FL Sun

Thanks Harley! Great to find a group to share our rides & love of motorcycles with.

Doing stuff with our HOG friends presents a whole new challange for trying to stay on-plan!

Welcome Flsunbakd!! We're so glad to have another enthusiast! I "ride" a Honda Rebel, but I mostly ride on the back of my hubby's Harley Softtail.

Our little group is pretty slow this week. Sometimes we chat and chat and other times we're all so busy. I feel bad not posting much this week!

I'm frustrated with myself this week b/c I have not exercised too much. I have done really good with my plan, but the weight isnt coming off fast enough. Dh says that I shouldnt watch the BL b/c I think its normal to lose that much that fast. Still, losing at the rate I have this month will take me FOREVER to be thin. Ugghhh. I guess I need to just keep losing and being healthy and not worry about the time its done in.

I have also been so totally wiped out all week. I'm not really sure why. I've been getting lots of sleep at night, but when I get home I crash. Maybe I'll have more energy to workout next week!

Dh wants him and I to have a Super Bowl party this weekend. Just the 2 of us. He wants to order pizza and I'm trying so hard to be good on the weekends. I guess if we shared and I only had a couple of slices...or I might let him get pizza and I'll stick to Subway!

Any weekend plans anyone?

Harley- My friend scrapbooks and loves it. I thought about trying it sometime. Have a great time doing it!

HAVE AN AWESOME WEEKEND!!!!!!!!

Welcome Flsunbakd!

I'm with you this week Rebel... I haven't been so good with my eating, but I'm did exercise all but one day, and I'm going to get gym tonight to run a few miles. And tomorrow is a new day to do right by myself. If your hubby wants pizza, just be really good until then and do a lot of cardio until then. Also, have a large salad and just a slice of pizza. I couldn't not eat pizza if my hubby ordered it - love it too much .

No big plans for me this weekend. I have the kids so I was thinking of taking them out and letting them take some pictures. It gets them out of the house, and I take them somewhere where they have to walk around a bit so they get some kind of exercise. I'm sure I'll watch the game too, but there won't be any kind of snacks.

Keep up the great losing HarleyMom!!

Welcome back Chick! Glad you had a great time.

I want pink boxing gloves! How cute would they be?!

Everyone have a great weekend!

Kathy

Good Morning Biker Chicks!

I sure missed checking in with everyone yesterday while the server was being moved.

It was a rainy, rainy day here....but today there's not a cloud in the sky! HH has a day off, so we'll be riding our HOG. We'll probably ride up through the Ocala National Forest...then over to the beach by Dayona and then home. That's a good ride.....several hours. No SuperBowl party for us....we're just not into football much anymore, but I imagine we'll catch bits & pieces of it!

Fell off-plan Friday night....went to a b-day party at a local restaurant and had cocktails & appitizers. Didn't really eat that much, so maybe it wasn't too bad...but still, I didn't feel like I had "plan-control". Didn't exercise much again this week, so I will probably pay for it with my Monday weigh-in. Exercise is the key and I know it, but somehow I just can't get in that mode. I wish I didn't hate it so much!! Maybe this week will be different. I'm really going to try.

Next Saturday is our monthly HOG Chapter meeting, an all-day event of riding, eating and then the meeting. Then more eating. I have to really be that day....and getting on-track with the exercising might help. What are you guys doing with the pink gloves? Some kind of kick-boxing?

Hope you all have a fun & relaxing Sunday, whatever you do! And....thanks for the warm welcome to your group!

