Weight Loss: Post Your Before and After Pics Here!
09-17-08, 03:05 PM
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I went about a year drinking soda maybe once every couple weeks and what helped me was these packets you can buy. Crystal light makes their own version, but of course they are more expensive and do not taste any better. I was buying mine from Walmart, they are about 1.69 for a box of 10 packets, each making 16 oz so for 1.69 you get 1.25 gallons of a tasty drink. Each package has 0 calories, so obviously no sugar either. Being a convenient size made them perfect for the gym and on the road.
09-17-08, 09:21 PM
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Yeah, I sure do.....
I have enough extra skin to do a credible "Flying Squirrel" imitation.
I have enough extra skin to do a credible "Flying Squirrel" imitation.
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
09-17-08, 09:45 PM
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Awesome jobs guys. I started Commuting more faithfully Back in July 2007. I got sick of the price for gas. I was about 230lbs the Heaviest I have ever been. Even some of my karate students were saying that I was getting bigger and not in a good way. By November I was around 215lbs I Just weighed in Fully clothed not too long ago and was around 217 But I am around 210 atm. Now If only I could get down to 190 that is my ideal fighting weight.
09-18-08, 07:23 AM
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When I'm done I expect to be a excess skin mess, surely, but it's worth it. It gets better over time, definitely.
09-19-08, 06:37 PM
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Been a while since i posted here...
This is from 2005, just after I started riding:
And today, trying on my new running gear:
I've lost about 46kg, still have about 10 left to go but I'm getting there :-)
This is from 2005, just after I started riding:
And today, trying on my new running gear:
I've lost about 46kg, still have about 10 left to go but I'm getting there :-)
09-19-08, 07:05 PM
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I got on the scale this morning and am down to 168. 37 pounds gone 
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09-19-08, 07:18 PM
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You gonna eat that?
I previously lost 70 lb. (240 to 170) in 6 months on the South Beach Diet (back in 2005). I'm 6'-2". Here are my before and afters:
Unfortunately, I gained most of the weight back. But I restarted South Beach at the end of July and although it's been interrupted a few times, the weight loss is starting to kick in.
Ah. Here's my new "before" picture. This is me in July. I started bicycle commuting in February, but in June and July I had an extended business trip and then went on vacation. When I got back (a few days after this pic) was at 221.
I lost back to 204, but then I had another 2-week business trip with no bicycle and too much restaurant food (although I did run up the stairs to the 7th floor in the hotel every day). As of my Saturday morning weigh-in, I'm at 203, which is a lot better than I feared.
Unfortunately, I gained most of the weight back. But I restarted South Beach at the end of July and although it's been interrupted a few times, the weight loss is starting to kick in.
Ah. Here's my new "before" picture. This is me in July. I started bicycle commuting in February, but in June and July I had an extended business trip and then went on vacation. When I got back (a few days after this pic) was at 221.
I lost back to 204, but then I had another 2-week business trip with no bicycle and too much restaurant food (although I did run up the stairs to the 7th floor in the hotel every day). As of my Saturday morning weigh-in, I'm at 203, which is a lot better than I feared.
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09-19-08, 07:51 PM
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Awesome posts - and progess pictures!! wow! OK - this is humbling I figured I woudl post my work in progress pictures. I am by no means at my goal. I have lost about 34 pounds and have....about 40-50 pounds to go...but do feel great now - and well- slow and steady.
Tomorrow is Ride 44 - Beautiful Back Roads Century - I am riding the Metric Century Thanks to all of you for all your help and support! I think the Bike Forum has definitely been a factor in my perseverance - THANK YOU THANK TOU THANK YOU! Keep Riding!
Below is a picture from Ride 1 6/1/08
Here's a more recent picture from ride 32 8/24/08
6 1 08 Silver Comet - Ride 1 Sue.JPG
8 24 WIP.JPG
Tomorrow is Ride 44 - Beautiful Back Roads Century - I am riding the Metric Century
Thanks to all of you for all your help and support! I think the Bike Forum has definitely been a factor in my perseverance - THANK YOU THANK TOU THANK YOU! Keep Riding!Below is a picture from Ride 1 6/1/08
Here's a more recent picture from ride 32 8/24/08
6 1 08 Silver Comet - Ride 1 Sue.JPG
8 24 WIP.JPG
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09-19-08, 08:10 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Lookin' good, Miss b!
