Back when I was riding my bike a lot I used Endomondo

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...droid&hl=en_US

Was pretty good

Got the wife the Peloton she wanted for Mother's day. Nice machine. 39 months no interest deal. What irked me was the $250 delivery and setup charge. Took the guts less than 30 minutes. Someone here said they were thinking about getting one also. If you know someone or somewhere with an active account you can use them as a referral and get $100credit for accessories. I got a free mat and toe clips. My wife used the apartment complex she stays in when in Boston as a referral. just a heads up. I will try the machine soon.

As I said elsewhere, I've been trying to ride my bike more. I joined the Trek Bikes Centurion Challenge on Strava and have been using it to track my rides. I was using Map My Ride before but I'm warming up to Strava.

I'm currently at 78.8 miles and have one day left. My daily "maintenance" route is 14 miles that takes about 1-1/2 hours that I would like to do before dinner. We have an appointment tomorrow morning but maybe I can get another maintenance ride in after.

The people on the leaderboard on Strava are inhuman though. I can't believe there are people who ride over 1000 miles a month. That's over 30 miles a day with no days off.

Fast on Fridays.
Skip Breakfast.

We have a friend with type 2 diabetes, a shopping addiction and a food addiction. He’s also a trained chef and makes a 5 cheese Mac and cheese that’s to die for. In his case, almost literally; he had a heart attack about 3 years ago and had a triple bypass. He also had gastric bypass surgery before that and had lost weight. He also had a shit job where they cut benefits and paychecks weren’t clearing so the heart attack was probably partly induced by stress.

He was off work for awhile but eventually got back to it and signed on with Terminex spraying bugs. Hopefully the job doesn’t kill him because he’s working 60 hours a week, 6 days a week.

Ironically, he’s in the best shape I’ve seen him. He’s cut his insulin intake in half and is down to 215. He’s not about to join us on bicycle rides - unless he goes out and buys a top of the line e-bike.

That shopping addiction...smh.

Anyway, I’m taking inspiration from his efforts; he’s only 12 pounds heavier than me and I feel like death some days with all the aches and pains. I know I’ve said this many times, but I need to set up a daily routine of starting out active - and not eating so damn much at dinner.

I read that riding an hour a day will help contribute to weight loss more that one big 4 hour ride a week (duh!!) so this morning once Joey was on the bus I decided to go for a 14 mile ride. Weather was beautiful and going early means no baby carriages and less dogs on the local trail.

My wife went and bought a Peloton, I've ballooned over the last couple of years into a bloated slob. The bike will go in the basement which has a bathroom with a shower. I plan on laying out my clothes for work the night before down there, waking up 45 minutes early, hopping on the bike for 30 minutes (who am I kidding, 3 minutes at the beginning) jumping in the shower and going straight to work. I gotta do something, I'm 51 and the grim reaper is creeping up on me

Capt. my wife loves the one I got er. I use the elliptical, havnt used the Peloton yet. Good for you and good luck.

I tried Peloton. I think that's a waste of money, not just because I'm lazy, but because it can't be compared to outdoor jogging or bicycle riding which seems more effective to me. I used to run every morning, but nowadays I just don't have time. After browsing a few pages like this I started to think that maybe I need to start weekend hikes.

When I was younger, I had the biggest weightless success with jogging for 30 minutes every other day and push-ups.

The trouble is that we’re not young anymore and metabolism changes. 45 seemed to be the age where my body changed. I blame the change in weather and eating wrong after Halloween as the main temptations for weight gain. It doesn’t help that the aches and pains seem to be increasing just as much as the waistline.

We don’t have room for those exercise machines, but we do have a family membership at the YMCA. I need to get in a habit of going there by 9 while I’m out of work. There are spin classes at 5:40 am but I am NOT that person anymore.