in September of 2014 I started cycling for my health to combat type 2 diabetes, and I put a few hundred miles on that year. 2015 I rode January on an aluminum frame bike, and from February to now I have been on a 2013 Orbea Orca carbon fiber bike (now with 2000 miles on the odometer), and put out 1004 miles. This year on the Orbea I have 1096 miles ridden.
All miles are combined outside and on the trainer inside. I ride a BKool Pro smart turbo trainer that automatically adjusts resistance based on the road grade of the programmed route. The trainer is a stand I can put my bike in for inside riding.
So far I have gone from 406 pounds ( I stand 6'3") to 355 pounds and kept of the 40 pounds for over two years), quit taking Metformin (an oral medication for diabetes), cut my daily dose of insulin in half down to 40 units, and I have changed blood pressure medications and cut the dose of that to a very low dose.
I have participated in the Tour de Cure in Airway Heights, WA in 2015 when I completed the 25 mile route in 2.5 hours total time and two hours moving time, and in 2016 when I completed the 50 mile route in 5 hours total time 4 hours moving time.
Please do yourselves a favor and move: Walk, run, swim, bike, any other exercise as I could have prevented much of my condition had I stayed active.
15 years of a sedentary lifestyle is darned hard to overcome and undo. Hey I was at 27 years old 225 pounds, but I let myself go. Now I am 46 and trying to get back down to 250.
I hope my action has encouraged my sons to be active, and I hope my actions are inspirational to someone who needs that little extra push to get off the couch and move.
So if you are in my area and see a fat guy with long hair levitating through town with his legs pumping furiously don't worry there really is a bike under me.
My ride from today can be viewed here https://www.strava.com/activities/752905584/segments/18447445489
Thank you for reading this, and I hope you are blessed with health, prosperity, and a nice shave.
Dave
All miles are combined outside and on the trainer inside. I ride a BKool Pro smart turbo trainer that automatically adjusts resistance based on the road grade of the programmed route. The trainer is a stand I can put my bike in for inside riding.
So far I have gone from 406 pounds ( I stand 6'3") to 355 pounds and kept of the 40 pounds for over two years), quit taking Metformin (an oral medication for diabetes), cut my daily dose of insulin in half down to 40 units, and I have changed blood pressure medications and cut the dose of that to a very low dose.
I have participated in the Tour de Cure in Airway Heights, WA in 2015 when I completed the 25 mile route in 2.5 hours total time and two hours moving time, and in 2016 when I completed the 50 mile route in 5 hours total time 4 hours moving time.
Please do yourselves a favor and move: Walk, run, swim, bike, any other exercise as I could have prevented much of my condition had I stayed active.
15 years of a sedentary lifestyle is darned hard to overcome and undo. Hey I was at 27 years old 225 pounds, but I let myself go. Now I am 46 and trying to get back down to 250.
I hope my action has encouraged my sons to be active, and I hope my actions are inspirational to someone who needs that little extra push to get off the couch and move.
So if you are in my area and see a fat guy with long hair levitating through town with his legs pumping furiously don't worry there really is a bike under me.
My ride from today can be viewed here https://www.strava.com/activities/752905584/segments/18447445489
Thank you for reading this, and I hope you are blessed with health, prosperity, and a nice shave.
Dave