Hi flsunbakd!!! We've got sunshine over here, too. Still a little chilly - about 60 at the warmest...I'm still waiting for my bike to be put back together anyway...gotta be contented with a sunroof in the PT.. Not to say exercise is not important - I would be the last person to say that - but IMHO, eating clean is 85% of weight loss. At least for me. I can exercise all I want, but unless the calories in is less than the calories burned, I don't get anywhere. The main bonus of the weight training is the muscle I'm building, when I do finally get my head on straight and keep my eating in line, all those muscles will actually show That and I'm afraid to think how much weight I might have gained if I wasn't in the gym 5 days a week burning off what I shouldn't have eaten in the first place. My only suggestion is to find something you don't hate and make a habit of it. Start slow and build up so you don't hurt yourself and stop doing it. I started with just walking every day...I started with 1/2 an hour and built up to an hour. I find different places to walk so I don't get bored...we have a really nice bicycle trail next to the river here. I like to watch the seasons change...
I added weight training much later...if you use DVD's, have a few different ones so you don't get too bored....you can do this!! Once it's a HABIT, it feels really weird when you miss a day. I was never an athletic person...believe me.
I'll get off my soap box...and stop rambling.

As for the pink gloves - 2Fru is our resident kickboxing queen! So don't mess with her JK, 2Fru! She makes me look like a couch potato.

Hi all!

I went to the gym this morning and broke the 300lb mark on my leg presses. I did 10 reps at 320lbs. I know that all this leg weight training has helped me run because I don't get nearly as sore as before when I run and I can run for a longer time.

I think chick is right, losing weight is mostly nutrition. If you don't eat right, then you aren't going to lose weight. Exercise has it's benefits though! Muscle mass is excellent for burning calories, and the cardio is great for the heart.

flsunbakd.... didn't anyone tell you the rules? You can't talk about riding until ALL of us have good enough weather to get out. Think about us poor girls with our bikes sitting in the garage and we can't ride for months! Just kidding, it's great that you can get out on your bike. April isn't too far away - right?

Well chicks, I'm off to watch the stupid-bowl. No chips, soda, pizza, cheese, crackers or anything to eat while I do either.

Have a great day!

Kathy

WOW chick! You have lost some SERIOUS WEIGHT, Girl! Man. You are my new inspiration!!! Am doing good with the intake....fell off the wagon a little today, had a few bites of cherry cobbler...but didn't eat the whole thing and half of everyone elses, as usual!! LOL I promise I will try to find SOMETHING I like in the exercise department....I don't have even one little teeny excuse anymore! My back is feeling good now, and "not having time" is no excuse either. Please keep asking me and kicking me in the butt. I will keep reading your post, chick....there's some great stuff in there that might just light that fire in me. I just hope my pilot-light hasn't gone out! LOL

Kathy....hate to rub the ride in, but it was a good one!! It is chilly here today....was about 60, so leathers felt good. When we got up in the Forest, instead of heading east toward Daytona, we went west to a little town called Miconopy and had a really nice meal at the home of the author Marjorie Rawlings who wrote the novel The Yearling. You might not remember this book unless you're old like me....we had to read it in high school back in the Dark Ages. Anyway, her old homestead is now a quaint, old Florida style house-restaurant. Pretty cool. Round trip was about 160 miles. Hope you guys can all get out soon....that the best part about living here; the year-round riding

More tomorrow....stupid bowl is about to start. I don't know if we'll watch all of it or none of it....but better go see!

Hey sun! Yeah no messing with me!

I think I'm the only one riding... Everyone else is a wuss But it is seriously cold and if I had a car, I think I would be snuggled up in there with the heater on and my breakfast on the passenger seat!

Had a good weekend, clean-ish eating, better than usual and a kickboxing lesson saturday and shopping - a perfect day! Had a lazy day and chores day yesterday, didn't actually get an afternoon nap, but we did have afternoon cuddles with the electric blanket and the duvet, so it wasn't too bad! Oh and I bought a new house plant. He's called Steve The Stick. I wanted to call him Albert but DF didn't like it!

Well I'm starving today since TOM is on his way - I'm about to chew my arm off since I've nearly eaten everything I brought with me!

Good Moooorning!

