Please Help! Overweight/Underweight

[DarkEros07]

Hey Everyone!

Thanks! I have a bum ankle so walking and running which I LOVE to run, I can't do anymore. In 2004 I fell down a flight of stairs and broke my ankle and my Mother in law and father in law who are divorced both would NOT let me go to the hospital even tho I had the money to get it x rayed and fixed but they still wouldn't let me. I was 17 and legally an emancipated minor but they didn't care so in 2005 I got tendonitis in it and they did an x ray and found the old break. anyways. so now i am stuck with bikeing not that i dont love it just wish there was more i could do. anyways.

I have thought about using a trailer. My nephew will be 4 at the end of this month. He is small for his age tho. The reason I don't want to go with a trailer is because I don't want to have to carry around the extra weight. I will probly just hook it up to my husbands.

He doesn't want to ride anything but a road bike. We've tried a comfort bike but it just didn't work. since he can't straighten out his elbow. i want to sue the doctor for doing this to him but that would just take too long. He now has to have surgery to get his whole elbow replaced because of it. I'm out of ideas as to what to do for it. Anyways.

I found a couple of cheaper bikes that I am looking at and there may be a cheap road bike here in town that I can atleast get now. I have to have a schedual or I WONT do it. It has to be a set plan. Like I ride Saturday Monday Wed or something like that ya know? I don't have many days for options. Anyways.

Does anyone know about those things you hook to your bike so you can use it inside? Because I am NOT riding in the snow! lol. Michigan...Snow...BAD CRASH! anyways. thanks everyone!

-Kristen-

-Kristen-

[jcorbiser]

Trainers are great for those days when weather limits us to the indoors. They are easy to hook your bike up to and you can ride as long as you want with out getting frost bite!

I would start out riding every other day for the first several weeks, slowly building your mileage up. The first few days will tell you if you are doing too much and need more recovery time. My motto is slow and steady. Frankly, just riding period is great exercise! Good luck!

[KnottedYet]

Believe it or not, putting the kiddo in a trailer is LESS work for you than having him in a bike seat behind you.

In a trailer his weight is managed by the wheels of the trailer. In a bike seat on the back of your bike, his weight is managed by you.

(imagine the difference between carrying a suitcase and pulling it behind you on wheels)

Being in a trailer is also safer for him than being on the back of your bike.

Be sure he wears a helmet!

[fastdogs]

I agree with everyone about the trailer- it's amazing how little drag you feel with it, you don't even know it's back there. My boy can sit in there with a sippy cup and a couple of toys and either play or watch the scenery.
About three months ago I got sick of getting fatter and fatter every day and ordered nutrisystem. I've lost 30 pounds in three months- many more to go but at least I'm going in the right direction! About three weeks ago I got a folding bike, and have been riding every day ever since. I keep it in my car and ride every day at lunch, riding hills for about 45 minutes. On the weekend I go to the park and try to ride 6-10 miles. I'm addicted and it's great exercise. I started on the elliptical three months ago, but since I've been riding the bike the elliptical doesn't get much work. I'm sure once winter sets in, though, it will see more action.
Get a bike that fits you and is comfortable, no matter what kind, so that it's fun to ride. I see bike trailers on craigslist now and then, and yard sales have them really cheap sometimes.
good luck!
vickie