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i just realized that i may be the heaviest gs500 rider around, i was lookign at a bunch of pics of forum members, and i was like "crap these guys are skinny, maybe that is why my bike doesn't seem as fast?"

so i'm taking up jogging, and no more random junk food. i'm not like real fat, but i'm a pretty big guy.

anybody out weigh me? or know any funny big guy on small bike jokes?

i weigh about 250 pounds  :o

need to start jogging.

There are members much bigger than you.  But I'm not naming names.

Don't worry.  

Jogging melts fat away.  Do 9 miles a week and lift weights and play basketball.   You'll be able to kick the shaZam! out of most people.

Don't eat anything with sugar or flour in it.  Which means no candy, icecream, cake, bread, or fruit.  You can eat all the meat and veggies you want.

95+% of the calories you burn in a day are burned just living.  Exercising doesn't REALLY burn that much.  You'd have to run like 3.5 hours a day to burn the 3500 calories in a pound of fat.  Of course, exercise IS good for you but not necessarily to lose weight.

I weigh 215, but I carry it on a 5'6" frame...so proportionately I may be bigger than you. Say anything you want, my wife still thinks I'm sexy!  :nana: There's a big Indian guy running around here with a box full of GS parts too...

Okay.  I'm 6'2" about 230-235.  I've seen one guy that was 270 lbs and about 5'10" or so.  There is a 6'6" guy, 'bout 220 or so.  

So there are lots of big guys riding the GS.  I'll put pics up when my bike it done so you can have visual confrimation of another clydesdale on the baby GS.

weight reduction (my weight) will make my bike faster. and jogging is pretty cheap, so i'm gonna get on it.

i'm about 5 feet 10 inches. i mostly have a wide frame, as in big shoulders and ribs ect. i look funny cruising about on my little gs.

right now my bike is garaged while i patch up the junky tank that came with it. seems like the best place to keep it lately with all the rain mid ohio has gotten lately, and with all the people dumping and wrecking their bikes.

glad to hear i'm not the only massive dude on a gs!

i'll try to post a few pics of me and my gs somtime soon.

Bunch of feather weights :roll:

None here can Match my greatness of 5'11" (hair shy 6') Broad shouldered 280lbs of bigness, but so many say i dont look it. i must say my tire has added a few more inches of tred but need the XXL to fit across my shoulders too. 2 here have seen me in person, Tony Diaz in Miami, and Altrueism in mirimar.  

My little GS runs me just fine. i do need to get back on the diet though, belly makes it harder to lean over the tank and more weight making me slower in corners. guess some Dirt riding would help that as i hate joging, constant standing and squating, throwing the bike around, jumps, and slides, not to mention getting into 2 wheel mud fights.

Im 6'2" and just around 210 (getting lower, woohoo for exercise!). I was about 220 maybe a tad more when I bought the GS. EXCELLENT bike, got my ass around everywhere I wanted to go, dont worry about it :).

hey Blueknyt. what kind or dirt riding do you do, like trials, mountain, or somthing else?

i've been thinking about getting a little dirt bike to play around on sharpen my skills with.

just curious to what you ride and where.



i was surprised with the gs when i first got it. i'm hooked, love the gs. i'm still working on making mine into a tiny little old school street rod style street fighter. all in good time.

I'm 5'10" and just before Halloween I weighed 265 pounds.  Now I'm just a shade under 230, and I look and feel much better.  Still not any taller though. :lol:

If you're not active already, trying to start jogging will kick your ass, and you'll quit.  Don't ask how I know.  I learned that in 2001.

Start walking, and eating lots of salad.  I walk 3.5 miles four times a week, do the stairmaster and weight lifting at the gym an hour a day 5 days a week, and I eat salad like a crackhead bunnyrabbit.

My big weakness is chicken wings.  You know, hot wings, buffalo wings.  So I go to Winghouse (local version of Hooters, though Hooters is originally from here too) and I get the Winghouse Chicken Salad.  It's a huge bowl of salad topped with grilled chicken.  Then I nicely ask the waitress if I can get the chicken tossed in wing sauce.  Then I go beserk:  I eat this giant bowl of salad and feel full, but I get my wing-flavor fix without eating not-so-healthy fried chicken wings.

You can't do this as a short term solution.  The only reason I've been able to lose it and keep it off is by making a commitment not to 'diet', but to change my lifestyle.  Something I do to keep my sanity and stay committed is to 'cheat' one day a week.  Last Thursday I had a burger and fries for lunch at Checkers.  I almost didn't enjoy it, because it was greasy and salty.  Almost.

I feel great, I look better, and I need to shop for new clothes because mine are now too big.  You can do it. :thumb:

Yeh, you'd be surprised how much quicker the little Baby is when you drop a few pounds. After this last bout with my liver I had gotten down to about 120...wow, the little twin feels like it could do 60 in just a couple seconds. Of course I don't want to stay this light but it definitely was noticable in the throttle response. In fact, other than the lack of torque, the Baby G feels a lot like some of my old Triumphs as far as horsepower. Probably about as fast too...and the old 650 TR6 wasn't considered to be a slouch in it's day. I love my little White Owl, New Guinea, and this forum.

