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I myself started to gain weight slowly after a back injury at work a few years ago. This was followed by a few other health problems. My doctor just keeps prescribing me more and more drugs with no end in sight. The only things that truly made me feel better though were chiropractic, massage, and for awhile riding a bike to work. It took me almost exactly 30 minutes there and 30 minutes on the way home. Every piece of information I could find said that 30 minute bike rides should be the best for weight loss. I kept gaining weight. I told my doctor that I had been riding my bike everyday without fail from Monday to Friday for a full hour. I don’t think he believed me at first. Then I was sent for all kinds of tests. When they thought they had a reason, I was given another drug to take.

By this time my health had gotten to the point that I couldn’t handle eight hours of work at a time. So when the only four hour position in my department came open, I took it. So now instead of a work place that was exactly a 30 minute bike ride away, I had to go to a place that was twice as far away. That along with winter gave me all the excuses I needed to just give up. Of course that just made me gain weight faster. Well, Joe is done making excuses, so I am too! I dusted off my bike, sent it into the local bike shop to be tuned up, and I will pick it up Friday. Starting on Monday I estimate that I will have a one hour bike ride to work and a one hour bike ride home. I am starting this out at 243 pounds and I plan to lose around 80 pounds when it is all over. For the near future though I will be happy if I lose 20 pounds before summer is over (gotta have those short term goals). I know getting inspired by a local radio guy might sound cheesy to some of you, but it’s a fat guy thing that you just wouldn’t understand. Joe has been fat longer then I have, he isn’t doing some trendy garbage like Atkins, this is about good ol’ fashioned diet and exercise. As long as he can keep up the good fight, then so will I! What I want to know is, how many of you readers have what it takes to be as up front as I am about this? Post your current weight, how much you plan to loose, and how much exercise you plan to battle the bulge. I am going to give updates every week as part of this weekly rant now. If I don’t, feel free to flip me crap about it on the forums. If Joe gives up, I know his listeners would do the same for him.

PS-I was going to tell everyone to vote for this one band, but they have not registered yet. So think for yourselves this week and click here to start voting!

PPS-We still need writers. Make a post on the board if you are interested.