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By richclydesdale on 7/6/2008 on richclydesdale's blog I have been off the bike since last October. I got pneumonia and got promoted to a position that burns a lot of time. I have hit 240 lbs. AND THAT'S IT! I am tired of being tired. I am tired of having to exhale all my air just to tie my shoes. I am tired of being a fatt ass and sweating at the thought of doing something. Heck, my wife doesn't....well, If you went from 210lbs of bulging leg muscles to a blob of fat, what would your wife "think" of you? I will be resurecting my Wal-Mart bike. It needs a good cleaning. And it needs new tubes. I have given all authority of my diet to my wife. She was a nurse, and knows how to eat properly. She's had three kids and is back to 112 lbs. in less that a year. My biggest problem is going to be that I am going to want to ride like I never stopped riding. I have an all-or-nothing attitude. If I am going to ride, then dammit, I'm going to ride my guts out, and I am going to want to do it every single day. I am a known endorphine junky. I would honestly say, that at 31 years of age, I'd rather have an endophine fix than "have" anything else (and my wife is screaming hot, too! what is wrong with me?). The ONLY way I've ever had that endorphine rush is by a good long ride. An hour long ride every other day would do it for me. When I was riding to and from work, it was almost two hours a day. I was so happy I could PUKE! When the bike would break, and be down for a week, I'd be such a cranky weasle after about 3 days. Here's the math: calories in < calories out = skinny Richie again But that all or nothing attitude (which by the way has allowed me to pull some seriously rough stuff off with ease throughout my life so far) makes me want to burn 1000 calories a day on the bike. I can work up to that, but the bike can't hanlde a 30 mile ride. The bottom bracket won't stay tight enough for that long. So here's the cunundrum at the moment: The wife is only agreeable to 30 minute rides. That all or nothing attitude is screaming in protest, 'An hour EVERY DAY or NOTHING!' What do I do?
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NVMtBiker says:
i'm right with you on all of that! (in the interest of mtb brotherhood, however, i'll stay away from your wife.) bummer here is that because of fires in california riding is out of the question. it's making me nuts! but i've been trying to keep myself in shape other ways, mostly resistance training and martial arts. anyone else out there ready to buckle down? |
Spacemonkey says:
 Just figured I'd say you can ride with your wife for the first half hour then let her chill at a cafe with a book or go shoping, get a camara out and take pictures or what ever she's into well you get the other half hour or more in. |
richclydesdale says:
 LOL...are you going to watch our 3 preschoolers? Good idea though...watch out! I got new tubes last night. I actually rode half a block just test the DRs, brakes, etc...OMG I am...AHH!!! I can't wait to punish my fat [posterior] on that thing!!! |
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