Comments on: I Confess

By: MC

MC — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:10:14 +0000

Hey,I love reading your blog…I’m getting into cycling and I was wondering how many miles approx. you ride per week. Keep up the humor!

By: Fat Cyclist

Fat Cyclist — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:19:57 +0000

memugsy – calling my blog ‘fat cyclist’ was sort of like getting a tattoo — once you’ve got it, you keep it. when i started it, i was 190lbs. the name has stuck, even though the purpose of the blog — to hold my feet to the fire in my quest to lose weight — has been at least sorta/kinda successful. thanks for the kind words, and good luck on your own weight loss efforts!

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:30:15 +0000

This is my first time reading you..you are hilarious..but the above comment is true..you aren’t fat at 160…fluffy maybe but not fat..i’m 250 (down from 258 3 weeks ago!yay me!) and the special order seat on my bike says CHEEKS…your column about confessions had me laughing out loud..keep up the fight..you are motivation with a smile!

By: STEVE

STEVE — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:34:39 +0000

Biking is also what I have decided to do in an attempt to lose weight. I am 5′6 and my weight was 189 lbs. Last week my weight was 185 lbs. I’ve been biking every morning @ 5am for about 45 minutes/11 miles. Also biking after work about 3 times a week. This seems like alot of work but it’s they only way I can seem to drop weight. I also weight train 3 or 4 times a week and have competed in a couple of bodybuilding contests placing 2nd in one. I’m hoping to get my weight down to around 175 lbs. before winter sets in. my bike: Schwinn Mesa GSX mountain bike

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:21:49 +0000

Just reading through some of the "best of" blogs and found yours. I must say you are hilarious! But no where near being a "fat cyclist" sorry.Have a great day!By the way, your legs look good shaved, very muscular, not many men can say that!

By: Fat Cyclist

Fat Cyclist — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:10:55 +0000

musemonkey – actually yours is one of the comments i did reply to during the 1-day snowstorm of pageviews. i’ve been on prednisone, too: http://spaces.msn.com/members/fatcyclist/Blog/cns!1pUmGvi9idWgOodsIbhHUOQA!203.entry. nowhere near as serious as lung cancer — really glad to hear you’re recovering from that, btw — but i can at least empathize w/ how it balloons you out.i’ll be sure to keep checking your blog out.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:02:09 +0000

Hey, kiddo, I made a comment in YOUR blog as well, but in the midst of the bazillion celebrity hits, it was but a fly speck.. or is that one word, "flyspeck"? I’m still enjoying your blog as well. I am, in fact, absolutely flattered to have had a visit and a comment from you, considering the sheer volume of comments you must have had on your own blog.I’m a fat cyclist too, but fat from steroids (prednisone for lung damage from lung cancer and COPD). SOME is from steroids, but some is from not having anough air to move around as I would like. I’m 5′3" and weigh nearly as much as you do, most of it dangling dangerously from my front in the form of obscene boobs and a spectacular apron of steroid belly fat (now doesn’t THAT paint a lovely picture?) So I’m riding stationary bike an hour a day. Shorts, bib or otherwise, would be a travesty, even in my own home. The thought gives me the heebie jeebies.All kidding aside, I really admire what you are doing and your dedication to it, plus your cleverness in making a great blog and becoming a celebrity (with the help of one of your talented sisters) so that there is no way you can backslide.Oh… and I visited the website of your artist sister, for which I thank you. Her work is so wonderful that I just cried tears of joy for the privilege and tears of frustration because I am not and never will be even one-tenth as talented as she. I have not seen any recent artist with that kind of greatness in living memory, and believe me, I see a lot of art. Now I wish I could see the work of your photographer sister. Your USAF Captain sister is in my prayers. I’m anti-war, but not anti- our loved ones who are serving. I pray for, and am prayed for in return by, a bunch of oorah Army grunts on the ground in Iraq. If there must be wars, I think we senior citizens should go and not our beautiful young people.Your artist sister said she is lapsed Mormon, and so am I, and because of polygamous ancestors and Utah and all that, I suspect we are all distant cousins. I admire your banter with your sisters. My Big Brudda, a quirky, funny clever guy like you, was always my dearest friend and I lost him last year. It leaves a big hole.Thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind comments on my art. Compared to your sister, however, I am a dabbler, a fake, an amateur.(SIGH!)Anyway, keep on trucking… you keep me inspired to do the same.

By: Fat Cyclist

Fat Cyclist — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:46:05 +0000

kj – said war and peace blog entry was interesting and entertaining. i hereby give you blanket permission to hijack my blog whenever the mood suits you.

By: kris

kris — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:57:04 +0000

I have nothing witty to say, but I do want to prove I can use this comment section for something other than a War and Peace-esque blog of my own.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:19:41 +0000

i felt i should add a comment over here too since i found errorism through fc.ok actually i’m hoping to win the $50 bucksi’ve added your blog to my daily cycling reading (after paceline.com and before dailypeloton.com) keep up the good work.