OH Juli

Howdy Marchies! I've got a challenging week coming up, but I've recommitted to getting to the gym and strength training. I did it today and whew. You know they say no one regrets working out once they are finished, and I have to agree. It certainly beats kicking myself for not doing it all day long. It's my final week of the double, excellorated classes. And when I'm finished on Saturday I fly to Cape Cod for a week's vacation. WHEW. Hope this finds everyone happy and well. Congrats GRANDMOMLAMBERT.

Pamela We are flying into Portsmouth NH Saturday morning, renting a car and getting to our room around 1pm. I'm looking forward to taking some time and reading a couple of good books, relaxing, walking, cycling, have a few drinks and of course meeting you guys over coffee!!!!!!! I can't wait to get out town!!!!

JC- Dude, you're killing me. You need three women?! It's been my experience that if you need more than one woman the ones you have aren't worth keeping. I could meet your pace and leave you panting. I'm sure there's a single straight version of me out there just waiting to meet you. .

Maybe a female warewolf...if of course body hair isn't a turn off.

Deanna Holding your tongue was probably the nicest thing you could have done. I would have wanted to smack the lip gloss off her lips! Now DD knows not to drag that brat along, huh? You know the bike dude might have a good idea about the skinnier tires. I have 25's which are about the fattest road tires. I don't know what he'd give you, but it's worth considering. I can say, if you do anything bumpy, you feel every pebble on the road bike. That's cool he's willing to let you test ride one for a good hour. I took my DD out on my old bike with her tag along last night. I NEVER want to ride that bike again...but I don't want to stick her tag along on my lovely new bike! She's going to have to get her own damn bike! But at one point she put her head down on the handle bars and was like, "I'm sooooooooooooo tired!" I thought, I'm pulling your ass! But I can see her on her own bike just hopping off in the middle of the path and causing people to pile up! Missed you D.

JC thinks he still in college. JC- you need a woman.

It's early, she's recovering from camping...I think she might live in mountain time too..D tell us what is your time zone?

Traci- That's wonderful that you're in a new decade...at least that's what I call a new group of tens. WOOT WOOT. You now have less than 100 pounds to lose! That's amazing! sorry to hear about your pup's pup. :eek:

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Well...so many questions!! Where did you have your surgery? I was done at OSU. I've not ridden up by Easton, I've never had reason too, yet. Though I will, I'm sure. I'm just getting a little further afield than my own trail, which is the Olentangy bike path. I can catch it at the end of my street. But I do a Hilliard ride on Tuesdays and this past Saturday I did the famous, "Dutch Country Kitchen" ride in Plain City. Everybody- That's where upwards of 100 cyclists hit there every Saturday for breakfast. It's very flat road riding and you can get belly buster breakfasts. I of course order two eggs and toast.-It is legendary. So much so they sell bicycling jerseys and many folks where them Sat. mornings. There's a great group of cyclist in Columbus with Columbus Outdoor Pursuits. You can find their info on line or at any local bike shop. Okay, can you tell I love biking? I've probably scared you off. But WOO HOO a local, who bikes! I'm so excited.

HOLY CRAP, Do you scuba dive too? You are one insane fella. Boys and their toys......

Sophie, your heading is funny! I tell you, I've got a cracker thing going on too. I really like them more now than before surgery. There's a SNL skit in that...WLS people going nuts for crackers... Good luck getting rid of them.

Hi Debbie, I'm in Columbus! Are you close to the Little Miami Bike Trail? I know it goes all over the place in SW Ohio. I'm really guessing where loveland is...I guess I could look it up! Ha You've gone the most important thing, which is actually getting on the bike. Congratulations! Are you just two weeks out from surgery?! Take it easy on the wipe outs, you don't need to go showing off already. (We tease on this thread too.) Sounds like all is well. Welcome and pose any question you'd like, it doesn't even need to be bike related. Nice to meet 'cha!

JC I'm not afraid of you or your razzing. Bring it on. I'm off to do shopping with a 5 year old. Wish me luck. I need to find that special zen place where everthing is interesting and conversation flits from point A to point D with an occational begging for something...