C.......

screw jogging.  if you have a pool nearby, get a membership... an hour of lap swimming three times a week will do you much more good than jogging.

Find a good martial arts school, go three times a week...in 6 months you'll lose a "ton" of weight and be able to get yer ass kicked at the drop of a hat. Love the Baby G, Zambia, and this forum.

C.......

I go to the gym every day, 5 10 and weigh 150  ;)

But then before I went to the gym I weighed 130

This post is making me feel somewhat better about my 5'8" 200 lbs frame, but not much. ;)

i am 5'7" and about 180lbs, hoping to get down to about 165.  i used to be 225.  then one winter i lost 45lbs and put a k&n pod on my bike.  in the spring i thought, damn that k&n pod is amazing... my bike feels so much faster.  then i remembered i lost 45lbs and that was probably what did it.  i've been eating better, bicycling and lifting weights.

Hey hey hey...little did you all know that there is a nutritionist on the GStwin board...it's me!  well, in 3 more classes it will be official, but  I'm close enough to help anyone out who wants it.  Anyone can feel free to pm me with questions or anything and we can do a real nutritional assessment and create a plan that is for you.  I would love to help and make my 4 years of college mean something! Let me know if I can help any one of you!  :)

This post brings this quote to my mind, :lol:  "I was myself with a rag on a stick." -Bart Simpson on part of what he would do if he was morbidly obease(sp)   :lol:  :lol:

On  a serious note: Jump in the ol pool like that post said up there somewhere^^^ And if you dont loose it who cares! Plenty of lovin for the ladies :)  ;)

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hey Blueknyt. what kind or dirt riding do you do, like trials, mountain, or somthing else?

i've been thinking about getting a little dirt bike to play around on sharpen my skills with.

just curious to what you ride and where.

well, just got a 1983 honda XL250R as a package deal with a 96 cavalier for 500$, its got papers so i can put a tag on it (which will be soon) once i get everything sorted (nearly there) ill start my Dirt riding and it will probly be trails, no enough Natural elevation changes around for trials. down here is Muddin and fishin and boats. 4x4's are used for mudding too

I am 6' about 230 and I saw a gym this week,  I drove by on my way to the bike shop.

im 6' and below 140 lbs!!!

Ive still got about another 2 weeks until I can start lifting again...i cannot wait. Im going stir crazy, jogging and wind sprints in the mornings on Monday, Wed, and fri is cool, but I wanna get back to my lifting schedule. DAMN MY GIMP SHOULDER, lol. I was told if i try to lift now, im just gonna tear the scar tissue that has built up, and its gonna hurt BAD.

Anyways, yea...

I know your pain. I played rugby thoughout highschool, and I ruined my shoulder one season, it just took alot of strengthening excercizes to get it back to normal.

Quote from: VTNewbI know your pain. I played rugby thoughout highschool, and I ruined my shoulder one season, it just took alot of strengthening excercizes to get it back to normal.

i hurt my shoulder pretty bad from workin out. Felt like a tear. The docs said give it rest. Its been almost a year! each time i go back in to try to use it it starts to hurt again....What did you do to gain back strength to use it again?

DONT TELL ME IT STILL HURTS YOU MAN! lol, thats the last thing I wanna hear...

What did you end up doin VT? I got a referral for Physical Therapy, but I dont think im gonna do it cause my arm feels fine (only occasional pain at the end of the day if i over do it).

About 6 ft and weigh in around 215-220 lbs.  I want to lose some weight but just do not have the time to work out.  I work 7 day swing shift, married, 2 children, remodeling a house, 3 cars, 1 truck, 1 bike.

I just have cut back the amount of the food I was eating and over a 2 week period I have lost 8 lbs.  If I could only get back down to the 185-190 weight I was at 18 I would be happy.

I do two things to stay in shape while I'm at work:

1) I always take the stairs (even up).

2) I'm anorexic.

Just kidding.

when I need to cut a few inches off, I go on the B,C diet  works great, and you stay hydrated.

Que es "B,C" diet?

beer and coffee,  water is optional

SuZuki10 heres a challenge for you!
I am 5' 4" and 100 lbs.  How do I gain weight?   :)
I eat all the time!  In fact.... I'm hungry now.... later gotta go find a good snack!

:lol:

HGH, decaduralolin, Winstrol V, et al.  

Just kidding.  

Do you lift weights?

I don't lift weights.. but I should.  In fact I think thats the only way I could gain weight.

If you are serious, I can work with you...I need to know some more about you...are u male or female?  (sorry, can't tell from your info)  what types of foods are u eating and how often?  and what is your body type like? high body fat, very lean, protruding bones, etc?   For your height the recommended weight is only ~120lbs if you are female and ~130lbs if you are male.  You may not be taking in as many calories as you think, so we can look at all that and maybe get you on a supplement that has lots of calories and protein.  PM me anytime if don't want to continue this on this thread (it would be easier)  ANYONE else wants help, just let me know! maybe we will start the GStwin.com fitness challenge of 2005

or we could just Buddha Loves You about being fat some more....

yeah, typing doesn't burn many calories.  That would be my first tip for anyone trying to lose weight.  :thumb:

fat or skinny..only one thing matters.  be healthy.

healthy meaning low cholesterol, low fat intake, good diet.   u don't need exercise everyday to be healthy, its all in what you eat.

granted i'm obsessed with playing basketball and volleyball...i still eat healthy.

