Hello there Band fans....I got banded March 28th-2007.

I told myself....Bycyling would be a very good choice. Fresh air, muscles working for the sake of "Cardio". After one week passed--in April. I purchased three new bikes for me and my two sons. I have defeated many things doing that. No more not riding with my children--we ride as a crew (family). We could not conquer the hill on my street. We used to stop 3 to 4 times before getting to the top ( I did). So now the wheels have turned. My kids ask me---"Daddy can we stop--our legs are burning". Thank God I am doing well now. Now with 21 pounds gone---but just riding bikes. I am ready for the next Journey...The 1st fill--I am looking forward to the next 4 to 6 weeks--maybe 12 or 20 pounds gone...who knows...:faint: this is how I feel on many days after my ride. Today--(8.5 miles) It was walking, riding around the fair in my town--but that is what my speedometer said when it was all over...

Stefanie42467,

Well if you're going to hang you need to shorten that right there. We have an S already, but he doen't peep up too much these days.

Welcome though. We are a bunch of nuts and there are many inside jokes, but if you are bored enough to read from the beginning or from about May you'll get the gist of many of them.

Where are you etc. We want to know when you were banded, how filled you are, when did you start cycling, which state do you call home, do you have kids, are you single, JC is sorta apparently still and is in Florida.

Welcome welcome.

Thank you for the welcome! If you don't have a "STEF", that would be fine for me.

I was banded June 8, 2007 and have had four fills for 5.1 CC's in a 10 CC Small AP band. I started cycling in July...first time on a bike in over 20 years! I'm a Texas girl, married to my HS sweetheart...I'm 40 and we met when we were 15. We have two kiddos...our daughter in college at 18 and our son in HS at 15.

I will be reading some to catch up, for sure!

Welcome Stef!

J, I don't like wearing a thong either!

I turned and burned a 32 minute 5k this afternoon took a half hour break then did my normal 4 mile/hour walk. I should have ridden my bike.

Thank you, JC! Wow, you are almost at goal! That's great!

Was it you that mentioned some running program about a couch or something? What was that again?

couch 2 5k I will look up the link in a sec

There are several sites but this is the one I have been using.

JC

JC, you have to post the link....DUH!!! Geeeesshhhhh, its all the amish shit going around I guess...

STEPH........WELCOME TO US!!!!!

We are weird, we are strange but we are all great friends and most of them here have even met in real life!!!

I got a .5 fill today. She said I was really tight and she was fighting to put that much in. They are very happy with my weight loss, and now I am going to change my ticker to what the doctors have as my weight.

Hi Stef,

I have a woman's guide to running book I bought years ago and need to open it now.

What kind of biking do you do? What bike do you ride? Do you ride with a group?

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Originally Posted by OH Juli

Hi Stef,

I have a woman's guide to running book I bought years ago and need to open it now.

What kind of biking do you do? What bike do you ride? Do you ride with a group?

Uh...wow. The pedaling kind? I'm so new that I don't know how to answer! LOL What different kinds of biking are there? Oh! Well, not mountain biking, if that's what you mean. (Jeez, do I feel dumb!)

I ride at River Legacy Park near my home. It has paved, shaded trails just for walking/running/biking...no car traffic to deal with. The full trail, which can be broken up into sections, is about 15 miles and I do it twice, three days a week. I ride a Schwinn hybrid bike, but I really need to bite the bullet and buy a higher end bike, because your "every day" bikes are too short for my 36" legs! It is doing well for now, though. I don't ride with a group, but would love to! I can't seem to locate one, and everyone I know is not interested in taking up cycling. Even hubby is really not interested when he is home. He works offshore, so he is a sporadic biking partner, at best.

Anyone here live in the Mid Cities/Arlington/Ft. Worth area?

P.S. Everyone...the reason I was attracted to this thread? English is my second language...Sarcasm is my first!

Duh, can you tell I was a bit distracted?

Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan

I had something else on my mind!

Stef,

There is road biking and moutain biking. There are other different kinds but those are you two main kinds.

A hybrid is a mix of the two. If you have no plans on riding on dirt look up road bikes. If you intend to ride with a group look up road bikes. If you need to get fitted for a bike go to your local bike shop (LBS). There you'll also find information on group rides.

Group rides have A, B, C, D rides or D often means "no one left behind". A are racers, 20 mph+, B's are 17-20, C's are 16-13, D's are slower 12 miles mph or less. OR something like that! lol!

There's plenty of information out there. You'll find all of us started much like you and have gotten further along toward buying or owning road bikes.

BG and JC are fans of the bike trails, like what you ride. I do them if I must, but I rather be on the road. HP and D are on the road too quite a bit. B is a poser who says he bikes but hasn't got out there much lately....

JC is getting lots of action right now, so he's a bit hard to follow.

Who the fuck is S?

Welcome Stef you sarcastic little shit.

So this is what JC is doing tonight.....

you're some sick ass bitch.