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Good Luck Ariel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh shhhhhheeeeeshhhhhhhhhhh, that is a good one!!!

I also see two different groups here at LBT. And I see the same as josie does. There are also the in betweeners who execise whenever their favorite show isn' on, or when they have more time, so it ends up being once a week maybe. That is going to get you nowhere in the long run. If exercise is put first over everything else, everything else will fall into place. That is how I see it. At 60, I want to look and feel like I do now at 37, and I believe that if I keep doing what I am doing now, I will look at feel very similar when I am 60!!! Go exercise!!!!

wooo hooo mary, come join us on the bicycle thread!!!

oh god, JC, you must be such a hoot to be around!!!! You will be sleeping at work soon!! J, yeah, I notice if I lean over my handlebars my boobs are jiggling around like there is no tomorrow. Maybe a really good couple of sports bras??? I don't know, I do know that the women I have seen riding have no boobs, so this might be quite the problem eh?

I am glad that I could help. You know, yesterday I told the last of my SILs about my surgery. She told me about a gal she knows who had the surgery and has lost quite a bit of weight. She has not exercised at all!!! I told my SIL that was so stupid. Why spend that much money and have this done to not exercise and have muscle and high metabolism. I could not imagine doing this with just the band. I want to move, our bodies were made to move, not sit and be inactive. The feelings of physical well being are soooo strong in me now that I get out of control grouchy when I don't get in my exercise!! I told my DH the other night, I couldn't believe how much money we have spent on exercise equipment over the past couple of months, before banding, the only thing I wanted to spend money on was eating out!!!!! Lots of eating out!!

Ok, that makes sense. What would your entry level be considered then? Touring? And if its not too personal, does your stomach get in the way when you are biking? I mean when you are down low, are you legs bouncing into your stomach? Does that make sense?

jm, I really wish I could give you a honest answer, but I have no idea how many calories I get a day. I do know that they vary from day to day, but I couldn't even begin to tell you what they are. Like yesterday after my 23 miles on the bike, I ate more that I would have only going 10 miles. Right after surgery I was keeping track of my calories on fitday, but I was getting so little calories that I didn't really see the need to do it anymore and then I just haven't done it again. I have lost well, and I guess I don't want to mess with a good thing. I guess I could try to write it down for a few days and see what the calories are, but I might be scared when I see the numbers!!! I am definitely not one of those people who can live on 600 calories a day, I bet I am up above 1500, but that is only a guess. Sorry!!! You are rockin' that exercise!! Keep up the good work!

JC, good job on the one cup of coffee!!! Way to go!! BG, call them and threaten them with your temper tantrum....that should get your bike fixed FAST!!! I love those long rides out in the country, they are so peaceful and really clear your mind. A car goes by maybe once in any 20 minute time period. DH and I have some of our best conversations out there on the road. I think we are back to getting road bikes again. We really think that they would help. J, dont they have different road bikes. Sport, touring and racing???? What kind do you have?

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WOW, this is just a great great inspirational story!!! I wish more people like you would post and let us all know that it all is ok ten years down the road!!!

Hi all, did the 23 mile run tonite and it was so great. I can go so much faster with these tires, and the ass hurt, but not as long as before. I think I just have to get used to the new seat.

Hi all bikers!!! I am off to do a 23 mile run before dinner, so I will talk to you all laterz. I ended up telling my last SIL today about my band. Now my whole DH family knows. My family doesnt' know still except my mom and dad. But my family doesn't live around me, so I guess that is to be expected. It is kinda weird having everyone know now. Feels like someone is watching me!!!! LOL..

Wednesday Aug 1st a.m. Bowflex strength training p.m. 23 mile bike ride

Hey J, its all good. I know exactly where you were coming from!!! I was coming from the same place!! I am just tired of HAVING to celebrate every stinkin' time I turn around because there is a bday. We have a huge family. My MIL has 13 brothers and sisters. DH has three brothers and they all have kids and we all live in the same town of around 50,000, so we are pretty close. We all live within a mile or two of each other. Now you can see my problem!!! We could be eating out very frequently if I give in to "come out to eat because its my bday" sentiment. I was just a little high wired yesterday because out of the ten phone calls I got about my bday, the first thing was, "where are you going to eat?" Don't take what I say to heart when I am off on a tantrum.....it happens quite often. HP, what size did you order? I thought the bike shorts were stretchy stretchy, so they would fit for awhile. Now I am nervous about ordering some. My LBS only carry up to XL, so I am stuck til I fit in those or try online.

jm, YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! We are all rootin for ya!!!

