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I was unaware that context would not be able to provide enough clarity...
I am not a tube for dispensing filth, as I am a person. However I also do not live in the year 1300 and I'm not a servant. I sew things, with a sewing machine, and therefore because I do not own a scale I will use the measurements of my body, as they are located for sewing purposes (waist is not at your belly button, but is the narrowest portion of your torso, or where the crease forms if you bend sideways), to see if commuting is benefiting me physically. |
Usually around 170-175, average build for my 5'10'' frame. My goal is to go down to 160 by this winter to accommodate for wearing some winter clothing (jacket, pants, booties, heavier shoes, gloves, hats, baselayer). I like the weight I am at now, but I think that since I ride with headwind so much here in Chicago, it would be great to lose some weight to be able to still ride the same with extra clothing on.
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156 lb ..
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I think from experience, observing fellow heavier commuters, they tend to flat more if they are over 200 lbs -- and it makes sense. The more weight you put on a bike (especially if one is in an upright position more so than in a race position), the higher the chances of pinch flats, etc., especially going over bumps, uneven roads, railroad crossings, etc.
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6' 1" 205...... hopefully about 15 lbs. more than I'm going to weigh come March. Time to take back a good portion of the fitness that I had prior to becoming a father.
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I have commuted off and on the last 3 years (not so much in winter) started at 371 and currently 320ish.
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Currently 225. Started at 288 on 1/1/2009.
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Prior to obtaining my celerifiere, I was at 198.
As head servant of the table service, I had little time for bike riding. Now I just ride and sew. I'm down to 165. :D |
Bought the Blue Bike and started to commute on December 6, 2010, weighing 217 pounds at 5 ft. 10 in. Have not missed a day since, and currently weigh 178, almost 40 pounds less. Running now, too, since with less weight I can run again. The bike has been a life saver.
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5'11, 188 pounds. Just about to begin commuting, and I'd love to drop down to 175 pounds or thereabouts.
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6'0" and 158.8 lbs last night before bed.
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Originally Posted by JeremyLC
(Post 13256793)
(do note, I wasn't offended by the above, I'm just offering my honest answer)
It's different if you grew up as a fat, pokey, unathletic kid and proceeded into a fat, pokey, unathletic adulthood. You don't really have a basis for comparison - you don't feel "sluggish", you just feel like you have always felt. You have lazy days (too many ;) ) and energetic days. I feel much better now, but until I lost the weight I couldn't comprehend that difference, regardless of how it may have been explained to me. I didn't feel actively "bad", but I do feel better. Further, there's kind of a disconnect in the mirror. You see yourself as fat, sure, but not necessarily as far overweight as you may be. If you'd told me I needed to lose a 100lbs (when I really needed to), I would've been somewhat incredulous. I didn't see myself as having 100lbs I could lose. Some of us just don't (or, didn't) have a good grasp of the numbers until the weight loss actually started. When I look at old photos now I see someone who looks much fatter than what I remember seeing in the mirror when I was that fat. It makes me feel very disconnected from the person I was. It's a very curious feeling, to be sure, but not all bad. Excellent points, all. I grew up as a bookworm and have intermittently exercised over the past 13 or so years. I'd get to 2-3 months and then just let it all slide. Right now I am 5'9 and I weigh 336. I have a long torso, and the weight is distributed well for the amount. I am currently riding 5 miles a day and yes, I do stop and catch my breath in places. But it's only been a month and I already feel stronger. This is not a fly by night affair....I've fallen in love with biking. And since I picked a work that's 2.5 miles from the train, I've made sure I'll keep riding. Slow and steady! |
Good to see a lot of shed pounds. As I acclimate to cycling and become more fit, I assume the weight loss (providing I keep other variables the same) will plateau, and the cycling will help maintain that weight. Perhaps I should carrying more weight to increase the work out.
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6'-0", 170 lbs. right now, down from about 195 lbs. several years ago when I was still working. Practicing yoga nasal breathing now to help extend my ride time and rearrange my weight better with some anaerobic exercise, and it seems to be working.
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240ish now, just shy of and fast approaching 300 when I started commuting. If I could lay off the Fat Tire, I'd probably drop another ten pounds quickly.