03-04-09, 07:22 PM
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Me at 199, wearing a size L sweatshirt
and one of my befores
Here, I'm about 480.........
and one of my befores
Here, I'm about 480.........
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
03-04-09, 08:13 PM
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Right now I'm up to about 100kg again
winter weight 
, but now that I have the trainer..... Hopefully I can do better this year, and get there myself.
03-04-09, 11:22 PM
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Awesome posts - and progess pictures!! wow! OK - this is humbling I figured I woudl post my work in progress pictures. I am by no means at my goal. I have lost about 34 pounds and have....about 40-50 pounds to go...but do feel great now - and well- slow and steady.
Tomorrow is Ride 44 - Beautiful Back Roads Century - I am riding the Metric Century Thanks to all of you for all your help and support! I think the Bike Forum has definitely been a factor in my perseverance - THANK YOU THANK TOU THANK YOU! Keep Riding!
Below is a picture from Ride 1 6/1/08
Here's a more recent picture from ride 32 8/24/08
Tomorrow is Ride 44 - Beautiful Back Roads Century - I am riding the Metric Century
Thanks to all of you for all your help and support! I think the Bike Forum has definitely been a factor in my perseverance - THANK YOU THANK TOU THANK YOU! Keep Riding!Below is a picture from Ride 1 6/1/08
Here's a more recent picture from ride 32 8/24/08
And here's me last weekend...
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03-04-09, 11:41 PM
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Bravo everyone!!!
Miss B - Good work! it seems like just yesterday i remember when you started posting! BRAVO!
Tom - As usual an inspiration!
Crap! i hate that i backslided! back to it!
Miss B - Good work! it seems like just yesterday i remember when you started posting! BRAVO!
Tom - As usual an inspiration!
Crap! i hate that i backslided! back to it!
03-05-09, 12:01 AM
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https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...1&postcount=58
Cyclokitty made me a real snazzy one on New Years Eve, when I officially hi emeritus, although I'm always going to be a Clyde, based on height.
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
03-05-09, 06:20 PM
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Wow! i'm impressed. Way to go Tom. Missbumble, looking good.
03-05-09, 10:17 PM
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Look in the collection of Emeriti thread....
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...1&postcount=58
Cyclokitty made me a real snazzy one on New Years Eve, when I officially hi emeritus, although I'm always going to be a Clyde, based on height.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...1&postcount=58
Cyclokitty made me a real snazzy one on New Years Eve, when I officially hi emeritus, although I'm always going to be a Clyde, based on height.
03-05-09, 10:54 PM
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So what is the total weight lost now, I know you were at a little over 2 normal sized adult males (okay 1½ American adult males), just wondering what the final numbers are now that you have passed into "normal" category. If you were to get that flying squirrel suit removed, you would probably be about 175, almost skinny whinny category.....
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
, and hats off to you (need an emoticon of removing a hat)....
03-07-09, 04:01 PM
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Damn! All of you are inspiring. I've lost 40 of the 50 or so that I'd like to lose. What's ten or fifteen pounds when some of you have lost so much.
03-07-09, 05:13 PM
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My entry in this category:
Me at 400 pounds, looking up information in Chess Personalia. John G. White Collection, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2005. Photograph by Dr. John Hilbert. I remember that trip - I needed to stop walking and rest midway back to the hotel. The hotel was three blocks from the library. BTW, the 'halo' effect of the lights was an accident - John didn't try to make me appear more saintly than I am.
Me at 250 something, Washington DC, August 2008. Nine days before I was in Pittsburgh, PA. I rode every day in between, for a total of 380 miles. Sorry I don't look more enthusiastic for a fellow who was celebrating the best moment of his life, but I was tired. You can tell from how I'm grabbing the milepost marker on the C & O Canal that I really wanted this success.
