chasingfitness
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I am excited to find this forum. I have been yoyoing up and down 30 lbs for 4 years now.
I am happy and healthy at 160-170. I am 5"7 and a thick polish build with big defined leg muscles so I dont ever get lower than 160. Plus then I have to buy all new clothing. Anyway...
4 years ago I was nearing 200 lbs and got scared. a friend introduced me to mountain biking, bought a bike and I fell in love with it. In the beginning I couldn't get enough. I would bike everyday and push myself. I loved the way my body felt, I loved that I found a sport that was getting me into shape. I was doing the lindora diet at the same time. After a few months into it I woke one day to complete exhaustion. I went to the dr and he educated me about allowing my body to recover. I knew nothing about this subject. So I started to ride 2 days and take a day off. I also started drinking (low carb) recovery drinks after each ride. Seemed to help. Then winter came and it rained and I gained! This goes on for the past 4 years.
I moved so I can bike right from my home and I bike often... a few hours 2-3 days a week.
Last year I rode a long ride 40 miles in the sierra's and I came home to adrenal fatigue. With help from my dr I started taking Siberian ginseng, licorice root, rhodiola and lots of b, c and a. It took a few months but I finally bounced back and started riding again was down at 160 last summer. In October I stared gaining weight again. A month ago I was at 200, threw the scale away. Now I wont step on a scale but I would put myself at 195.
For the past month I have kept VERY active. I ran my 1st Trail 8K a few weeks back and I bike a few times a week. My outside sales job is 80% sitting in front of the computer and I work in my home right next to my kitchen!
I am a single 40 year old. I plan my meals, package them for the week in my fridge in neat little containers. I eat very healthy, almost totally organic, and almost all fresh foods, no pesticides or hormones. I have no problem eating the same thing every day for a week. It actually makes my life a lot easier.
This morning I went to go put on my fat jeans and they were snug. How could I be watching what I have been eating for a month, exercising so much and actually not fit into my jeans?
I am glad I found this forum and I am excited to read on. I really want this yoyo to stop.
I am looking for any tips or links/guidance to lose weight through fitness and eating healthy.
I am excited to find this forum. I have been yoyoing up and down 30 lbs for 4 years now.
I am happy and healthy at 160-170. I am 5"7 and a thick polish build with big defined leg muscles so I dont ever get lower than 160. Plus then I have to buy all new clothing. Anyway...
4 years ago I was nearing 200 lbs and got scared. a friend introduced me to mountain biking, bought a bike and I fell in love with it. In the beginning I couldn't get enough. I would bike everyday and push myself. I loved the way my body felt, I loved that I found a sport that was getting me into shape. I was doing the lindora diet at the same time. After a few months into it I woke one day to complete exhaustion. I went to the dr and he educated me about allowing my body to recover. I knew nothing about this subject. So I started to ride 2 days and take a day off. I also started drinking (low carb) recovery drinks after each ride. Seemed to help. Then winter came and it rained and I gained! This goes on for the past 4 years.
I moved so I can bike right from my home and I bike often... a few hours 2-3 days a week.
Last year I rode a long ride 40 miles in the sierra's and I came home to adrenal fatigue. With help from my dr I started taking Siberian ginseng, licorice root, rhodiola and lots of b, c and a. It took a few months but I finally bounced back and started riding again was down at 160 last summer. In October I stared gaining weight again. A month ago I was at 200, threw the scale away. Now I wont step on a scale but I would put myself at 195.
For the past month I have kept VERY active. I ran my 1st Trail 8K a few weeks back and I bike a few times a week. My outside sales job is 80% sitting in front of the computer and I work in my home right next to my kitchen!
I am a single 40 year old. I plan my meals, package them for the week in my fridge in neat little containers. I eat very healthy, almost totally organic, and almost all fresh foods, no pesticides or hormones. I have no problem eating the same thing every day for a week. It actually makes my life a lot easier.
This morning I went to go put on my fat jeans and they were snug. How could I be watching what I have been eating for a month, exercising so much and actually not fit into my jeans?
I am glad I found this forum and I am excited to read on. I really want this yoyo to stop.
I am looking for any tips or links/guidance to lose weight through fitness and eating healthy.
! I often work from home too, and my kitchen is right there as well!