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Its been a while
As a person with a lot of anxiety I usually run far away when I feel ashamed, embarrassed or guilty around a person for my action. You can't run away from the internet but you can stay way for a couple of years. So that's what I have been doing since 2015. Running away from it all. The last post I made here was about…
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Overweight
It's been a long time coming and since I have been on a two month long stall i'm glad it has finely happened. I had hoped to wait till I had said my final goodbyes to 200, but since the scale has started moving again and I can use the positive reinforcement I am happy to say I am not officially overweight.... by 0.3 on the…
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Recent Bike Rides
Hello everyone, I'm doing this post at Karen's request. She asked to see photos of any of my recent bike rides since I haven't posted in a while. I haven't had many big rides, at leas that I thought were worth sharing or ones that I had time to stop and take photos (hard to do when I am with other or choose a route that is…
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5/8/15 - Today I celebrate
Reaching 2000 miles ridden in my first year back on the bike.
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She's Finally Here
Well it's only been a little over two months of waiting but my new beauty has arrived. Old Green has been relegated to the dust heap (literally the crank is falling apart) and supplanted by what I am calling my Tangerine dream. My beautiful 2015 Surly Cross Check. Fittingly the chain stay arm says FFF Fatties Fit Fine, it…
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365 Days
What have i learned after 365 days... I still can't have chocolate in the house. Just not a good idea. I know, big lessons.
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Well Thats The Last Time I Do That
... On a mountain bike that is... Given all the family events, the weather, work and general craziness I haven't had that chance to do a nice long bike ride so on Saturday I drove to the tiny (seriously it only takes a mile to walk the town) agricultural town of Linden, CA to participate in a charity metric-century ride…
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I'm Alive and Still Pedaling Along
Hi Everyone, Sorry I have been gone for so long. It's just one of those things. A hard couple of months and keeping to myself felt like the best thing to do. Progress is still good, but slower as I expected (not that I have to like it.... oh to the days it was easy to loose 2lbs a week). I thought I would check in and let…
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Sorry I have been gone
My Grandmother passed on the 7th at midnight in her bed alongside her husband. So of course the next day was a mad dash of laundry and a lot of apology emails to clients, the the next morning I was with my family and on the road to southern California for the funeral. We were their for a week with all our family so I had…
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100lbs down
Well it finely happened. I don't care that I have been weighing myself on and off today or if it's because I have been peeing like a raise horse. But the scale finely said 100lbs gone! 100lbs... :o When I started I knew it would eventually happen, but it never really registered. In the past when I have started weight loss…
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Nov 23, 2014 - The Spandex is On
Hi everyone! It's been a cold and wet couple of days here, and between work and the weather I haven't been able to get out much these past few days which means my my Fitbit hasn't been kind to my calorie adjustment and that hasn't made my calorie goals any easier. But it's Sunday, the weather is chilly but the sky is clear…
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NSV Today
I've only recently noticed this NSV and wanted to share. For the longest time I have avoided looking at myself in the mirror. I just never liked what I saw (a haircut that I hated but didn't want to deal with didn't help) when I looked at myself. Easier to deal with being fat when you don't have to admit it by seeing…
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Scale Victories, Non Scale Victories, Meat Smorgasbords.
Well last Sunday the 2nd was my birthday so I thought it was time to check in with my goals. What a difference 214 days can make. I had set myself some goals when I started, not ones I was invested necessarily in making but more so I could see how my progress was going. Of course one of them was a birthday goal. 214 days…
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Well I did it
No, nothing spectacular... I cut my hair. It only took a year and a half and two and a half months since I said I would first do it..... It only took having someone cut it off with scissors to force me to it.
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Metric Century Ride... In The Rain
Morning everyone. I had a wonderful and tiring day yesterday and I've finely checked off another item from my exercise bucket list. You can look at the ride here http://www.strava.com/activities/211608734 It's not my longest distance but I had a really wonderful time yesterday participating in the Sacramento metric century…
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Weekly Challenge: Personal Motivation Challenge
Another week, another challenge. This is one we can hopefully all achieve. I will have to give it some thought. Post your motivational challenge and how it is going. Oct 10 - 16th: Personal Motivation Challenge: Do something for yourself that you have been neglecting because of your weight.
