Why can't this also be you?

[Guest guest]

Thought I would figure the numbers up for the fun of it. started riding my no

where bike that takes me every where I desire to be very soon. started riding on

March fifth and haven't missed a day. so far to to day, 66 days of no where bike

rides, 77 total hours to date, and 23 less pounds of weight gone from my frame

that I no longer got to carry around. why can't this also be you? what was my

attitude about doing exercise one year ago to day? more then likely it was just

like most folks who are lazy by nature and I was! I could picture me riding my

no where bike, but the thought was only a passing thought. from time to time I

would get on it and ride it as long as I could before I stopped. I would maybe

ride it for one hour and the next day maybe 45 and the next day maybe twenty.

then it was over and no room in my day for riding the no where bike. always told

my self I was simply to busy and had to much to do. some day I will, this is

what I always told my self. each day I was one day closer to more trouble caused

from over weight and keeping the extra weight on my frame. every day that went

by with out me doing something to change the same old same old, was one more day

closer to health issues. I put it off and put it off and continued to put it

off. I had any excuse you can think of I had. every day was a important day to

go eat something to reward my self for what ever! everything I told my self was

a grate reason to celebrate with food and ignoring my no where bike. I would

even tell my self that riding that sucker every day and doing with out food was

way to hard for only 2 pounds lost. I never stopped to think that I was actually

putting on 2 more pounds while telling my self reasons for not saving my own

life. 77 hours of bike hours behind me and still adding. started out with two 30

minute rides a day, then around the middle of April raised it up to 45 minutes

twice a day. one day in June I may go for one hour twice a day, but that

increase is in the future. 66 days and still counting of the ride on the no

where bike, but don't start thinking that this kind of a bike won't take you

where you need to go because it will and does for us who spend time on it. 23

pounds I have lost some where on the bike trail behind me. more will fall off as

I continue my journey up the trail. 135 must fall off and the trail will

continue until that day the last pound falls away. then I stay on the no where

bike, but then it will be a different kind of trail. it sure does get lonely on

this trail when I look around me and can't see any one I know for miles. see

lots of folks sitting by the trail waving me on and some even have a sad look on

there face. kind of like they wish they had a no where bike of there own to

ride. I bet the people in there life that cares about them and hope to have them

around for many more years, would all chip in and help them get a no where bike

if they needed the extra cash to make it happen. this is what true friends are

all about. some folks will tell you they have nothing worth living fore, but if

they got one friend who is a true friend that loves them as they are, then they

have everything to live fore! I got a huge pile of friends and when I got to go

over to the hospital is when I hear from or see them all once again. I figure

they hope I stay around and get old with them. I know they all dig the no where

bike that I'm traveling on right now because they all tell me how proud of me

they are. how does it get any more special then hearing your friends who aren't

family tell you they are Praying for you and how proud of you they are? I mean

we pretty much expect this from our blood family, but to hear it from folks who

don't have to love you or take the time to tell you anything and still they find

the time to make sure you know how much they love and care about you. this means

you have touched a lot of different lives and if you were to check out to early,

then all those friends and family is going to be very sad and feel the pane of

lost. they may wonder why you didn't care enough about your own health to do

something to make it better? they may even think and even feel that you were

kind of selfish to not care about them or your self. well this is what happen

with me! it really is a selfish act to continue doing all the wrong things if

they are making you more unhealthy by the day. I understand that not many of us

can do anything to feed the millions of folks around the world that go all day

with nothing to eat and the little kids that go to bed hungry right here in this

country! I know we can't single handed do much, but what we can do is take care

of our own health and not keep pushing all that food we don't need to live down

our throat so we can make our belly bigger. I started thinking one day out of

the blue sky, what would a hungry child feel in there hearts or think in the

mind if they seen me and my big old belly walking around or still eating when I

had enough to sustain me? When I put the shoe on my own foot I think I would

feel anger at a big person continuing to shove it in when I had nothing to eat

and went to bed many nights hungry. it could even make me mad enough to hit them

over the head with a big rock! I got some hand held weights and I go by and pick

up the 23 pounds that I have all ready lost on my no where bike and it is hard

to believe that the pounds I lost actually weighed that much? but it is so! now

that I look back over the past 66 days, I realize that I'm dropping a pound

every third day. I'm not gaining a pound every third day, but loosing the pound

instead. now if you look at this statement as I do, then you can see how it

would be a 2 pound swing if you were still ignoring exercising and eating less!

