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Originally Posted by alexamenos
I'm in....
I'm in pretty bad shape after a decade or so of doing little more than riding around in a golf cart and drinking beer. I got up to close to 220 (5' 11"), but worse than the weight was not being able to catch my breath after the labor of opening a beer can.
I bought a mountain bike about a month and half ago and have been hitting lot's of trails around Dallas. I've already lost close to 15 pounds, half of which is probably skin that I've lost in crashes. Weighed in yesterday morning....
7/11 -- 205
Hoping to get down under 190.
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biking is where its at, for me
i bike to work in the daylight savings months... and it has worked wonders. i am now at teh point that i need to SPRINT (on my bike) for the 14ish miles in order to feel like a get a real work out
the first time i biked i only went the 3ish miles to the nearest subway stop. granted, it was mostly up-hill...... but when i got on the train the brakes were a little messed up, and the combination of teh ode du asbestos and my gasping for air from my ride made me feel so sick that i had to jump off the train at the next stop to avoid barfing all over the whole train. I got a cab, went home, and called in sick.
progrss, baby!
fwiw, i am now 6'1 and about 175 lbs... and at 43 you can occasionally believe i might actually have abs if you squint hard enough. that was NOT the case when i started biking!