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...

Everyone knows monkeys like cupcakes.....shhhheeessshhhh....

... well I know I like them...

heck yes, I love the frosting the best of all. Oh man, now that sounds delightful....cupcake frosting.....

Not good enough to gain a pound or two, but it does sound scrumptious

BG, wow, over 900 miles in, you must ride every night!!!! Way to go!!

I like the "monkey on a cupcake" analogy.

I think something like "an old man on a bowl ice-cream" might be accurate too. But I just went to a party where the median age had to be 70. A bunch of old cyclists who volunteered for that TOSRV ride I did in May were sitting around eating cake and ice-cream like nobody's business.

Anyway, we got what you meant Whos.

Bigb-

What are you catching up on? Not this thread I hope? There's much fluff written here. Also a lot of good stuff, but golly I wouldn't wish reading this whole thread on anyone.

Welcome to the madness.

I don't ride every night, I just ride far when I do ride.

I heart frosting.

C,

I see you're reading!

Are you back in OHIO???

How are things?

Frosting is the work of Satan. It's delicious work, but OMG I can't not eat it.

I've taken to baking bread. Why on Earth do I need to bake bread? In July no less. There's something wrong in my head.

Good Morning everyone!

I'm back from vacation. It was wonderful! I ate plenty of 'bad-for-you' food, drank more than enough Starbucks (we don't have one where I live so I had to make up for it!), and drank many empty calories worth of alcohol! Shameful I know, but it was not just any old vacation...it was a vacation from rules too. We did however, hike a lot and walked everyday. I couldn't believe that I actually lost 2 pounds (despite the above mentioned) and my clothes are looser. What a bonus!

Plan to ride today...miss it. I got to hike a trail on Long's Peak (my ultimate goal is to climb it--over 14,000 ft) and it gave me a very clear idea of how much training I need to do!! OMG! We stayed at my family's house which is located at around 8,000 ft. I am always impressed at the cyclists that can climb that mountain and are still breathing! It's incredible to see them ride. Juli...made me think of you. You and your love of hills! LOL

I see you all have been very busy! D and HP...WOW! You girls are getting in some serious miles. Nice!

~Carol

turler

glad you are back! I have a lady who just got back from a trip to the west coast with a group called decycles. They are young adult kids and adults and they traveled for 17 days. The pictures are amazing..

google them and check there photos and where all they went..pretty amazing....

That is so cool HP....that looks like a huge amount of fun!!

C

Good going on the weight loss during vacation. That's always a challenge.

You mean to say Bowling Green has Starbucks but Flag City, USA doesn't? That's just so funny. I can think of 8 of them within 3 miles of my house...I just went to Starbucks.com and entered my zip code there are 10 within 3 miles of my house. That's some craziness. No wonder they have to close some stores and lay people off.

Glad you had fun.

J-

When I heard they were gonna close some 600 Starbucks I almost cried!!! I've hoped and prayed for one to come here for so long...and then they even told us we were gonna get one this year sometime! I don't know whether we'll get one now or not. Probably not. We don't even have a Target! But hey, we got 2 Walmart Super Centers!

Arrrrggggghhhhh!

~C

Turler, good job on the weight loss on vacay!!! Thats great...makes you love the band even more!!