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...

HELLO

I am dissapointed as well, but I have been pretty easy going about it when they ride. My 14 year old is going more than the 17 year old, so she is use to what my riding style is becoming.

I wont worry too much, because saturday and sunday are going to kick my butt...is going to be super hot, and humid....but......it is all worth it

I also got my new cleats today for my shoes..so hopefully that will be good.

Have fun tonight!!!

Oh, great, hopefully they work out good for you!!! We are having wind advisories here so good thing we are gonna be up in the mountains and trees.

Got a lot of miles in tonight....on a mountain trail........going straight up.......4 miles....I am impressed.

Lonely here. Very lonely.

Who's do people even recognize the person you have become????? This athlete that has emerged from you must be quite a shock to some that knew you before Lapband time.

well, we got in 43.6 miles ( or 44.6) cant remember....lol

had to bail out of the last 4 miles due to the heat....but it was the most exhilarating feeling...

We had 9 bikers with us when we met up with the group that was riding from town...we all headed back out and had a nice casual ride, yet fast paced for some...( I was one of those people at one time)

anyway....it was a good day, good friends, and great roads.

Hope everyone else had a good day!!!

Well hubby got his bike and we rode 'his' way and I gotta admit it was better. I was able to ride much longer and enjoyed it so much more. The hill coming home was nothing! I am so excited with the changes I am seeing in my stamina already. Today we went for a ride (car) over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mtn Nat'l park, saw lots of bikers in the mtns. thought maybe that will be me next year. But also we stopped at a lot of pullouts and did some small hiking to see elk and other wild life and I could do it!! Last summer we went up there and I was exhausted just crossing the road. Yea me!!

So i was banded a little over a month ago in Mexico. (Great experience by the way Dr. Juan Rodriguez in Juarez Mx.) The scale keeps going up and down and its scary and dissapointing. :confused:i feel like crying sometimes. Today i got back on my bike for the first time in a while. I live in NC so there are alot of hills. I was surprised i was able to ride for a whole hour but near the end my knees were starting to give in. i got a couple of car honks too along the way. i dont know if they were good honks or bad honks. lol! but i didn't let them bother me. i just kept riding. i start my freshman year in a month at UNC. I'm really hoping that i can lose about 20 lbs before i go. i "plan" to get a couple of work out videos and do them, then ride my bike and go swimming every day. i went to weight loss camp 2 times and they had us working out almost 7 hours a day. i lost 23 lbs in six weeks when i was there. well good luck to everyone. i hope i can do this. after all i wanna score all the hotties the first week. lol!

Lauren

Banded- 6-05-08

Dr. Juan Rodriguez , Mexico

long 2 be.....WOW!!! Isnt that a great feeling to accomplish something that seemed so far away just a short time ago??? That is how I get every time I get out there.

WE hit it pretty good today, but I had to stop before we got back due to the heat....it was hitting me hard, and the last 8miles were nothing but hills and more hills...I was DONE.

Keep up the good work LONG 2B

triple L...welcome.......you keep getting out there...keep having fun...that is what it is all about.....

And good job on your surgery!!!!

oh an D...you are only 202 miles ahead!!!!

I need 15 miles in this week to get my training schedule completed. I have hit it all week and currently have a pretty good thing going.

Next week I have to increase by 9 miles....My friends are wanting to do a 77.6 mile ride next saturday....The ONLY way I will go is if it cooler and we go early.....Getting off the road mid day is NOT fun

So D.....112 miles is the goal for me next week....JUST SAYN!!!!!

L2BT: Where in CO are you from? I just returned from a vacation home to CO and we spent quite a bit of time in RMNP! I love the drive up Trail Ridge, but I love Fall RIver Road even better! I hated to move away and I just love going back whenever we can!

Great job on the riding...you'll be there next year! And yes, it's amazing to see those bicyclists ride up the mountains like that!

~Carol

WAY TO GO TRACI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are rocking it, especially in the heat, that is the hardest....be careful out there!!!! I got in 28.40 tonight. Average speed 16.3, and did it in 1:44......now I am super happy about that!!! We take Sundays and Wednesdays off for rest days, and those are days we go to church too so works out great!!!

We are actually going to the resevoir tomorrow to go fishing and tubing, so won't talk to you to night time, but super good luck on your ride tomorrow!!!! You will be caught up to me in no time!!!

Long, that is so awesome!!!! It feels so good to do something and it doesn't hurt anymore!!! I remember walking to the mailbox used to kill my knee!!!! Good job on the biking too!!! Maybe it was easier because you were warmed up more and then did the hill, instead of just starting out doing the hill, ya know??

LaLa, good job on the riding!!! Keep it up and you will soon be the girl you want to be!!!

I heart riding mountain passes!!!

K, Traci, my goal next week will be to beat you in mileage!!!! LOL, just sayin'!!!!

Hoosierpoms, YES!! it feels awesome to do something you couldn't do before. When we first got up in the mountains my husband wanted to check out some fishing stream outside Estes Park, it was abotu a half mile hike in and I said right away, no way! I'll wait in the car. He promised it was flat and a path. Well the path was just beaten down weeds, but I did it and then just built my confidence the rest of the day. I can't believe the mileage you guys put in and am so impressed!

Turler, I'm in the 'burbs of Denver, I grew up here, but moved away 25 yrs ago and just recently back. Today was my first time on Trail Ridge as an adult! I love to go up there in the fall too and watch the elk bugle and fight. It's better than the UFC on TV!

Areellady, you love mountain passes? going down or up?