Getting fitter

[ScotiaLass]

I know since taking up cycling again, I am losing weight and getting fitter.
The last time I was at the hospital I was disappointed to find that although my clothes are looser, the scales said I'd put on a kilo (consultant wants me at a certain weight before he'll do my op)
My husband said it's okay because it's probably muscle and we all know muscle weighs heavier than fat, right?

Well this morning I was warming some milk in the microwave. I'm wearing lounging about clothes - some stretchy gym bottoms (tight fitting) and a fleece sweatshirt. I squat a little as the microwave isn't at eye level, and put my hands on the front of my thighs to steady myself.
I can actually feel toned muscle!
So I'm just frozen there, grinning like a looney, feeling my new found muscles.
My daughter wanders through (up early for a riding competition) and just stares at me...

Her: "Erm mum....are you okay?"
Me: "Yip! I am just feeling myself here"...
Her: "Whatever turns you on!"

 

[babytiger]

like it

 

[Roadrider48]

What happens is that the waist of your trousers all of a sudden fits properly but the legs don't.
It's a tough life!

 

[Easytigers]

Great going Scotia! Will the op have you off the bike for long?

 

[Saluki]

I am finding muscle myself so I can appreciate you grinning like a loon. Keep up the good work.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Great going Scotia! Will the op have you off the bike for long?

Waiting on a Cholecystectomy, hopefully by keyhole surgery, which has a shorter recovery.
If not it may be 6 weeks out.
That's officially of course, unofficially it'll be as soon as I feel up to a gentle cycle

 

[Easytigers]

Waiting on a Cholecystectomy, hopefully by keyhole surgery, which has a shorter recovery.
If not it may be 6 weeks out.
That's officially of course, unofficially it'll be as soon as I feel up to a gentle cycle

Good luck. You seem to have a great outlook so you'll be up and about in no time

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I know since taking up cycling again, I am losing weight and getting fitter.
The last time I was at the hospital I was disappointed to find that although my clothes are looser, the scales said I'd put on a kilo (consultant wants me at a certain weight before he'll do my op)
My husband said it's okay because it's probably muscle and we all know muscle weighs heavier than fat, right?

Well this morning I was warming some milk in the microwave. I'm wearing lounging about clothes - some stretchy gym bottoms (tight fitting) and a fleece sweatshirt. I squat a little as the microwave isn't at eye level, and put my hands on the front of my thighs to steady myself.
I can actually feel toned muscle!
So I'm just frozen there, grinning like a looney, feeling my new found muscles.
My daughter wanders through (up early for a riding competition) and just stares at me...

Her: "Erm mum....are you okay?"
Me: "Yip! I am just feeling myself here"...
Her: "Whatever turns you on!"

Thats the cycling effect, you loose weight to start with then you start gaining weight because of the muscle you are putting on, as roadrider said you can find yourself with trousers that will fit at the waist but won't go over your thighs, I stopped buying tight fitting trousers years ago, they have to be loose fitting, the effect is made worse by riding fixed regularly.
And good luck with the op, I hope it's all straight forward.

 

[stephec]

I had to do the same with the last pair of jeans I bought.

I am a 32/34 waist, but had to get a 36 because squatting in the gym has put weight on my hips and arse.

And before anyone says it I'm not shaped like Jessica Rabbit.

 

[Louch]

had to bin my chinos when I became a 100 miles a week man.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's all those squats you do getting things in and out of the microwave!

 

[Maverick Goose]

Chapeau to you SL!Keep up the good work

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwPb7g_BlXQ

 

[Roadrider48]

I had to do the same with the last pair of jeans I bought.

I am a 32/34 waist, but had to get a 36 because squatting in the gym has put weight on my hips and arse.

And before anyone says it I'm not shaped like Jessica Rabbit.

Same as me. I am a 34" waist, but have to buy 36" because of thighs.

 

[BAtoo]

Partner just said she can see the makings of a six-pack rather than the "party-seven" that was around my middle - personally think I'm still a "party-four".
Haven't noticed the thighs yet....