Hello Turtle

After researching it on the web I ordered a TerraTrike Tour. When it arrived and was un-boxed my first impression of it was 'Its so small' it just looked to little for me to sit on. When I lady who I once dated and is now a friend saw it she said it looked like a Turtle - the trike has been Turtle ever since. My first ride on it turned out to be less than great - I did not have it adjusted correctly for me - I thought I did but I did not and I had taken it to a bike trail that I thought was paved only to find out it was a hard packed stone. The trike handled the trial OK but the trail made the trike slower than it could be on a paved surface and sense I did not know any better I just thought trikes were slower. IF I remember correctly I manages to ride it about 5 miles which I was also disappointed in but in hind sight I should have been pleased with because I could ride. Even with all this I did enjoy myself.

Good bye Jenny

I weighted 390.0 pounds. I was still going to Jenny Craig and following the program but it was not working and I was tired of the food and how much it cost so I stopped going in. The interesting thing was that even through I decided to stop using their food and driving ot the center I still was trying eat the way I have learned to - I spent a good deal of time finding food I could get or make that fit the program but that I could buy from regular stores - it took some time but I did it and it got better as time went by. I found that even through I did not want to go to the center I was staying on the program. I did not have a scale so I could not weight but just tried to eat properly. I am not sure where the idea came form but somehow during this time I got the idea of trying to get a trike.

Dark times

I weighted 390.2 now and I tried to ride my Haro Extreme mountain bike. I only rode it about 25 yards when the rear tire blew out. I blamed my weight and even through I am sure that did not help the real problem was that the tires were at least 10 years old and had just gone bad. I could tell even by my very short ride that I was not going to be able to ride this bike either. I bought new tires for it and up them on then I hung it back up and there it has stayed. At this point I gave up on being able to ride again and it was a very dark time for me.

Mid October

At this time I was down to 394.4. I was walking pretty well now and want to start riding my bikes. However I was in for a rude and unexpected experience. I got both of them down from where they were hanging in my grange. After I have gone over them cleaned and adjusted them I tried to ride my Vanguard LWB recumbent bicycle. I had no where near the stamina to ride it and I could not balance the bike. I got to a place several blocks from my home and had to stop. I could barely stand up and had to get to a street sign and pull myself up on it and just stand there with the bike still between my legs. I stood there in the middle of the road - I was at a center island - with traffic passing me on both side as I stood there distrot - I was so frustrated and angry - I want to ride so badly. I eventually walked home and hung the Vanguard back up and left it there. I hurt so much - I just wanted to ride.

Next weight in

This weight in was a bit better I weighted 396.2 a 2.2 pound lose. I was up to walking 20 plus minutes in the morning and afternoon which accounted for .6 miles each walk. I was now getting just under 6000 steps per day now. Jenny wanted me to do 10,000 per day but I was not able to do so yet.