eating less won't last forever, but exercise should. you got to eat less now in

order to make up for all the meals you over ate, but the exercise you start to

day will and should continue on the rest of your life. this is the attitude you

got to have or you won't make it. now I do understand some folks can't any more

exercise because there health is just to bad and for these folks I'm so sorry

and sad for you, but us who aren't to that point right now, we got to get on

with the program and get busy before we to may be in the same shape. we all will

some day flat run out of time to change anything and this day can and does slide

up on you real quiet like and can be there before you believe it is possible.

regrets are caused from folks who continue to put off to morrow what should be

done to day. ok, I'm not going to wait on any of you to catch up with me on my

no where bike, but you can start on the same trail on the same journey to day

and not fall any farther behind. I won't be first across the finish line and I

won't be last either, but at least I will know I was in the race and not sitting

on the side lines watching.

[Guest guest]

It only takes one character to make a difference, and you are one for sure! One

day you will no longer be riding the nowhere bike. You will be riding the now

here bike.

keep up the good goind, Harry

Totally transform America? Change citizens into subjects, vote Democrat.

[Guest guest]

I'll drink to that one, Harry. What would we do without Mark?

Dotty

[Guest guest]

I know! I know! teacher! teacher! I know the answer to that q. you all would

roll up in a ball and cry your little heads plum off! No need to worry though,

I'm not famous yet! got to wait until the 135 pounds have left and I write the

book about the journey. in the mean time I will practice my spelling and

grammar.

Re: Re: Why can't this also be you?

I'll drink to that one, Harry. What would we do without Mark?

Dotty

[Guest guest]

seems like I have heard some one say I was some kind of a character and

should have been on He Haul or some silly show like that. been called a Mother

before as well, but I would need to be a female in order to be a Mother.

Probably was a blind guy that called me that. Actually all of us can make a

difference right where we are, in the space and time we are in. we all travel

around in a circle and we can make a difference with in our circle. why and how?

well for these answers you talk to God about it and he will tell you how. he

wants us to ask and know how.

Re: Why can't this also be you?

It only takes one character to make a difference, and you are one for sure!

One day you will no longer be riding the nowhere bike. You will be riding the

now here bike.

keep up the good goind, Harry

Totally transform America? Change citizens into subjects, vote Democrat.

[Guest guest]

Hey Mark, if that was an every where bike, you would be standing in the

middle of china! LOL!

Way to go man! Thanks for inspiring us!

Why can't this also be you?

