Comments on: Fit-Fat

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:23:38 +0000

Get your Thyroid checked. Seriously.

By: Dan O

Dan O — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:08:20 +0000

I can see it now…. Team Fit-Fat jerseys.

We’ve all been there. Except after this winter, I’m a touch fat (for me) and not fit at all.

The riding begins. The cycle continues…

By: andy

andy — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:12:45 +0000

Perhaps a 2-week kayak trip to Baja would help… I just returned and have reduced the curves quite a bit!

By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:30:08 +0000

there’s not a vain bone in your body….you always make me laugh! Thanks

By: Vito

Vito — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:28:58 +0000

Black tends to make one look a bit thinner;)

By: JT

JT — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:43:17 +0000

Your still better off than this 195lb Clydesdale…..;)

By: N1LUL

N1LUL — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:07:26 +0000

Another great Fit – Fat sport is Indoor Rowing. You only have move your fat back and forth, and there is not a lot of climbing in rowing.

I was top 10% age group for the 2000 meter event, but every bit as chunky as Fatty.

That said riding a bike outside beats rowing indoors almost every time.

By: AKChick55

AKChick55 — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:59:51 +0000

@MattC (yes, that one) I consider myself “chubby” and hope to lose about 10-15 lbs before Davis. We’ll see. However, I’m quite slow so I think that I’ll be riding sweep alongside you. I commuted to work for the first time this year and thought I was doing pretty well until some guy blew past me. Actually, I had people fly past me on mountain bikes (WTH?!?). Sigh. I am very short and my bike is very small, but my tires are the same size as big road bike tires. Oh well. I digress.

Who else is doing the 100 Miles of Nowhere and what state are you in?

I’m in Alaska and participating with a coworker on an out and back course (mainly flat, but there could be headwinds in one direction). We are parking cars on either end so we can have real food and don’t have to carry all of our supplies. Hoping to use it as a fundraiser for Davis. :)

By: patty

patty — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:14:40 +0000

I feel your pain! At least you are fit-fat, I am somewhat unfit-fat! I did lose about 20 pounds when I had major surgery last November and had a 5 pound begine tumor removed from my abdomen (I thought I was just fat!), but that did not solve the entire fat problem! A picture is worth a thousand words so lets hang our fat pics on the fridge and see if that is a deterrent – yeah, right, I must be smoking something!

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:12:47 +0000

First off in your “skinny” pictures you were not wearing a base layer under your jersey. Second black is more slimming because it is difficult for the eye to detect any slight bluges with black as compared to white. Third, the skinny pictures were taken after some long hard rides where you had lots of water loss. The fat picture showed you during a leisurely ride where you did not stress yourself especially after eating about 8 pounds of brats mere hours before. The solution is simple, dont wear underlayers, wear black jerseys and limit yourself to 2 brats (but they have to be on hardrolls not bread). Problem solved, now go ride more :-)