[QUOTE=aham23]Thanks Greg200, but it looks like you still got the lead!

No its still neck and neck brother...You've lost 33 pounds since January and I have lost 34 pounds. I think we both derserve a GOLD star:D

great job guys

Wow, I had to Rehash this thread LOL, If you are reading this and are thinking about get healthier or loose weight, look at this.......This above post was on 9-23-04

4/28/06

Weight 182
Resting heart rate 55
BLood Pressure 108/60


July 04 was 222
April 06 182

40 pounds just riding and picking better foods.

Just do it.

Training Routine
 

I am excited and encouraged by all the postings in this thread. However, can anyone comment on how to get started and what type of routine would be appropriate for an old spoke like me, 49 years old, male, 5-10, 205 pounds. I was heavy into road bikes 25-30 years ago (course I weighted 150 pounds then) and I am getting back in the swing of riding. I am working out 3 times a week for 15 to 22 miles. Any advice as to what training routine would be appropriate and effective.

keep doin the same. Watch the food intake as well. No suger, 1500 good calories a day if ya wanna drop weight, 100 ounces minimum per day of water. Ride, Ride, Ride. Try to keep 60/20/20 caloric ratio. 60% Carbs, 20 fat, 20 protein.

Sounds almost like me, except I'm a few years younger. When I started to get back into cycling in January, I could hardly ride 15 or 20 minutes on the trainer and 15 minutes of lap swimming was my max. It took about 5 weeks for my body to acclimate to the new "routine" and for my metabolism to start swinging around. Just stick with it and try to increase your time on the bike every week. Then throw in some interval training once a week. It doesn't have to be anything crazy - I started with 30 seconds "on" and something like 2 minutes "recovery" and only did that three times. It doesn't sound like much but it really helps. Watching your calories will be pretty vital and I found fitday.com to be a very useful tool for that. Unfortunately, even with tracking calories, I had some weak moments and ate things I shouldn't have or ate too much "good" food. If you stick with it, I'm sure you'll make excellent progress. Just remember to set realistic goals because, as my Ukrainian fitness guru says, "it takes time to grow a strong tree."

Good luck!!!

GG

I'm starting today at 286 pounds(6'4"). My goal is to break 250 by August 1.

I've got a long way to go! :eek:

Another week and another 3 lbs gone. I really have no idea where it is going?? I am under 200 lbs for the first time since high school and couldnt be happier. Now, if I could just find time to ride this week!!! Later.


1/3 236
1/10 232
1/17 233
1/24 229
1/31 225.5
2/6 226
2/14 223
2/20 218
2/28 217
3/7 216.5
3/13 214
3/20 213
3/28 210.5
4/4 207.5
4/11 206
4/18 203.4
4/25 201.4
5/2 198.4

I've went from 205lbs in Dec. 05 to 187lbs in April 06.

Once my arm heals I'm shooting for 175-180lbs by mid summer.

Just ride Ft DeStoto 5X a week.

Very doable weight loss, just focus on the weight, not the date. It takes a long time to pick up the pounds, allow yourself time to lose it. Don't let plateaus where you aren't losing depress you, keep riding.

4/23/06 - 230
5/06/06 - 229

It's still coming off, hoping for 199 by the end of the year.:)

Starting the journey
 

Hi There!

I'm looking for tips and advice on losing a few pounds.

Since the end of last summer and xmas i seemed to have picked-up 15 pounds, now my goal is to lose 10 of them.

I currently ride about every other day trying to get in at least one 30+km ride per week, I do a little bit of weights but not much.

Any other advice?

First of all, congratulations to all the success stories here. But I would like also to gloat about myself for a moment (something I rarely do).

