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#351
Ride it like you stole it
About 4 years ago, only 320 then. Ballooned to 350 pounds over the following year:
Last year on the BF Blue Ridge Parkway Ride (about 210 pounds).
Last year on the BF Blue Ridge Parkway Ride (about 210 pounds).
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Destroyer of Wheels
WOW! That's awesome!
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Old and in the way.
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Just a quick update. I'm not quite gone yet and haven't lost my clyde status yet.
350 last April(picture was taken september 06, but the same weight)
205 today
350 last April(picture was taken september 06, but the same weight)
205 today
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Uff da! You don't even look like the same guy!
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Destroyer of Wheels
Damn that's amazing!
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#361
Ride it like you stole it
When my doctors told me that weight loss would "cure" other symptoms I had I said impossible. Just got my two year blood work back.
Pre weight loss Cholesterol total >400
Today 116 HDL 47 LDL 52
Pre weight loss BP average 135/100
This years average 123/72
Pre weight loss blood sugar average >150
This years average >100
I also had obstructive sleep apnea, and use a CPAP. It started out at 14 and now is down to 6. My doc says I don't really need it anymore but it does make my wife sleep better since it eliminates all snoring. I just don't need to take it with me traveling any more.
Pre weight loss Cholesterol total >400
Today 116 HDL 47 LDL 52
Pre weight loss BP average 135/100
This years average 123/72
Pre weight loss blood sugar average >150
This years average >100
I also had obstructive sleep apnea, and use a CPAP. It started out at 14 and now is down to 6. My doc says I don't really need it anymore but it does make my wife sleep better since it eliminates all snoring. I just don't need to take it with me traveling any more.
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Just looking through the last few pages and wow....Great job to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep up the new LIFESTYLE.
Keep up the new LIFESTYLE.
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When my doctors told me that weight loss would "cure" other symptoms I had I said impossible. Just got my two year blood work back.
Pre weight loss Cholesterol total >400
Today 116 HDL 47 LDL 52
Pre weight loss BP average 135/100
This years average 123/72
Pre weight loss blood sugar average >150
This years average >100
I also had obstructive sleep apnea, and use a CPAP. It started out at 14 and now is down to 6. My doc says I don't really need it anymore but it does make my wife sleep better since it eliminates all snoring. I just don't need to take it with me traveling any more.
Pre weight loss Cholesterol total >400
Today 116 HDL 47 LDL 52
Pre weight loss BP average 135/100
This years average 123/72
Pre weight loss blood sugar average >150
This years average >100
I also had obstructive sleep apnea, and use a CPAP. It started out at 14 and now is down to 6. My doc says I don't really need it anymore but it does make my wife sleep better since it eliminates all snoring. I just don't need to take it with me traveling any more.
BTW how do I get my quads to look like yours? I'm jealous, do you lift weights or is that just from riding?
#364
Ride it like you stole it
I think its a combination of riding and genetics, mostly riding.
I don't do any other sports.
I don't do any other sports.
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You guys are awesome. I wish more people could see this thread (not just BF people). We would have so many more cyclists out there!
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Well, I've got a "before". This is me with my new bike (bought that day!), 5'11" and 230 lbs. last September.
Flattering, no?
Currently, I'm sitting at 219 after a long layoff over the winter. Aiming for 180 or less by Christmas.
Flattering, no?
Currently, I'm sitting at 219 after a long layoff over the winter. Aiming for 180 or less by Christmas.
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The first is me last summer, mid-july, in the 275-280lbs range.
The second is me today, right at 240lbs.
I started counting calories last Thanksgiving and limiting my intake to 1500/day maximum. At the time I wasn't exercising at all. I've leveled out and spent about a month at 240 (been slacking off in eating habits, not trying as hard) but with the spring like weather I've been getting back on the bike some and working on getting the food intake back on track. Goal is to be 200 or less by August.
The second is me today, right at 240lbs.
I started counting calories last Thanksgiving and limiting my intake to 1500/day maximum. At the time I wasn't exercising at all. I've leveled out and spent about a month at 240 (been slacking off in eating habits, not trying as hard) but with the spring like weather I've been getting back on the bike some and working on getting the food intake back on track. Goal is to be 200 or less by August.
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As of today, I lost another 30 or so pounds and am right 277 pounds. The pics above (see page 5 of this post) show me in my size 54 pants. Now the size 48 pants I bought last month are loose and I have to go shopping again.
So much for the new suit I bought last month, now I need another! I wish people would stop dying and getting married (similar to dying) because I can't afford a new wardrobe every month.
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Good job! Look at it this way......every time you have to buy new pants, you're contributing to the economy....and you don't have to spend extra $$ at a big and tall shop anymore
Just an update (because I am excited):
As of today, I lost another 30 or so pounds and am right 277 pounds. The pics above (see page 5 of this post) show me in my size 54 pants. Now the size 48 pants I bought last month are loose and I have to go shopping again.
So much for the new suit I bought last month, now I need another! I wish people would stop dying and getting married (similar ot dying) because I can't afford a new wardrobe every month.
As of today, I lost another 30 or so pounds and am right 277 pounds. The pics above (see page 5 of this post) show me in my size 54 pants. Now the size 48 pants I bought last month are loose and I have to go shopping again.
So much for the new suit I bought last month, now I need another! I wish people would stop dying and getting married (similar ot dying) because I can't afford a new wardrobe every month.
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
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Just an update (because I am excited):
As of today, I lost another 30 or so pounds and am right 277 pounds. The pics above (see page 5 of this post) show me in my size 54 pants. Now the size 48 pants I bought last month are loose and I have to go shopping again.
So much for the new suit I bought last month, now I need another! I wish people would stop dying and getting married (similar to dying) because I can't afford a new wardrobe every month.
As of today, I lost another 30 or so pounds and am right 277 pounds. The pics above (see page 5 of this post) show me in my size 54 pants. Now the size 48 pants I bought last month are loose and I have to go shopping again.
So much for the new suit I bought last month, now I need another! I wish people would stop dying and getting married (similar to dying) because I can't afford a new wardrobe every month.
Seriously, it's a good problem to have. And you can always get the suit altered, provided you haven't lost too many inches.
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That specific reason is why I buy all my clothes at the Men's Wearhouse. They do great alterations for quite reasonable prices, which in the end makes it cheaper to shop there than anywhere else. I've been quite pleased so far, but my favorite suit (in my pic) just got taken in "for the last time" .
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. “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