Originally Posted by
The Historian
Congratulations on the weight loss.
My anniversary is December 21, 2005, when I was hospitalized with a suspected heart attack. It was a false alarm, thank God. But it was the last straw. Laying in the cardiac ward, having blood drawn every two hours - this was my future unless I decided to change it. I was 400 pounds, give or take a few. I've made changes, and continue to make changes, to my lifestyle. I was down more than 150 pounds, although I've put some back on.
My cycling anniversary is December 24, 2006. I took my first bike ride, never having learned as a child. One mile, one crash when a mailbox jumped in front of me ( PA doesn't have a leash law for mailboxes), and my first crisis in cycling - the chain came off and I thought I'd wrecked the bike. Good times!
That is an incredible achievement! Congrats to you!
Luckily I had ridden a bike a lot until I turned 16, and the magic of the automobile pulled me away from bikes. I didn't have to learn to ride, and I already knew to look out for the unleashed mailboxes.
