Has anyone taken up Bycyling?

[babygrl1234 6]

Well if HP has a teen that wants to sit and you bring your daughter I would bring mine too since they are close in age. My son could stay home with DH or my parents unless he decides by then to be wonderful with his toilet use. I trust you guys so hopefully no one is too crazy!

I would be up for the 40 also.

[jcgrove29 0]

I have found that fart lighting is not as effective when you were a thong, granny panties are best.

I would do a ride if the doctor clears me for such a thing. Unfortunately I would have to drive up instead of biking.

Hey J, are you training with free weights at the gym? If so, are you following a set plan: light weight high reps, intermediate, full on heavy stuff? Inquiring minds want to know.

psycho dude is going to attempt stadiums this afternoon before jogging, we'll see how that goes. It kinda reminds me of a famous saying "a journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very badly" I think there was a picture of a salmon jumping into a bears mouth or something like that.

JC

[OH Juli 15]

I'm not too crazy. Just a little hell bent on getting this weight off of me!

I'm sure we'd all get on the phone once or twice before that weekend to be certain it's all good. You know what I mean?

I'm pretty psyched this might work out!

My girlfriend will be riding with us too, btw. So, yeah not crazy but queer. And my daughter DOES talk about having two moms at times, so if that's really uncomfortable for anyone I just want to be up front. The GF and I aren't demonsterative in front of folks, so you wouldn't need to explain why the girls are kissing, but it might come up via the kid.

[babygrl1234 6]

I would think a thong would let the gas pass more freely.

I am running at the track later. My workout partner is a runner but not a biker. I am going to push her at biking and she is going to push me at running.

[babygrl1234 6]

I'm not too crazy. Just a little hell bent on getting this weight off of me!

I'm sure we'd all get on the phone once or twice before that weekend to be certain it's all good. You know what I mean?

I'm pretty psyched this might work out!

My girlfriend will be riding with us too, btw. So, yeah not crazy but queer. And my daughter DOES talk about having two moms at times, so if that's really uncomfortable for anyone I just want to be up front. The GF and I aren't demonsterative in front of folks, so you wouldn't need to explain why the girls are kissing, but it might come up via the kid.

Juli YOU"RE GAY?!?!?!?!?

I would love for my daughter to meet you guys. There was a special on HBO awhile back about that cruise that Rosie O'donnels had. We watched it together so I could show her that some families may be different but they still are a family and still love each other just the same. I want her to understand that it is okay for people to love whom ever they want and just because you have two moms, or two dads, or only one parent it does not make you any better or worse than anyone else and you can still have a great family. I want my children to be loving tolerant people, not racist bigots.

[OH Juli 15]

Hey J, are you training with free weights at the gym? If so, are you following a set plan: light weight high reps, intermediate, full on heavy stuff? Inquiring minds want to know.

JC

We'd love to have you in Indiana if that works out!

As for weight training, I don't do what your talking about, but I did do that about 5 years ago. I forget what it's called, but it was kind of a fad at the time.

I do 3 sets of 15, using primarily free weights or a cable/jungle system MJ4 Multi-Jungle : Life Fitness : Commercial for my upper body. Since I've been biking I only do a two lower body sets, leg curls and leg press. Those are on machines. I do my abs nearly every day, on a ball, floor and the cable machine.

I'm pretty agressive about adding weights, tracking what I do and I am certain to fatigue by the last few reps on the last set.

I can be more specific if you want...like I tend to do 2 or 3 different exercises for each muscle group. Want to know what they are???

I really do enjoy strength training once I get started.

Miss you Deanna!

[jcgrove29 0]

J, I was just curious if you were following some sort of workout plan, you seem to be plugged-in and up to date on the latest info when it comes to fitness. BG seems to be a master at finding cool rides though. BG, J may have a GF but she digs my feet! Go figure. LOL LOL LOL LOL

JC

[babygrl1234 6]

Well hopefully she won't be too obsessed with them...

*It rubs the lotion on and puts the lotion in the basket*

I am a googling maniac.

[OH Juli 15]

BTW-

fart lighting is done bare assed.

JC-

I don't have a thing for your feet in particular, it's all feet. And really I'm either neutral or grossed out by feet. Like someone running around with HORRIBLE toe nails can just send me. Especially in the summer with people wearing sandels and you see some giant yellow toe nails poking out..........GAG ME!

So, a person with decent toe nails will get a compliment, if it's appropriate. Like a seeing a picture on-line....

Don't mean to break your heart.

[babygrl1234 6]

I like to paint my giant yellow toenail.

[jcgrove29 0]

I'm crushed! Wounded! Defeated! (DeFEETed) :-)

God you guys make my day so much brighter!

We may need to change BG to GM (Google Master)

JC ps (IKYLM) LOL

[areellady 1]

Oh my, if I hadn't been feeling a bit better since last night, I definitely would of today reading this!!! I loved the *it rubs the lotion on and puts it in the basket*....that was my worst nightmare show of all times. FOR YEARS!!!!! I am still a bit freaked by it!!

Okay, for inquiring minds, here we go. This weekend my older brother, Doug, called me. He didn't know that I had surgery, but my mom told him this weekend. He on the other hand, has been losing weight following a no carb diet, all salads and vegetables. meat and no carbs, except oatmeal in the morning. He is a long haul trucker and was up to over 350. I was glad that he was doing something about his weight. I knew that he was going to die soon if he didn't. Our dad passed away in 1998 of a massive heart attack at age 58. My dad had his first heart attack at age 40. Cards are stacked against us. Ok, back to brother story. So, he calls and says, he has lost over a hundred pounds!! I am so happy for him, and he says he has bought a bike!!!! We talk about biking for quite awhile. Then he asks me why I didn't feel like I could tell him that I had surgery. He tells me he is my brother and I can tell him anything. WELL,(this is where it all began ladies and gentlemen) I SAY.......(and I don't have a fuckin' clue where this even came from), I didn't want you to think that I took the easy way out where you are doing by yourself. THERE!! JUST LIKE THAT! THAT AWEFUL SENTENCE THAT I JUST WROTE WAS WHAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!!! WTF?????? Where did that come from????? I can't even believe I said it myself. I am sitting there in disbelief!!! WHAT?!?!?!? Why the hell would I say something like this????????

