Once upon a time, 20 years ago, I was a skinny 6', 145lb Marine... But after learning how to eat everything I could get my hands on, then getting out of constant activity and sitting on my duff for years of grad school, I found myself 10 years ago tipping the scales at 280lbs... I went on a carb-free diet for a year (no breads, no potatoes, no sugars, best I could manage), and finally got down to 200lbs.
But something clicked in my head; er, rather, internally, something snapped, regardless of my head thinking otherwise... if I thought about not eating a roll, I ate the pan of rolls; if I thought about not eating a slice of pie, I ate the pie. It was really weird, I just couldn't not eat carbs at all. So, I gave up, went back to 'normal', and the weight crept back on. Wanting to do something about it again, is when I got back into riding a few years ago; but as Grant's pointed out, riding alone won't drop pounds. This past spring, seeing the scale back up at 260, I finally started watching the carbs again. Took all summer, to get down to 235 now; that much weight actually dropped fast early on, but then I got stuck, and have been... For the past two months, I'm stuck at 235, 236, 237, and no more has come off... I really want to get down to 200 (further, eventually, but 200 is my initial goal); so, since my diet alone, nor w/ biking is helping, I'm thinking about mixing a bit of running in, to help get the loss moving. Aside from 'health', a large part of wanting to get my weight down, is to help my hill-climbing on my bikes.... Patrick ( and Jim), Tying your two thoughts together on alcohol: when I had the opportunity to spend a week in Albuquerque this past summer, I was shocked at the quantity of cheap liquor available even in WalMart there.... And noting the sizes of those purchasers buying in quantity, none were petite... I do like an occasional beer myself, but singularly, not in quantity, and I now keep them further between... Instead of a weekly beer, anymore it's closer to a monthly beer, just avoiding carbs (many of my geologist colleagues are hard drinkers, but only a few would I classify as alcoholics (but there are some); I enjoy a drink or two, but despise getting drunk, one and done is great for me; but I completely understand, not even getting started if that's what someone needs to do...). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/EPROULgHj4EJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