Thought I would figure the numbers up for the fun of it. started riding my

no where bike that takes me every where I desire to be very soon. started

riding on March fifth and haven't missed a day. so far to to day, 66 days of

no where bike rides, 77 total hours to date, and 23 less pounds of weight

gone from my frame that I no longer got to carry around. why can't this also

be you? what was my attitude about doing exercise one year ago to day? more

then likely it was just like most folks who are lazy by nature and I was! I

could picture me riding my no where bike, but the thought was only a passing

thought. from time to time I would get on it and ride it as long as I could

before I stopped. I would maybe ride it for one hour and the next day maybe

45 and the next day maybe twenty. then it was over and no room in my day for

riding the no where bike. always told my self I was simply to busy and had

to much to do. some day I will, this is what I always told my self. each day

I was one day closer to more trouble caused from over weight and keeping the

extra weight on my frame. every day that went by with out me doing something

to change the same old same old, was one more day closer to health issues. I

put it off and put it off and continued to put it off. I had any excuse you

can think of I had. every day was a important day to go eat something to

reward my self for what ever! everything I told my self was a grate reason

to celebrate with food and ignoring my no where bike. I would even tell my

self that riding that sucker every day and doing with out food was way to

hard for only 2 pounds lost. I never stopped to think that I was actually

putting on 2 more pounds while telling my self reasons for not saving my own

life. 77 hours of bike hours behind me and still adding. started out with

two 30 minute rides a day, then around the middle of April raised it up to

45 minutes twice a day. one day in June I may go for one hour twice a day,

but that increase is in the future. 66 days and still counting of the ride

on the no where bike, but don't start thinking that this kind of a bike

won't take you where you need to go because it will and does for us who

spend time on it. 23 pounds I have lost some where on the bike trail behind

me. more will fall off as I continue my journey up the trail. 135 must fall

off and the trail will continue until that day the last pound falls away.

then I stay on the no where bike, but then it will be a different kind of

trail. it sure does get lonely on this trail when I look around me and can't

see any one I know for miles. see lots of folks sitting by the trail waving

me on and some even have a sad look on there face. kind of like they wish

they had a no where bike of there own to ride. I bet the people in there

life that cares about them and hope to have them around for many more years,

would all chip in and help them get a no where bike if they needed the extra

cash to make it happen. this is what true friends are all about. some folks

will tell you they have nothing worth living fore, but if they got one

friend who is a true friend that loves them as they are, then they have

everything to live fore! I got a huge pile of friends and when I got to go

over to the hospital is when I hear from or see them all once again. I

figure they hope I stay around and get old with them. I know they all dig

the no where bike that I'm traveling on right now because they all tell me

how proud of me they are. how does it get any more special then hearing your

friends who aren't family tell you they are Praying for you and how proud of

you they are? I mean we pretty much expect this from our blood family, but

to hear it from folks who don't have to love you or take the time to tell

you anything and still they find the time to make sure you know how much

they love and care about you. this means you have touched a lot of different

lives and if you were to check out to early, then all those friends and

family is going to be very sad and feel the pane of lost. they may wonder

why you didn't care enough about your own health to do something to make it

better? they may even think and even feel that you were kind of selfish to

not care about them or your self. well this is what happen with me! it

really is a selfish act to continue doing all the wrong things if they are

making you more unhealthy by the day. I understand that not many of us can

do anything to feed the millions of folks around the world that go all day

with nothing to eat and the little kids that go to bed hungry right here in

this country! I know we can't single handed do much, but what we can do is

take care of our own health and not keep pushing all that food we don't need

to live down our throat so we can make our belly bigger. I started thinking

one day out of the blue sky, what would a hungry child feel in there hearts

or think in the mind if they seen me and my big old belly walking around or

still eating when I had enough to sustain me? When I put the shoe on my own

foot I think I would feel anger at a big person continuing to shove it in

when I had nothing to eat and went to bed many nights hungry. it could even

make me mad enough to hit them over the head with a big rock! I got some

hand held weights and I go by and pick up the 23 pounds that I have all

ready lost on my no where bike and it is hard to believe that the pounds I

lost actually weighed that much? but it is so! now that I look back over the

past 66 days, I realize that I'm dropping a pound every third day. I'm not

gaining a pound every third day, but loosing the pound instead. now if you

look at this statement as I do, then you can see how it would be a 2 pound

swing if you were still ignoring exercising and eating less! eating less

won't last forever, but exercise should. you got to eat less now in order to

make up for all the meals you over ate, but the exercise you start to day

will and should continue on the rest of your life. this is the attitude you

got to have or you won't make it. now I do understand some folks can't any

more exercise because there health is just to bad and for these folks I'm so

sorry and sad for you, but us who aren't to that point right now, we got to

get on with the program and get busy before we to may be in the same shape.

we all will some day flat run out of time to change anything and this day

can and does slide up on you real quiet like and can be there before you

believe it is possible. regrets are caused from folks who continue to put

off to morrow what should be done to day. ok, I'm not going to wait on any

of you to catch up with me on my no where bike, but you can start on the

same trail on the same journey to day and not fall any farther behind. I

won't be first across the finish line and I won't be last either, but at

least I will know I was in the race and not sitting on the side lines

watching.