Story moves on....

My brother proceeds to tell me the reason that he can do it on his own is because he and Dave(my other brother) were raised by dad and that I was raised my mom. Dad taught them to be self sufficient and strong and if they want something then to go out and get it and get it done.

Then he gives me an analogy....That's why me and Dave have lots of tools, if we have something that needs to be done, we have the tools to do it, we don't have to go asking around and borrowing stuff to do a job, we already have the tools. We are self sufficient.

Story moves on......

When DH gets home from work, I tell him what happened and what was said. I hits me as I am telling him that what my brother was telling me was that I am weak and he is strong that is why I had to resort to having surgery to fix my problem. I can't concentrate on anything else and I keep thinking about what came out of my mouth and what came out of his mouth. The rest of Saturday I am upset and can't quite thinking about it. Sunday, DH and I fight most of day, and now I am sure it was because I was mad, hurt and pissed at what my brother said to me, but didn't really put two and two together. Monday comes and I am having a hard time dealing with myself. I can hardly stand to look at myself in the mirror. At this point I am more self pitying myself that anything. I just keep thinking about WHY THE FUCK I WOULD SAY WHAT I SAID TO MY BROTHER. Why did I say "the easy way out????" I can't figure it out, at all. I am sinking, it feels into something that I can not get out of. Self hatred is worse than other people hating you. Monday night, I sit and watch t.v. all night. I HATE t.v. I hate sitting and doing nothing. I am numb and don't even care anymore, because, I am weak after all. I am a fucking weakling. I can't even go on a diet and lose weight without help. I am weak person. That is all that goes through my mind.

I start to ponder why I am feeling like this. Why I said that? I think of possibilities of why I might have said what I said.

Did I say it to make him look better than me?

Did I say it because I KNEW he would say something to that affect, so I wanted to say it first, so I wouldn't get mad at him for saying it?

Did I say it because it is true?????( this is the one that really had me feeling the worst. Is it true that is really is the easy way out and I have convinced myself that it is not the easy way out?????)

Then I think about what he said to me...about why he could do it on his own because he was raised by dad.....what the fuck???? That is the stupidest thing I think I have ever heard. What a self righteous fucker!!! Fuck that and fuck him. If he thinks he is STRONGER because of that then fuck him. He has NO fucking idea what is feels like to diet when you are fucking 11 years old!!!!!! I have been dieting since 1981, and I am NOT going to let him or anyone else make me feel like this anymore.

So the story goes on....

Even though I know all of this Tuesday comes and I still am feeling pretty weak. I am not the same person and don't have the same thoughts. I call the clinic to see if I can get in sooner than Sept. 10. School starts again on the 28th and I want to have some restriction before I go into long days and nights of studying and winter is coming. The nurse says "what do you need to come in for"...I thought I was going to fly throught the phone and rip her heart out......WHAT IN THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I NEED TO COME IN FOR???????????? God, I was self pay and have a years worth of fills, I will come in whenever the hell I want too!!!! Jessssuuuuuuuusss people, I am on a hormonal rage here.....

Dh comes home from work on Tuesday night and I am sleeping away my pain in the lazy boy and he says, "get your ass up now and lets go for a ride"....well, that pissed me off too...but I got up and then STARTED TO JUST SOB.....I CRIED AND CRIED AND we talked about all of it over and over again and he made me see that I am not weak. I am NOT weak. I am a strong person and a weak person would of continued on doing what I was doing and eating myself into oblivion and not cared about what was happening. He made me realize that I was not the weak one, but he(brother) was for having to make excuses for why he could do it on his own and I couldn't. And not that I don't want my brother to keep his weight off, because I do, I do love him, but I know all too well, how no carbing it is. It can only last so long, and then as soon as you start eating carbs, it all goes to hell....

So, that is what has been happening in my world, and today I woke up and felt like a brand new person. I am me, and I am NOT weak!!!!

[jcgrove29 0]

D, first of all WELCOME BACK WE MISSED YOU!! You are not weak, I think I can help you understand where your brother is coming from, guys deal in weak and strong, we are almost always in competion with each other and are taught at a young age that we are SUPPOSED to be stronger than any woman alive! The lucky ones figure out this is bullshit, but it is instilled in our brains. Part two he has no idea what kind of struggle this band is so he can't really comprehend.

I think you said what you did in order to diffuse a situation, you were probably also hoping deep down inside that he would have enough compassion to not agree with you. He just has no way of knowing that this thing is a true honest to God struggle.

So in order to get back at him on a level he will understand, you should, the next time you speak to him, make him aware that you now possess own and have a F-ing tool that he does not and that he cannot even borrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome back! I mean it!

JC

[areellady 1]

Oh god, JC, thank you!!!!! That was so great!!! You are great in more ways than one!!

[babygrl1234 6]

Maybe you said that to make him feel better. It doesn't make you weak, just compassionate. Besides don't like 95% of diets fail after like 5 years? I don't feel weak for having the surgery I feel smart. I don't want to put forth all this effort to lose weight if I am just going to gain it all back again. The band is my insurance policy. You are a strong amazing woman. Don't let anyone make you feel like anything less.

Because if they do I will dig a pit in my basement and make it put the lotion in the basket.