Congratulations on getting a big job done, and especially on the bike! Good for you on both counts. I love to ride, but the weather has been very uncooperative so far this year. It went straight from snowing almost every day to raining every day. I?m beginning to thing I?ve been transported to Ireland.

Last week 265

This week 264

Despite my prognostication that I thought I was done losing, I dipped down to 261 even this week, and then bounced right back to 264. So who knows? Apparently not me.

I've posted this before I am pretty sure, but this is my new ride, which I purchased at the end of the riding season last year. It is a hybrid, so not as fast as yours, but it suits the riding I do.

198.3 Last week
202.0 Today

Food: B
Water: A
Vitamins: B
Exercise: D

Nice bike! I bough a used Trek last year, but haven't nearly utilized it as well as you do. It's still hanging from the rafters in the garage. Weather and other commitments have really hindered me from getting on it yet.

Oldest daughter got married this week. They'e been dating for 8 years, got engaged this year, but wanted a private nuptial with a JP. They sprung it on us Mother's Day that the parents are invited (her co-workers intervened) and it would be Tuesday. A little mix up at the court house had us having to find someone to officiate across town at a beautiful pavilion. Better scenery than a court house. It turned out well and I am excited for them.

Weight gain today. Did well all week in being under 200. Only excuse/explanation is yesterday food was mostly lunch meat and Chinese. God please make it stop raining! A lawn cut in itself is good for over 10000 steps!

Good week to all.

-Bob

337.6: High weight Dec '13

311.3: Surgery day 1/16/14

191.8: 1st Surgiversary

199.2: 2nd Surgiversary

201.6: 3rd Surgiversary

215.0: 4th Surgiversary

216.2 Last Weigh in

216.8: CW

Food: B

Water: C

Vitamins: B

Exercise: A

After 10 months of nearly constant travel, I'm done with the project from hell. By my estimate, I've spent nearly 170 nights away from home since last August. That's a crap ton of eating out. I went back to my post on this board from 8/13/17 when I started the project, and found my weight to be 205. I gained about 12 pounds dammit. Time to get back to work. A few months ago, I was transferred from Operations to Sales/Marketing, so I'll still be traveling a lot, but not nearly as much as I have been.

On to the pictures. A couple of years ago, I was reading posts on this board and one of the guys was talking about biking (I can't remember who - so sorry for not mentioning you by name). Since my wife had been bugging me about buying a bike, I jumped in and bought the bike in the top picture. Last year, I did a century ride (100 miles in a day) followed by a 150 mile ride (75 milesX 2 days) on that bike. I realized I needed a new bike if I was going to have more fun. As a reward to myself for completing the project on time and under budget, I bought the bike in the bottom picture this week. Damn its fast. I started training for a 50 mile ride in two weeks, followed by the 150 mile ride again this year. I'm also thinking about joining a local bike club to get out more. Its good exercise, and easy on the joints.

Have a great week everyone.

Since a number of us talk about yard work as a form of exercise, I thought I'd post a few pictures of what passes for yard work around here. We live on 5 1/2 acres in a 200 year old house. The property is overgrown in a number of places, and part of my efforts are directed toward taming that and maybe someday bringing it under control.

I like my machines, and if I can do something for myself, that is a plus. Last year I had opportunity to buy an old used chipper/shredder at a great price from a friend of mine. It runs off the PTO on my '63 Fordson and will allegedly handle a 5" log. I've tested it up to 3". Anything bigger gets cut for firewood.

For most people, mulching a flower bed means purchasing some mulch, and then spreading it out. Maybe you need to cart it to its new location in a wheelbarrow, etc. That's all good exercise. For me, mulching starts with a chainsaw and a copse of weed trees. For this particular episode I spent about half a day or so chopping down trees and sectioning them up to be more manageable. Then I had to move about five carts worth to the flower bed. Normally I'll run the chipper right where the trees come down, but this hill is too steep to safely park the tractor in its aged condition.

It was most of another day to grind the stuff up and spread it around. There's probably about two cubic yards of chips there. And I've got lots more to do - lots more weed trees and bushes, and plenty of places to put free mulch. It ain't quite as pretty as the stuff from the home center, but I like the color green that stays in my pocket. And doing all this stuff burns some serious calories in the process. There is no danger of finding my home featured in Better Homes and Gardens any time soon though.

Start of 6 month pre-op diet (2/14): 320 lbs.

5/7: 290 lbs.

5/14: 292 lbs.

Food: C

Water: C

Vitamins: A

Exercise: A+ Got back to the gym 4 days last week and hit my step goal 6 out of 7 days. + I ran my first ever 5K on Saturday. No way I could have done it when I was 320.