HP, I don't have many excuses for not going to the gym. We have a new, fancy fitness center that is chuck full of equipment...and it is so close my office shares a wall with it! I can go during my lunch time and right now, during the summer, I can extend my lunch time to more than an hour and hit it hard. Also, no one sees me much so I can work the rest of the day sweaty....I typically don't even change out of my workout clothing. As I type that I'm kicking my own ass. Also, since I've not strength trained the last two weeks I'm noticing my back hurts a bit with all the sitting and biking I do...so I know I just got to do it. Deanna will have Baby Girl, you and JC while I am away. But if I can I'll pop on line, well maybe. I'm going to the beach, biking and reading fiction! We are joking that we're goint to eat a lobster a day. That works with my goals...I don't eat it with butter. JC is just slacking, I mean recovering from having his tummy twisted. Talk about irritable bowel syndrome. Ha ha. Dude I hope you're just chilling.

Jo Thanks for the advice. My GF is not the tattoo type. She's very corperate and doesn't like pain. Doesn't even have her ears pierced. I on the other hand two tattoos, but haven't been all that inclined to get a third in the last 15 years. Actually, when I get plastic surgery to remove the belly skin, my first tattoo on my hip will probably go...I'm not sure how I feel about that, if I'll get it redone or just forget about it....That's something I didn't plan for back when I was 19 and got it! We are staying at a Lesbian B&B.

Yep toe clips allow you to pull up and push down while riding. I'm thinking I need to get a fill too, instead of doing this fill less, truely it's been 2 and a half weeks since I've lost a pound and it has everything to do with the number of calories I can eat. I hope during vacation I don't eat crazy. This week, before we go I'm going to try to keep my food low and work out like JC. I say that but it's finals week for school. I also have a little scrapbook I've got to get done before vacation too. I like to keep busy but this is a little much.

HP WE ARE BOTH PAST OUR GOALS!!!!!!!!! Now if you could just get my ass to go to the gym and strength train, I'd appreciate it.

HP Sorry to hear about your dog's troubles. That makes me sad. I want to take the props for being out in front but the group started with 14 people and at one point more than half decided to do 40, the others to do 25-ish. I was in the lower number group, and there were only 6 of us. But breakfast took longer than I expected and I had to get home to the sitter...or I would have done 40!! But...for the picture, I knew she was going to take a snap shot so I got up front to have less of my ass in the pic...or is that to have my ass take up less of the picture. At any rate, I'm a good cyclist, but these chicas can do circles around me. HP, You can put toe clips on any style of bike.

Dag on, I must be tired...there were so many errors in my last posts. Oi J

That's me in the front, on my bike, I'm not tiny, but smaller than I used to be.

HP That is phanominal! You have every reason to be proud! Don't worry about being a baby, I'm so glad you did the ride so you won't have surprises next week. You'll be fine, fine, fine for that ride. Aren't goals amazing?! If we set them we really do try to achieve them. I'm so stoked for you! Now about feet slippin...think about toe clips. Some people like them. I do but took them off of my bike because I was having pressure point problems...my feet were falling asleep. Come to find out it was my seat and I've not yet put the toe clips back on. Part of me is holding out to get a shoe and peddal system...but I digress. The other think is to get a computer gadget for your bike that measures distance and speed. Mine was about $30 and I install it myself. I'm no handy person either. That way you'll have a real measure of time and distance so you can gage your performance. Okay, to DD to the pool this afternoon for a few hours too. I don't recognize myself and all this engery. Really.

Pamela That's funny! I hear you, I need to get more of the goodness off of me as well. I graduated from HS in 1986.

Hi gang I did 26 miles with the WOW group this morning. My speed was faster too, I averaged over 14 mph, which is super cool... To brag a little, because who would have thought a formerly 300+ chica would be asked this, someone said, "what else do you do for workouts? I ask because you are a really strong cyclist, especially for being so new to it." Me, strong? Who knew??? I said I do gym stuff, cardio and strength...I'm sure they didn't want the nitty gritty...but I felt so cool. Anyway, I'm taking the kiddo out tomorrow night on her tag along bike and I'll be out again on Tuesday with a group... You know, I love this biking stuff. JC-Thanks for the 411 on you and your kid. Very cool. My situation is similar but vastly different....My daughter isn't biologically mine, nor do I have any legal rights to her, but me, the other, bio-mom and the Kid function like a divorced family with shared custody and shared money to raise the kid. I figure I was part of the decision to bring her into our lives, it's my obligation to raise her. It's also my joy and I'd be devistated with out her...... Anyway I hope you're feeling better and on the mend. We still want to know about the fate of your band.