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eventually, after everyone gets used to your new look, it stops. i had to get stern with a few close friends that wouldn't lay off the "eat a sandwich" line. it's a mixture of concern and jealousy and people hating change. it does get better over time. i started at 250ish, after i dropped below 220 the comments started.…

what's a cheat day? if i want to eat something, i earn it on the bike, the track, or in the pool. if i screw up, i screw up, but i don't call it cheating. it's so easy to wipe away a few days of deficit by purposely cheating

Good suggestions overall it seems. You probably don't want to lose much weight. The suggestions about getting squared away at the gym with lifting will help tone you out. The scale won't budge much but your measurements should change. Again, if that's what you're aiming for

none, i don't find hunger to be acceptable. it is way too easy to have a banana or some other ~100 calorie snack that'll curb my appetite so that i don't want to devour everything the next time a meal comes around

@dee_thurman just using pedals and shoes isn't going to really do anything for your riding ability. in fact, you're more likely to injure yourself because of the limited amount of movement your foot now has and the fact that most newbies tend to want to pull up really hard from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock (pedal position…

i definitely admire your commitment. see if you can get a bike trainer and do some structured workouts on the bike through trainerroad, sufferfest, or a slew of other online options. you'll see huge gains doing that instead of mindlessly biking. also, pay for at least 2 or 3 sessions with a swim coach. swimming is all…

@dee_thurman: it's hard to answer the "how long for a half ironman" because I've been doing cycling and triathlon for a years so I have a good base in all three sports. The training plan that I started specifically for my July race is 23 weeks. With little wind on a flat course, a triathlete that is prepared for a half…

Don't try to do a half ironman until you do some short races. Triathlon, while also an endurance sport, is very different to pure running. Your running base would help you, but not as much as you think. Sprint and olympic races are great because: 1) you don't really need to worry about nutrition. in races longer than…

how are we supposed to get a spinoff if they all find each other again? ;)

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There are dozens of sites that copy Facebook functionality almost verbatim. Some of these even charge money for the services since they are for corporate clients. Two example's are Microsoft's Yammer and Salesforce's Chatter and both do it without legal threat. You simply aren't correct that they would get into legal…

Most relegate the base training to the winter because you're right, nobody wants to do the boring base stuff when it's so nice outside. When you get to it though, it'll pay huge dividends!

Mountain biking is definitely a different beast than road cycling, but the fundamentals of improving performance are the same, and even line up with what people have noticed with running. Azdak is correct when he says that you anaerobic fitness level depends on your aerobic "base", but what does that mean? You need to…

alright, totally different thing. Never did I ever say anything about driving off road. If traffic is stopped, I still don't understand the situation with the semi, but ok, whatever. I do NOT condone reckless driving. I will not switch more than one lane of traffic at a time (I count to five before consecutive lane…

i'm still not understanding how some jerk got a semi to rear end you? did you slam your brakes causing the semi to rear end you? were you the impervious one to the conditions around you? if there is a semi tailgating you, guess what, get out of the way!

Every distracted, unaware, complacent driver should absolutely be taken off the road. Since that's not happening, I'll continue to work my way around them, because it is unequivocally my belief that they are more of a menace on the road than I am. You know how many times I've been merged onto by someone on their cell…

I don't expect you to trust me at all. I expect you to be a good enough driver to anticipate my moves and protect your own self. If you're not always anticipating what each and every driver around you is going to do, you're falling asleep at the wheel. That is what I've been advocating this whole time!! I want you to be…

you keep adding so much to the conversation, keep up the good work, k buddy?

pay attention next time you're in traffic and you're crying about the guy taking advantage of a wide open lane that goes on for 2 miles to get past you. if he is in fact heading down to the end of the lane and jumping back in to traffic without hesitation into the first available gap, he isn't distracted. if he's taking 3…

that's cute, but you should stick to non-fiction. anyways, drivers who typically run to the end of the exit lane to jump back are usually more aware of traffic than the majority of the other drivers and almost certainly not distracted on their phones.

^^ YES. I wish this had a like button

I'm one of those guys. Not only do I NOT care what you think of my driving, I HATE the fact you drive like a scared little ... I don't even know. How about you worry about your own driving, improve your situational awareness on the road, and drive like you actually want to get wherever you're going. By the way, I only need…

You're doing amazing, keep up the great work!

Of course, why wouldn't you? I totally envy you by the way. I'd bike commute to work if it wasn't a 34 mile each way death wish to try.

It's ok, we're not judging :) Guiness has surprisingly little flavor for it's really heavy body

Mmmm beer ... I keep a mini fridge (thats not so mini) stocked with craft beer. Usually there's at least 40 in there of all different varieties. I used to be a huge porters and stouts guy until a very bad dogfish head night. Now I'm more partial to witbiers, brown and pale ales. Favorite brew: Stone Arrogant *kitten*…

Blah, just short of 400 because of a bad saddle sore after my back to back centuries :( 4/2 - 10.00 4/7 - 53.59 4/13 - 26.16 4/14 - 56.08 4/16 - 12.07 4/20 - 101.44 4/21 - 100.00 Total: 359.53

Almost hit 400 in March, I was 27 miles short and woke up with achilles pain (from tennis) on the last day of the month :( This month I definitely plan on hitting it, especially since I have back to back centuries on the 20th and 21th. I'm already a little behind this month. 4/7: 53.59 miles

I'm a triathlete, and no, not a svelte sexy one at the moment. Most of us use a concept called periodization training where we will segment the year into different phases. In the winter/offseason we will do long slow tediously boring cardio for hours upon a time in a phase called 'base training'. This burns gobs of fat…

a guy has to be self sufficient, that means being able to cook, clean, do laundry, etc.