOO that being said, I am going to have to be happy with the 9.5 pounds a month. Not only does the pounds coming off not matter, as long as I am not gaining, but all this muscle I am getting from riding and strength training is making me smaller. I havea waist again. Not the one that I want, but a waist indeed.

I too miss JC and BG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I hope they are having fun and keeping up with their exercise!!!

I found that bike at direct bike outlet??? I can't remember now, what the name of it was, but they have some bikes on there for around $400.........hhhmmmmmm, I never heard of any of these brands, but that doesn't mean anything!!!! Now I am seriously contemplating this!!!!

[OH Juli 15]

I see my surgeon September 17th. In theory I should be 20 pounds lighter than the last time I saw him. Which I find hard to imagine.

But we'll see what happens between now and then.

Glad to see you're able to get some food down D.

[areellady 1]

I think it is going to take a lot more than this band to keep me from eating my food. I LOVE FOOD!!! Of course not as much as I used to, but I still love it!!!

[areellady 1]

Ok, you have officially pissed me off!! YOU told ME that you would be around more today!! But ARE you???????????? HELL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

WHERE ARE YOU J??????????????????????????????????????????????

I neeeeeeeeedddd you to talk to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, that felt better. Now onto eating. I ate a can of chicken mixed with pickle,onion, Tomato and some ranch dressing, wrapped up in a low carb 40 cal. whole wheat tortilla thingy. It took me a good 20-30 minutes but I did finish it. I chewed really reallllllllllllllly good. I do NOT want to get stuck..I hate it!!(lip out, quivering).....

SO, I am soooooooooooooooooo fuuuuureeeeeeeekin' bored right now!!!!

[areellady 1]

I am really getting mad now!!!!! You better got on here and talk to me woman!!!!!!!!!!!

[OH Juli 15]

Deanna-

settle down there....

I know real life is getting in the way of all sorts of things...DD swimming lessons take up my evenings and believe it or not, work and home work take up my 40 hours at my desk.

I do try to check in. Sorry I suck.

IM HUNGRY.

Today was a 1500 calorie day and only 45 minutes of exercise.I'm going out of my mind....and it's carbs that I want. I'm not in the ANIT carb camp, I'm in the lower carb camp, but heaven help me I want crackers and Cookies and granola...I can live with out Pasta, bread and chips...but the evil little crackers call my name.

Soooooo, tomorrow night I was going to go on a small group ride, but instead I'm running out right after work to do two hours on the bike. I have to be on line at 7 for a class...I should be able to get in a few miles but this real life stuff is pissing me off. I want to exercise and talk lapband with my buds.

grumble, grumble...

[hoosierpoms 0]

Hello everyone.

I am having a piss ass day too. My husband and I rode this evening after I worked 11 hours today, and we only rode 5.80 miles(in 34 min) It was getting dark, and we pulled 3 decent size hills, and I felt real good that I was able to get up the hills this time. I was averaging on the straight road between 11-13(which is up from before).

When we got to the truck my husband who has a road bike, goes well...now you just need to triple that for the ride on the 5th. He said that I cant excpect to ride 20 if I am only riding 6 now.

Well you know what!!!

1. I have been riding now since Mid May. I also just got the new bike 1 week ago.

2. I am also about 75 lbs heavier than he is and NO I AM NOT AS CONDITIONED....BUT I AM TRYING!!!!!

3. I WOULD NOT OF BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS 40-50 LBS HEAVIER( LIKE i WAS 2-3 MONTHS AGO.

Now I know I just may be over sensitive here....but with the small amount of time we have to ride in the evenings, and I only have this weekend and next week to get ready...maybe I am not ready for this ride???????

I dont know what to do......

I just feel like I get tired sooner than I should and have to pull off to catch my breath, and take some Water in....Am I totally in over my head?????

Ok, thanks for listening...

[OH Juli 15]

Well, first of all he could be more supportive...I edited that a few times...

And you can hit 20 or you could try really hard and miss it by a few. But the thing is to try. Don't worry about not meeting the goal. Just keep banging away at it. If you don't try the one thing you can know is that you never will.

So, tell him to kiss your ass and then tell him to kiss mine. And then tell him that it's not about winning it's about giving it the best you've got to give. And if he can't encourage you he can shut up. And if he thinks pointing out the obvious is encouraging then he needs to be told exactly what you want to hear. This now is where you give him a script.

What would be the most encouraging thing he could say to you?

And between you and me I went from doing under 10 to doing 20 in one fell swoop. I was wiped out for the rest of the day, but I did it. Try this weekend to do some miles on Saturday and Sunday.

We got your back. (And hope that wasn't too harsh on your man.)

[hoosierpoms 0]

Not at all....and thank you...LOoks like we all are having one of those days!!!!