I have often wondered what skinny people think about too. I know now that I have been banded, that they don't sit and think about things, they go out and do them. That is what I am doing now, instead of sitting home and planning menus of all the food that I want to eat, I am going out and doing all kinds of things that don't involve food at all. I can sometimes go hours and hours without even thinking about food, which in itself is quite amazing!!! I used to get upset if someone called during my mealtime. I didn't want the uncontrollable shoveling of food into my mouth to be interuppted!!!! I also used to get mad when DH would need something for work, that would take out of my eating out budget, which was about four to five times a week. And that was not the lunches that I would go pig out on without anyone knowing about!!! Sitting in my car and shoving in as much food as possible because, who really knows when the next time I would get to eat out would be. I know darn good and well that it would be the next day or at the most two days!!! It really feels good to have some kind of control over this. It must be what skinny people feel when they say, "I haven't eaten for 24 hours, I have been so busy". I used to wonder how a person could just possibly be TOO BUSY to eat!!! I guess maybe I am finding that out!!

oh, and J, I WILL be putting down my foot about eating out for birthdays. It is NOT going to be happening anymore. Noone else in my family needs to shove endless amounts of shit in their mouths any more than I do. Thats the way I see eating out now, is a bunch of people shoving endless amounts of shit into their bodies. It is really rather gross!!!! I mean, just how freakin big can some peoples stomaches be???? I know, I know, I used to be one of those people, but shit, it is just disgusting to me!!!! Just like the other night when we went out to eat with friends, the sheer AMOUNT of food that the guy could put away was just about mind boggling to me at this point. Oh, I think now I need to go to bed!!! I am off rambling about the dumbest stuff!!!

I honestly can say that I have exercised off and on all my life. BUT one thing about it is, if I am exercising I go all out!! I don't just do it here and there and once in awhile. I would do it full blast for months and then just up and quit for no reason other than I could. This time though, I KNOW that I have to move my body to keep this weight coming off. I KNOW that if I quit this time, I am not going to be the strong older person that I am striving to be when I am 80. I want to be one of those people that have little health problems and live by theirselves until finally the family is like, come on mom, lets get you moved into at least an assisted living place. I want to live my life to the fullest. I feel like I have missed out on this whole thing called LIFE because of my fat!!! Like tonight, my DD says, mom, before you had surgery you used to always sit and watch movies with me, now you don't. I don't see this as a bad thing. I move a lot. I don't like to just sit and watch tv anymore. I have more important things to be doing. So to answer your question, I think that I have transferred my food addiction to exercise but not fully. I still fight with the hunger, and there are times when I give in or I can have the will power to say no. I do know this, that I would much rather my DD tell me that I used to watch more movies with her than to tell me that I am drunk all the time. I really think that a person has to have something else to focus on in life when food has been the focus for so long. God, I have a terrible habit of rambling, I hope that i made some sense, at least a little.

oh god, what do you need those things for JC??? And btw, why are you not sleeping? Are you nervous? What is going on with you? You NEED to get some sleep. That is NOT good for you and you are going to get worn down and get sick. I am being the motherly figure right now, and I want you to do something about this situation before you hurt yourself!!!!

okay, so I rode on my new seat and new tires and LOVE IT, LOVE IT , LOVE IT......Did I mention that I love it!!! I am averaging 13.1 now instead of 10.3!!!!!! I am kicking ass and taking names now!!! Watch out all you biker bitches and badasses, I am coming your way!!! God, I love biking!!

Oh god, JC, you are toooo freakin funny!!!! Love the new title!!!....I bet people are gonna think we are nuckin futs!!!!!!!!!!

Okay the August 07 exercise thread is up and running post there from now on!!!

Okay all, I am here to lose at LEAST ten pounds this month and strive for a solid 100 miles a week biking. Of course my hour strength training three days a week too. I can do this!!!!

Last day of July!!! The 31st!! It was my birthday and I still exercised!!! WOOO FREAKIN HOOO!!!! p.m. 17 miles bike riding.