(11 months post-op) wellz it's the last month to do it big. i was planing on one year 100 lbs lost but i'm fairly certain that's not going to happen. i'd have to lose almost 20lbs for that to be a reality. but hey, i'll try :)
this week i rode or swam everyday. the weight isn't coming off easily but it is coming off. that said, i decided i like the feeling of improving my rides rather than the feeling of losing weight. my legs felt like steel this week. i got faster EVERYDAY. and i added more hills everyday and was still faster. so i know why i haven't lost as much weight. it's because i'm adding muscle.
swimming helps my body recover and i feel great afterwards. even with my underwater audio headphones/iPod it's still boring :) but how listening to music helps me is that i now get to say "just finish the song" and it gets my mind off of how far i've gone. i absolutely love my garmin with it's ability to count laps. it's off a little but it's close enough for me not to have to count laps.
so yesterday i rode the mad duck coffee ride by myself. i rode from the house to the shop and got there 15 mins late. so thought i'd try to catch up. only figure out 10 miles later there wasn't many people out there. and there was about a 2 mile stretch of resurfaced concrete. you know, the kind that looks like someone to took a meat tenderizer to the concrete. that totally ate up my rear wheel. i made it home ok though. but i was feeling extra squirrely and went to ride the las colinas route with my buddy jon. 14 miles into the ride KABLAM!!! the side wall gave out on the tire itself. oh wellz. after we changed the tube i had to ride VERY SLOWLY to get back to the car. i thanked Jon for screwing up his ride having to ride back with me but, hey, i'd do it for him :)
weight 268.2lbs
this week i rode or swam everyday. the weight isn't coming off easily but it is coming off. that said, i decided i like the feeling of improving my rides rather than the feeling of losing weight. my legs felt like steel this week. i got faster EVERYDAY. and i added more hills everyday and was still faster. so i know why i haven't lost as much weight. it's because i'm adding muscle.
swimming helps my body recover and i feel great afterwards. even with my underwater audio headphones/iPod it's still boring :) but how listening to music helps me is that i now get to say "just finish the song" and it gets my mind off of how far i've gone. i absolutely love my garmin with it's ability to count laps. it's off a little but it's close enough for me not to have to count laps.
so yesterday i rode the mad duck coffee ride by myself. i rode from the house to the shop and got there 15 mins late. so thought i'd try to catch up. only figure out 10 miles later there wasn't many people out there. and there was about a 2 mile stretch of resurfaced concrete. you know, the kind that looks like someone to took a meat tenderizer to the concrete. that totally ate up my rear wheel. i made it home ok though. but i was feeling extra squirrely and went to ride the las colinas route with my buddy jon. 14 miles into the ride KABLAM!!! the side wall gave out on the tire itself. oh wellz. after we changed the tube i had to ride VERY SLOWLY to get back to the car. i thanked Jon for screwing up his ride having to ride back with me but, hey, i'd do it for him :)
weight 268.2lbs
-blowed out tire dominator
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