I find myself almost exactly 14 months after beginning a weight loss/excercise/spritual enrichment program. I got on the scale this morning and weighed 185 pounds. I have also lost 185 pounds. I am officially half the man I used to be! I have been so happy Ican't hardly stand myself! Fourteen months age I weighed 370 pounds, had raging diabetes (sugars in the 200 to 400 range all the time) Kidneys beginning to deteriorate, blurred vision, numb hands and feet, no energy whatsoever, constant chest pains and an irregular heartbeat. I had no desire to do anything, and had nearly alienated my family due to my lack of energy and irritability brought on by my obesity. I honestly could not see myself living another 5 years. My typical meals were enough to feed 4 normal people. One day before going to work I was dizzy, having terrible chest pains (worse than usual) and my heart was skipping beats. I seriously thought I was getting ready to have a heart attack, but foolishly did nothing other than hide it. I went to work that night and got feeling slightly better. I kept thinking how crazy it was to live like this. I have a wife and an 8 year old boy I have to provide for and be a father/husband to. I thought what would happen to them when I died (which I felt to be soon). All because of of putting bad/excess quantities of food in my mouth.

I don't want to get preachy and offend anyone, but I was a devout non-believer in a higher power. I came home that night and was so desperate that I got on my knees and prayed to God (not that I believed in Him, but I was out of options). I asked to receive his help so that I could not make my wife and child fatherless/husbandless due to my excessive eating. I told Him that if He would show me the way to get out of the hole I was in, that I would give my life and soul to Him. The very next day I began to eat more healthy and actually made it through the day. I began to find healthier alternatives to eat and drink, began riding my bicycle again. I now have become half my former weight, ride between 100 and 200 miles weekly, am on no medicine otjher than an allergy pill, completely reversed my diabetes, am in better health than I can ever remember, and am a true believer in God and Jesus Christ. It is all thanks to God and bicycling that I have turned my life around from a certain early grave. I have done it completely naturally with no surgery, drugs or any of that stuff. My eating habits are completely changed, eating regular foods (no gimmicky foods of any kind). I feel I am prepared to keep this weight off the rest of my life. It is possible. I am living proof. Thanks very much for listening.

Frankie,

Awesome story. Awesome!

Thanks for sharing that with me.


Today I rode 21.5 miles, nice to get outside, in the past 7 days I've done 55 miles.

I was going to ride 38 miles for my 38th birthday, but commitments kept me from riding that far. Today I rode 44 miles instead. This is the farthest I've ever ridden in 1 stretch. I hope to do the Tour d'Organics August 20th. 6 months ago I couldn't concieve of a time I might be planning a century. I am healthier and have more energy than I've been in 10 years or more. Now aiming at 200 lbs....ride on.

05/02 286
05/09 284

Only had 3 rides (10, 20.5, 35.5) due rain and butt soreness! But I got 66 miles in.

The riding is really helping me keep in the weight loss game. Down to 195.8 lbs this week. Later.

Down to 173 lbs. The weight is really coming off very slowly now, but it's still forward progress and that's all that counts. Keep up the good work everyone!

GG

I'm jumping into this as I've become inspired from this thread!

I started commuting by bike recently to get in better shape and of course escape the 3.00+ dollars at the pump. The final straw was when the scale hit 210. I'm 5'11 so this isn't a good thing.

Stats as of 5/9/06

Weight: 210 lbs

Pulse: 70 bpm

bp: 141/86

The above stats are not horrid but they are bad enough especially since i'm a living donor and after donating a kidney, I'm down to one. High BP is the most harmful thing to my remaining kidney so I have to get this under control... pronto!

Here we go.

My Plan is to ride more and add some weight training as well as just clean up my diet a little more. I need to drop 30 lbs. I think this is the biggest challenge of my life and seriously my life probably depends on it.

Any suggestions would be helpful and I'll check in daily to offer and get support. lol. Thanks all.

Down to 229, 50 pounds lost, and fastest commute home ever yesterday. Lighter, faster, happier, and burning fat off! Ride On!

05/02 286 Start
05/09 284 66 miles

05/16 282

73 miles this week and I think my butt is almost acclimated! :)

May update
 

Recently hit my lowest weight to date. 199lbs. Hovering at 200lbs. So, 20lbs to go to hit the next target weight. Its been a struggle to get below, and remain below 200lbs. This last 20 is stubborn!

Hey Zin, Great pic and Great Job. Your story is awesome.

My weekly weigh-in was 193.6. That is crazy low and almost 3 more pounds lost this past week and over 40 total. My riding and workouts have halted this week due to various crappy weather issues and family stuff, but I still chugging along. Later.

Good job, Zin. Congrats on leaving the clydesdale club. I'll be watching the thread and cheering you on.