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Bought Blue Bike on December 6th of 2010, and have pretty much ignored the car since. I started at 217, and this morning weighed 179. Bike riding has been the start and main cause of that loss of almost 40 pounds, although I am now fit enough to start running again.
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I'm 6'2". I'm usually somewhere between 165 and 170. My "winter weight" is usually 170-175, unless I really cut back on calories. This past winter I averaged 170, but last winter I was a reached a plump 180 by late February. Trying not to let that happen ever again.
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I'm 5'11" and started commuting when I was 398lbs. Lost 40lbs just from riding that first year.
My lowest weight over the commuting years has been 350. I put back on 35lbs after a bout of pneumonia in the winter + the scorcher summer, and have lost back down to 360lbs just this month as my riding has increased. |
Hi All, new to this board.
I'm 5'11", I was 300lbs when I started bike commuting last November, and I am now 260. I ride 12-14 miles (depending on the route I choose) to midtown Manhattan from Queens round trip everyday, rain, shine, or freeze. Ive racked up over 1500 miles with GPS using the SportyPal app on my Android phone since mid February. Bicycle commuting is one of the best decisions I've ever made. Here's to losing the next 40lbs. :D |
Originally Posted by BridgeNotTunnel
(Post 13265469)
Hi All, new to this board.
I'm 5'11", I was 300lbs when I started bike commuting last November, and I am now 260. I ride 12-14 miles (depending on the route I choose) to midtown Manhattan from Queens round trip everyday, rain, shine, or freeze. Ive racked up over 1500 miles with GPS using the SportyPal app on my Android phone since mid February. Bicycle commuting is one of the best decisions I've ever made. Here's to losing the next 40lbs. :D |
6'3" 205.
got up to 250 at some point, even with riding. It is mostly diet. |
Yeah, I'm fairly positive that if I went back on a diet the weight would drop much MUCH faster....
But alas, I love to eat! :( |
198 currently, down from 340.
Yea, not a typo. |
Started out around 246lbs when I began commuting four years ago. Currently 207lbs (and 6' 3") and holding, more or less. No thanks to my employer's formidable stockpile of cookies, crackers and world cheeses my weight could fluctuate a few pounds either way each week depending on my work schedule. Seductive little bastards. Cheese and crackers look so damned tasty after a ride!
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6'0" and 170 lbs. I've been between 165-180 for about 5 years now pretty much regardless of what I'm doing. However, I was about 215 6 years ago when I ate poorly and did very little physical activity.
To the post about heavy people getting pinch flats: Believe it or not I have no found this to necessarily be the case. A lot of heavy folks learn to ease up over railroad tracks, potholes, etc. and don't seem to get more flats IME. Some tiny people ride "hard" and flat all the time on the opposite side. |
I am 5'10". I was about 155 lbs when I started commuting in 2nd year of college and I'm about 152 lbs now 6 years later. I took a few months after school to bike all over North America and ended up around 160 lbs at the end.
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Originally Posted by episodic
(Post 13270740)
198 currently, down from 340.
Yea, not a typo. I achieved my growth early - what there was of it. Topped out at 5'-7" at 14, hit 145lbs in Basic Training and now hover around 140 at the age of 52. I'm car-free for almost 20 years and have practiced Calorie Restriction for more than a decade; my weight isn't going anywhere. |
Probably 115. I'm a guy and around 6' tall.
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Geez, some of you guys are scary light. I'm 5' 6" and 125lbs. Commuting hasn't really helped this so much as offset the ridiculous amount of ice cream/cookies/beer that I consume.
Being really small is quite a problem from the clothes sizing perspective. My waist is about 28" - this means that jeans with a 30 waist will fall right off without a belt. Finding anything smaller is pretty hit-and-miss. T-shirts? Most feel like they were made by cutting a mainsail off of a boat and wrapping it around my torso. So, I typically have to shop around until I find a make/model of shirt that fits well, and buy like 10 of them. Good luck at discount stores like Marshall's - nothing there fits. My goal is to get up to 130lbs, without gaining much fat. I'm also too lazy to go to the gym, so I do calisthenics at home. We'll see how it works out :\ |
I know what you mean. I'm a size 30 and it is difficult to find something that will both fit my waist and my length. a belt usually works but I still have to take time to find something that fits semi well.
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