"over 40"...show of hands?

[pardes]

Thanks LBTC.

I'd be a lot happier if biking worked magic on my baggy stomach like it did on the rest of me. I have horror fantasies of becoming a mere 100 pounds and still looking like I'm 13 months pregnant.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'd be a lot happier if biking worked magic on my baggy stomach like it did on the rest of me. I have horror fantasies of becoming a mere 100 pounds and still looking like I'm 13 months pregnant.

Great story, Pardes.

Hey don't count on actually losing a lot of weight. But the weight you have will get redistributed and you'll have a much cuter shape. At least this has been my experience.

[pardes]

I did not have a cute shape even when I had a cute shape. I resemble the measurements of a fire hydrant.

However, the shape I am is soooooo much happier.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Ok, here is my shape before starting biking and fitness walking:

(notice the choice of dress which covered up various rolls of fat)

And here is my shape after biking for 3 years:


You may not believe this, but there is actually a difference of ONLY TEN POUNDS less between the two pictures! I do know I have plenty of muscle now where I only had fat before. Nobody better mess with me.

[pardes]

Lisa, you are cute as a button! Thanks for implanting another image of you that doesn't involve blue headdresses and swirls on a body suit. I do love that photo as well but the variety of these photos adds spice and no one should miss your feisty brilliant expression.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, you are cute as a button! Thanks for implanting another image of you that doesn't involve blue headdresses and swirls on a body suit. I do love that photo as well but the variety of these photos adds spice and no one should miss your feisty brilliant expression.

Gee thanks!
But I guarantee that if you keep biking regularly you will really like the changes in your body shape over the next few years.

Hey fire hydrants can be damn cute!

[TsPoet]

Hey fire hydrants can be damn cute!

I'm over 40, (20-22, to be exact) and not posting a picture of myself, but here's one of a fire hydrant

[featuretile]

Bleeker Street Girl,
I just looked at your post with the before and after pictures. I had been wondering how I could look so much better than before and only have lost 10 lbs. I have only been riding for one year, so three might make even more difference. And for this thread - I am 57. Most of the people I ride with at my local bike club are in their early 60's, and I am now just starting to be able to keep up with them. On Saturday, I rode 49 miles! If you want to see a video clip of this ride, look at this UTube below. the ride is from north of Monterey to Pebble Beach Golf Course along 17 Mile Dr. in CA (where we had one day of sun between all this rain). My husband has started riding around with a camera in a rig that he made that rests on his chest - looks like suspenders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpeUfI6WrM

[lauraelmore1033]

Hmmm, I've managed to miss this thread for quite a while. I'm 46, about to turn 47 in may. funny, I was just thinking about cycling and aging... I was pleasantly surprised to find yesterday on a club ride, that my fitness level had improved so much that, I had gotten to be faster up the hills than a woman who was pretty consistently kicking my butt on those same hills last year. I thought we were the same age, but turns out, she's 75! I think I wanna be her when I grow up! It's good motivation to keep at it!