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I didn't expect to lose 10 lbs at this point, but to see myself having GAINED 3lbs was disheartening.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
I'm not really looking at biking as a way to necessarily lose weight, I just expect it to be a side effect...I mean, if I can maintain my weight doing nothing I should be able to lose weight by actually getting off my butt, right? :)
And I certainly hope I change shape! Things are going south fast and I need some moving back northwards! LOL
I have an old Polar with the chest band but of course the watch part has died. I need to open it up and see if I can replace the battery. I know the band still transmits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Thanks to everyone for your replies. I was really in a funk when I wrote that this morning. I went out and rode 12 miles afterwards :D It made me feel a lot better.
You haven't gained 3 lbs of muscle from riding 80 miles over 10 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heifzilla
If you have not been eating more (or drinking more liquids with calories), then it's probably just a natural 3 pound fluctuation in water weight, which is common.
Stick with plain water when not riding, and keep up the good work. Losing 1 to 3 pounds a month is actually a healthy rate.
You simply have not ridden enough yet or burned enough calories to either lose fat or gain muscle. Perhaps in a few more weeks you'll notice something if you don't take in more calories to compensate.
But make sure you do take in calories and fluids when you are biking- to fuel your efforts and avoid feeling ill.
But you HAVE ridden enough already to start making a tiny difference in your health! :) Your respiratory/heart system is likely already making little changes, and your muscles are just waking up and blinking and saying "Hey, what the heck is going on here?" :D
It's a lifestyle change.
Let's all go grab our scales, throw em in our backpacks, get on our bikes, ride to the hilliest highest hill in town, you know the one... the one with the cliff on the other side? And CHUCK them babies right over the side.
(I know.
It's littering. But you get the picture.)
Take 'em to the dump and chuck em over that edge :) Here in Delaware, the dump is one of the highest hills in town- really.Quote:
Originally Posted by indigoiis
+100!Quote:
Originally Posted by indigoiis
Heifzilla, I know your pain. :)
I too am riding daily and for awhile the scale was going UP. :mad: Then I whipped out the measuring tape and noticed that I'm losing inches. My legs are really tones, my waist is shrinking, and I just feel great. :)
Several years ago when I was taking aerobics as an elective in college, our instructor said that weight gain during exercise could be attributed to the manufacturing of more red blood cells to keep up with the body's need for more oxygen being transported to the tissues. I noticed the day after aerobics I weighed more. A day or more after that my weight dropped.
Please don't get discouraged. (((Heifzilla))) Our bodies are amazing machines that know how to build and repair for the demands we place on it.
Wanted to add to what Mimi the Wise stated.....I lose weight when I gear my rides for 90 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
I'm just going to try to stay off the scale for a few weeks and see where I am. I look at it this way, if I am doing physical activity every day, and not eating like a sow, I *have* to lose something: either weight or inches. Right? Right??
:eek:
Thanks for all the encouragement :)
Yeah, don't weigh and toss it over the cliff, lol. :D
No cliffs here in the flatlands, but I do have several lakes I pass by every day :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sundial
Am at work and having my break, although not sure I should be on the internet but what the heck. :rolleyes:
I so love coming on TE, you guys are always such an inspiration, I can so understand how Heifzilla is feeling, that sort of thing happens to me.
Then you guys all take the time to write so much, I think you are all a great bunch.
Anyway Heifzilla, I wish you all the best, keep riding. :D
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Zilla you really need to be drinking a LOT of water now that you are exercising on a pretty regular basis. Over half the time we eat when we are really thirsty. For someone who doesn't exercise dieticians recommend at least a 2 liters of water (plain ole water, no carbonated stuff) per day. If you exercise even more. Go to the kitchen and put two liters in a pitcher and make sure it's gone at the end of each day. It will make you feel so much better in the long run and you body will thank you for it with all the new stresses you are giving it now. Don't get discouraged, it will happen.:)
What you really need to lose is the scale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heifzilla
Go ride your bike, have fun, go far, discover new places, in your town and within yourself.
You'll be healthier, physically and mentally, promised.