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Weekly Challenge: Try three new exercises
Well I completely forgot to post this weeks challenge so if we want to just can it for the week I can understand but I think we have enough time. Oct 3 - 9th: Exercise Challenge: Try three new exercises during the week.
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Oct 8, 2014
Hi Everyone, It's been a bit of a weird week. Between not being able to ride because of work and bike maintenance and lazy eating (making excuses), I haven't been enjoying myself. It was just one of those weeks, all things that can be adjusted. I finely took this morning off and did a nice long ride with lots of hills and…
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Oct 3, 2014
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder, 91 degree weather, bike rides, Chinese food, and hills don't go together... Darn you stomach, why did I listen to you... Because I wasn't listening to my head. So how is everyone doing. It's friday so it's scale day. Mine went well, I have finely lost more then I have left to loose. The…
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They Came
Well the new cloths came, finely. But sadly the shirts don't fit. I measured and everything and the chest size is fine, but my stomach is having none of it. Sigh... Not sure If i will send them back or keep them for the one magical day my belly decides to cooperate. The pants fit fine, actually a little looser then i meant…
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Oct 3, 2014
Hi Everyone, Hope your all doing well and having a good weigh in day. I did my weigh in and have finely reached the point of having lost more then I have left to loose. It's a nice feeling.
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October 1, 2014
Welcome to October everyone! Hope your day is going well. Anywho. I was thinking about some old posts we have had in the past and one of them was about parts of our bodies we like or dislike. I remember I, and several other people, found little to enjoy about really any part of our bodies. While I still avoid looking at…
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Another Day Another Adventure
A hard but beautiful ride yesterday along 66.29 miles of the Bay Trial. While I didn't complete my goal and had to cut short before reaching my destination, I am still very happy with what I was able to do. I had to push my legs and mind to keep going near the end, but I accomplished my original 65 mile goal. I rode to the…
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Weekly Challenge - Eating Challenge
This weeks challenge runs from Sep 26 through Oct 2nd. Eating Challenge: Eat a serving of fruit and vegetables at least 5 days out of the week. Am I the only one who isn't going to enjoy this?
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Sep 26, 2014
Morning everyone, Well thank goodness its Friday. I still have quite a bit of work to get done but today is trying on old cloths day. I can't toss things at the moment until I order new cloths to wear (that would be an issue), but I can start sorting and mounding. Look at that, I could fit a small child in their (and yes…
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Sept 24th
Hi Everyone, It's a late start to the day so i'm not certain if anyone will look at this till tomorrows thread, but I have been doing some thinking (I know, dangerous) and thought I would post. I think of saturday I will make my first cloths donation, getting rid of most of my XXXL clothing. Very few of my cloths, except…
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Weekly Challenge - Exercise Challenge
Hi Everyone, I thought I would get us started on this weeks. Running from Sep 19th - 25th. This weeks exercise challenge: Add an additional 30 min to your regular exercise routine at least 3-4 times a week. It's as simple as that. Over the next 6 days pump up your exercise routine and add in some challenges to what you…
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Sept 19th
Morning everyone - or afternoon from California, Just having a lazy start to the day. I just wanted to let people know that a number of members from this group have started a Christmas Challenge over on the Mobo Moto thread if anyone is interested in joining (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/22604-mobo-moto). Nancy…
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Sept 14, 2014
Afternoon everyone. I hope everyones weekend is going well and your getting out their and enjoying yourself. It's been a week since I have been able to ride (or let myself) so I stole two hours and went for a quick 15mile ride today exploring some old abandoned rail road tracks and circling my way through town. It was so…
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Sept 7
Well friends, it's the last day and i've pre filled in my last day so I have a good one. Sorry i've been absent for the past couple of days. I spent Friday in Pacific Grove in Monterey California, walking along the beach and looking at art. Or as the IRS will know it, a "business trip." I know Karen hasn't been around…
