Overweight issues

[mmelindas]

Hey Shasta!

I am now on your same blog!
My blog = http://losing-half-of-myself.blogspot.com/

Everybody, you can go there and see my new bike and my hubby and me up close!!

Hope you don't go blind! Hahahahaaaaa

[uforgot]

Love the bike! You are going to have soooo much fun on that. Way better than exercising to videotapes inside. I've always had the "weight" thing going on. I lost 56 pounds about 8 years ago and have managed to keep that off. I'd still like to lose 20 more, so count me in! I did a 15 mile ride on gravel roads yesterday, probably 30 miles if you count the unexpected hills. (One of my students drew the route, but forgot to tell me about the hills, I let him know about it today...he just laughed) Anyway, I felt great afterwards. (Notice I said "after" not during...) And you know what the great thing about biking is? You can't quit! After I had ridden out about 8 miles, I KNEW I had to ride back, or call someone to come get me, and THAT wasn't happening!

[shasta]

I added you to my links from my blog. I say let's go for it!

I broke down and got myself a mountain bike today. Just couldn't stand it anymore!

Shasta

[mmelindas]

Well, we WANT PICTURES!!!! Tell us all about your new mtn bike!!! yeeeeeeeehaaaaah !!!!

[carimail]

I'm working on my weight, too. I could stand to lose about 40 - 50 lbs. I did complete the Cinderella on Saturday on my bike, though - that's 65 miles and it was through some killer winds and some rain and a few good hills, so, despite my weight, I must still be fairly fit?!

I love my bike. I never ever thought I'd ride a road bike ("those skinny tires will kill me!"), but now when I ride it, I don't even feel the extra weight - I'm as light as a feather! It's almost as if it just propels itself. I know it will be the ticket to good health if I stick to it.

My tips (as scary as they seem): clipless pedals and bike shorts!!

[CyclaSutra]

Just making the point here that being healthy and fit is MORE important than the number on the scale ... I have one of those Tanita scales and I try to focus more on the body fat percentage number than the weight number.

I know that to get my large-boned frame back to a size 8/10, I'd have to lose 30 pounds. But I'm hanging in there at a size 14, body fat fluctuating 25-30 percent summer-winter, and I can keep my butt in the bike saddle for 10 hours. Last summer, I got up to averaging more than 15 mph during a relatively flat ride without drafting anyone. So although I'd like to look better in a bikini, I know that being active is just as important to my health as being "skinny."

Last year was my first year on a road bike, and I trained for a double. My event got snowed on, so I dropped out, but that didn't dull the sense of accomplishment I got out of the hilly 100-somethings I rode. I did get a little bored and lonely training by myself all summer, so my goal this year is to finish that damned double AND ride my mountain bike two days a week and have FUN! The mountain bike days, I'm not worried about heart rate or speed, but about enjoying myself.

I know sometimes it's frustrating to ride with the fast girls and get dropped. But I look at it this way: my effort is 100 times better than the 90 percent of people who don't get off the couch!

As one of my mountain biking friends says on a hard hill, get in that little gear and "Granny on!"

[mmelindas]

"[/QUOTE]I know sometimes it's frustrating to ride with the fast girls and get dropped. But I look at it this way: my effort is 100 times better than the 90 percent of people who don't get off the couch!

As one of my mountain biking friends says on a hard hill, get in that little gear and "Granny on!"[/QUOTE]

I LOVE THAT "GRANNY ON" STUFF! I am a grandma although I seldom admit it! I think all us "Cyclin' grannies" should band together!!

I love your philosophy about those who never get off the couch -- that used to be ME!!!

[Robbin_G]

.....and I can keep my butt in the bike saddle for 10 hours.

I'm not exactly tiny, but there are some bigger girls that can kick my *** on a bike. I'd love to drop 30lbs myself