Cycl0tr0n

Also, what they said :D Once again, if MFP had a +1 button...

When I'm one of those folks I'm riding the bike. A couple hours in the saddle can burn a ton of calories. I don't drive, so I ride everywhere, and it all adds up. Admittedly, I also ride pretty hard. I rarely clock less than 14 MPH moving average -- on serious training rides I clock 18+ MPH moving average. If I know I'm…

Quoth the Journeyman, regarding shopping not being a sport: "If is if you let me snipe Wal-Mart customers with Airsoft guns while you shop! JM " Right now, I so wish MFP had a +1 button!

I'm a guy *and* I have 'fallen in' after failing to notice the seat was up while stumbling about in zombie-like stupefaction at 4 AM. Not one of my proudest moments :) Sad part is, I was probably the one who left it up. Denis always puts the seat down (probably so the cat won't fall in while trying to use the toilet as a…

I have to totally second (fifteenth? :D) the points about water weight and about weighing once a week. I sometimes find that I weigh up to six pounds more the day or two after a hard bike ride than I did before the ride started! I try to simply track the trends -- as long as my overall weight trend is downward over the…

For me, deciding on a target weight has been an ongoing process driven largely by my bike-racing ambitions. Initially, I assumed that as a guy with small bones and a fairly light build, I would want to aim for 135 or less. I'm 5'8", so 135 would actually be pretty lean (for a non-cyclist), but still in a 'healthy' range…

Go for it! IMO, anyone (female or male) with the stones to lift in a dress is automatically impressive in my book!

Personally, I think girls who lift heavy weights are awesome. I am your stereotypical cyclist with the t-rex build -- all my muscle is in my legs -- and that's how I came into the world, so I've had lots of time to get comfortable with being out-lifted, out-benched, and out-arm-wrestled by the ladies. It's the girls (and…

OMG! You go, girl! That is definitely a victory. You look fantastic!

Lanedm999 -- You have a bit of a mysterious look about you (it's those eyes!) -- and it looks like you look at things from a different angle! ...Oops, I was late. MsMarlaMae -- you have a great figure, and you also have perseverance!

Fantastic! It never ceases to amaze me how brave people on MFP are. It's folks like you who -- folks who've done the work it takes to lose the pounds the slow-and-healthy way -- that become beacons of hope for others just starting their weight-loss journeys. Brava!

I dumped FB recently -- I just wasn't making use of it, and the upcoming interface changes sounded really annoying. MFP, on the other hand, is here to stay. It's got the social-networking aspect that makes facebook work, only we're all here on the same mission -- that is, leading healthier lives!

Got a 20 mile road ride in on Monday. W00t! Been in bed sick the rest of the week, pretty much (excepting a two-mile-or-less jaunt to catch a bus to make a doctor's appointment). Probably, in retrospect, should've skipped that 20 miler on Monday and gone a little easier, but ... you know, hindsight. So here's my (still…

You are inherently awesome! Opera rocks! (And if you're not in proximity of NYC, but are in proximity of a movie theater that offers the Met's Live in HD broadcasts, check out Gotterdammerung on Saturday, 11 February -- Jay Hunter Morris is brilliant on the stage and hilarious off). I got called a 'nerd' by my voice…

OMG! Me too! And I play a game very similar to CyldeTheCat's 'World of Tanks' called 'Treadmarks.' Also, Sims 2 -- not to play with the people, but because I am an architecture nerd and I like to design buildings and towns and then see if they work (apparently, the first Sims game was originally imagined as an architecture…

Chocolate ovaltine, and it rocks my world.

Sweet! I've been off the bike the past week due to illness and I have a race coming up on 10 March, so I'm jumping in on this! I need to hammer out at least 200 miles this month (really 300+, as I have a race coming up 10 March, but I'm not sure that's happening) -- so that's my mark. Thus far, I've done nothing worth…

As another Connecticut Yankee-by-birth (I now live in Louisville, KY), I feel your pain. My suggestion? If you're not an enormous fan, try to figure out which team more of your relatives are rooting for, and go with that one :) That way, you have more people on your side if a fight breaks out at the next family function!

Maybe you've had the same super-amazing vegan cupcakes I've had? :D Some of my favorite recipes are vegan, and some of them are surprisingly high-calorie!

@Sizzle92: I'm beginning to think that the secret to a happy and well-balanced life is learning to ignore the ignorant and extreme opinions (no matter which side they're on)! Now and then, someone manages to be both astute and extreme, and those are the voices that become big wake-up calls for everyone ... but for the most…

One more point: what works for one person might not work for another. I have, in the past, been both vegetarian and vegan. Even with careful attention paid to nutrition and appropriate supplementation, I did not find a vegan diet to be a cure for all that ails me -- in fact, it was quite the opposite. I do best on an…

I'm going to jump in here briefly. I apologize if I'm reiterating -- I haven't yet read through the whole thread. I don't think we *have* to eat meat -- not by any means -- and I would agree that many Americans eat too much meat, especially too much meat from animals raised on problematic feeds (grain-feed beef, for…

I'm more into cold 'n' creamy than just sweet -- so amen to the 'Greek Yogurt!' I've also just discovered frozen banana 'ice cream' (link: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-creamy-ice-cream-w-93414) -- wow!!! Seriously. I didn't expect to like this. I don't hate bananas, but I don't love them. I LOVE this. You don't…

So going to try this some time soon (Friday next?). Sounds AWESOME.

1. Frozen bananas! 2. Best meatballs I've ever made (95% lean, local, grass-fed, humanely-raised beef) 3. Finding the best Save-the-Date magnets ever.

My Current Fueling Strategy (such as it is): --Commuting-- Fuel quality does seem to make a difference for me. Using complex carbs (whole grain breads instead of white; oatmeal with fruit instead of oatmeal with sugar) and stuffing myself with veggies both really seem to help. I've noticed that as my commutes have grown…

I can't add anything that hasn't already been said ... How does one transliterate a wolf whistle? You look amazing! Thank you for inspiring all of us, and here's to the next 18!

I'm in, too. This fits right into my existing plan. Sweet!

Like so many have already said, whether or not I log 'daily-life' activities depends entirely on what they are. Scrubbing floors? Heck yes. Vigorously scrubbing the tub? Yup. Vacuuming the whole freaking house with my monster vacuum? Absolutely (I don't count that as strength training, but I should -- seriously, the thing…

One really last bit. If you do find that you must order a valve stem adapter, there's a neat bullet-shaped one that comes with a built-in keyring so you can just slip it into your keys. It's more expensive than the others, but if you get it from Amazon with free shipping, it might work out more or less the same.…