Yes, 2frus....clean eating is the most important and I'm doing pretty well with that except for the bites of cherry cobbler I had yesterday.....it was LOADED with sugar! Tell me more about that kick boxing! Maybe there's a class around here

Weighed in the morning and no lose, but no gain either. I have to break this plateau and I KNOW the only way to do it is to start exercising. I WILL. I have to admit I'm disappointed about not being able to move my weight-tracker!! If I could just get motivated to do my Pilates....I do get results from that and I know it....just can't get in the right place mentally. What does it take to get there????? Suggestions??? Hypnosis?

I do have a new goal though:
I forgot to tell you guys about this yesterday ~ the couple we rode with invited us to go to the Myrtle Beach BikeFest in May. They have a 2 BR/2BA condo there with their timeshare, so lodging would be free! Looks like I have a brand new time-line for getting some of this fatty fat fat off! That's a good thing...I work best under pressure, how 'bout you?! Maybe it will be my motivation. I'm going to do a new weight-tracker for it and see if that will light my fire!

Hi Chicks. Had a great time at my crop this weekend. Got some Christmas pictures done from back in the 80’s. My son is 21 and I am just getting his pictures in books. Wow talk about slow.

Stayed on program for the most part this weekend. I ate out twice but didn’t eat things that where out of control. It was a good weekend. I went out with a friend who is having some weight problems and it was a very interesting conversation. It is funny how your mind changes about your weight when you start getting control of weight issues. I tried to talk to her about things but it is a tough thing to get through to folks. Something has to click to change you. It was a 2 mile mountain hike that did it for me last summer. I thought I was going to have a heart attack! I remember thinking that it was ridiculous to feel as crappy as I did. Total health issues was what set me over the edge. My JC consultant said she only has about 3 clients that have figured it out. It is such a journey and I wish you all the best in the journey to figure out what works for you and how to get your mind set right! I am not where I need to be yet but I am totally working on it. It is fun to see how things start to fall in to place. My DH told me I have changed, I smile more and seem to be a happier person over all. I didn’t even know I was unhappy. Sorry to get all philosophical on you all but I hope that this helps someone on there journey! It is a total overall change that takes place, mind, body, soul.

Hope you all have a great day and stay on track!

I totally agree about something clicking....for all the annoyance I have with myself for not progressing more quickly towards goal weight I have come a long way. And I AIN'T GOIN BACK!!!!!

New avatar - sorry to dash everyone'e mental image...

I aslo can relate to the photos in the books taking a bit of time....I'm sure I still have photos from the 80's somewhere...

As for motivation to exercise for flsunbakd....sounds really cold - but just do it....start with small goals - 1/2 an hour 4 days a week for example....but just make yourself do it. You won't be disappointed. You will get addicted...Even 2Fru with her evil plateau would never really give up on her beloved kickboxing....

And yes, I am a wuss, 2Fru! Kathy isn't tho - 320 lbs on a leg press You go girl!!!

Hey Gina...that is a GREAT picture of you! I followed your lead and posted one of HH and I on our bike.

Thanks for your exercise pep talk....I WILL do SOMETHING tomorrow! A baby step at a time....and hopefully that addiction-thing will kick in for me. OMG. That would definitely be a miracle.

God yeah you totally trashed my mental image hat chick! For some reason I thought you had short blonde hair .....

flsunbakd - motivation really isn't an issue once you find something you love! Also, when you get in the groove you start doing it because you have to - like somebody quotes "I don't have to find the motivation to brush my teeth - I do it because I have to". Go and try out all the classes in your area, check out some kickboxing ones or judo or tae kwon do or anything. Kendo is since they beat people with REALLY BIG STICKS! Yeeeeeehah! That's my next martial art

Ok off the now!

Felt so tired from my running yesterday (5K in 34 and a half minutes - personal best ) when I woke up I was shaking! Got ma caffine, got ma head got ma toes I got liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife

Easy day today, just 1 hr kickboxing. I love that that's my easy day! It used to be the only exercise I did - things can change so much, and it's great standing here looking back at me getting winded climbing the stairs... No better feeling on earth I tell ya

2Fru - blond.... Thanks for the contagious enthusiasm!!

flsunbaked - what a cute couple!