I have diabetes and had more than 120 lbs.
old man and it’s almost a year after I had Rouen-Y Gastric By-Pass or better known as stomach stapling. We’ll pick one each week to highlight on the site.I’m 56 yrs. We want to hear how cycling changed you! Send your story and submit your photos to us via this web form. Don’t get on the bike to ride away from the old you. When you’re driving, how often are you looking in the rearview mirror? How can you drive forward if you are using the rearview mirror as your navigator? We drive by looking forward. Those 10 minutes turned into 15, and then 30, and then 45.ĭon’t ride away from something. All I needed to do that cold day in November of 2017, was to pedal for 10 minutes. When I got on the bike for the first time, I was not thinking about the 200 pounds I needed to lose. Everyone has had a ‘day one.’ Some of us have had multiple ‘day ones.’ It is not about the race that is to be run, but the journey that has just begun. I want other cyclists to know that the hardest thing to do at Life Time is push open the door to the cycling room for the first time. For me to say I am better now, I would have to say that I was a worse person for gaining weight-and that is simply not true. I am not a better person because I lost weight. My value did not increase because my weight decreased. I am not a better person because of the weight I lost.
I am the same person, just 185 pounds lighter, thanks to cycling. I have lost a total of 185 pounds, and hope to reach my goal of 200 pounds by October 2021, my four-year anniversary of my weight-loss journey. And for the first time on my trips, I was able to fully experience the world. I was able to walk through the market downtown, and I turned down taxi rides. For the first time, I could put the tray table down, and I didn’t have to request a seatbelt extender. In 2019, I went back to Tanzania and Uganda for a trip. I never thought about my weight-loss journey as what I am saying no to I think about what I said ‘yes’ to. I have not given up food instead, I’ve made different choices and added food that is better for my body. The same day I joined Life Time, I also joined WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) to help get my eating habits under control. And I eventually want to transition to outdoor cycling as a competitor. After a few months, I was riding three classes a week. When I started out, I could only complete half a class, once a week. Being new to the gym, there was a lot I just didn’t know. The structure of the classes helped me because I was able to learn and ride at the same time. I liked them because it was an individual workout, but done in a group. I started taking cycling classes at Life Time. Everyone needs an Elizabeth in their lives. However, my friend Elizabeth instead stole my phone and signed me up for a Life Time fitness membership as a birthday gift in October 2017. When I came home, I made an appointment with a surgeon to have my stomach stapled. I didn’t realize how my weight was holding me back until I saw myself only seeing the world, not experiencing it. However the Bedouin looked at me and said, “No, this small camel.” It was right there that I realized I was the literal straw that would break the camel’s back. I huffed and dragged my 350-pound body up about a quarter of the way, but I broke down and decided to rent a camel for the rest of the trip. Join Bicycling All Access for more great stories!
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