5'10"...170lbs

I'm obessed with watching your avatar.  

You've got to post the URL so I can send that out. . .

Quote from: Jake DI'm obessed with watching your avatar.  

You've got to post the URL so I can send that out. . .

you can find any avatar hosting site or any pic host site by right clicking then selecting properties.

Dude, you are cool, and by cool I mean totally sweet!  Thanks!

chino,

are you training to be  a cage fighter?

I'm 6'1 and 255. And I actually prefer smaller bikes. The biggest one i've owned to date is a Yamaha XS 650. Have ridden a Goldwing and a couple of GS1000's. Too damn heavy for me.

I'm 6'6" and weighed in at an all-time high of 262 this winter.  I did Atkins and started doing light exercise--lost 35 lbs.  I did it for a number of reasons, chief among them that I needed to make weight for getting into the Navy JAG Corps (231 lb is the limit for my height).  I also didn't want to be a b ig fat load anymore and I didn't want to die young.

I'm still pretty chunky, but the push-ups, sit-ups, dips and running are taking care of that.

I highly recommend the Atkins diet as a way to lose a ton of weight in a short amount of time.  I'm not sure how it would be for a sustained lenght of time, or as a lifetime plan, but for short-term loss, you can't beat it.  I mostly ate salads w/grilled chicken or something similar, and tried to shy away from the high-fat atkins plan a lot of people take.

In order to make your losses stick, you gotta slowly add in exercise and make regular exercise and sensible eating a part of your life.  

Don't let anybody make you feel crappy about your weight, but if you decide you want to make a change, it's easier than you think.  Set realistic goals, work with a trainer to lay down a plan, and stick to your plan.  I also recommend staying away from scales, in favor of using a measuring tape to guage your progress.  As you exercise, your body will change, and your proportions will begin to be more "athletic."  Men's Health usually features this measuring tape method of charting progress every few months.

Good luck!

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In order to make your losses stick, you gotta slowly add in exercise and make regular exercise and sensible eating a part of your life.  

well said.

and one more thing to add to the list...

SLEEP enough.  multiple studies have shown that sleep deprivation causes growth hormone levels to increase in the human body (i.e. your body goes into 'fatten-up' mode).  

I workout 1 hour daily, eat a high-protein, low sugar diet (NOT atkins, I get plenty of complex carbs) and sleep 9 hours a night.  I'm 6'3", 180lbs and my body-fat can't be much higher than 8%.

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In order to make your losses stick, you gotta slowly add in exercise and make regular exercise and sensible eating a part of your life.  

No, you need to do this step first, before you begin starving yourself.  It's common sense, really...starving yourself will make you real hungry, and dieting does nothing to prepare the victim to cope with the stubborn habits that put the weight on in the first place.  Or second place.  Or third place....  

I got into a bit of trouble last time a diet thread hit the board.  Because the thread was initiated by a GStwin VIP who was in the euphoria stage of some variant of the Atkins diet and I predicted that the diet would fail him as studies have shown that the vast majority of dieters eat it all back within a year or two and have little to show for their suffering.  And what I said is forget about the shortcuts and have the courage to confront the real problems.    It's as a process of elimination.   The truth is, it doesn't take much of the wrong food at the wrong time to over-eat and deferring or limiting gratification is something that has to be learned.  And that scares most dieters, IMO.

Quote from: snapperSuZuki10 heres a challenge for you!
I am 5' 4" and 100 lbs.  How do I gain weight?   :)
I eat all the time!  In fact.... I'm hungry now.... later gotta go find a good snack!

:lol:

We bulky people hate people like you... :P

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Quote from: raylarrabee
No, you need to do this step first, before you begin starving yourself.  It's common sense, really...starving yourself will make you real hungry

Actually, I was much less hungry when I was doing Atkins.  It also evened out the energy peaks and valleys that one can experience if one eats a lot of sugars.  There's no easy ways to stay slimmed down--exercise and changes in the way you think about food are the only way to get long term results.

That said, the Atkins diet is a great way to drop a ton of weight in a short period of time.  For me, those rapid losses served as motivation to start working out in order to keep off what I lost and start attacking the rest.  There's no one plan that works for everybody;  I'm just saying what worked for me.

QuoteActually, I was much less hungry when I was doing Atkins.

Yes, this is true at first.  However, after several months if you fall off the wagon you will be facing a ravenous appetite while your confidence will be weakened or shattered.

QuoteThere's no easy ways to stay slimmed down--exercise and changes in the way you think about food are the only way to get long term results.

It's not just how you think about food, it's how you actually eat day in and day out.  The proof is in the pudding.   :P

QuoteThat said, the Atkins diet is a great way to drop a ton of weight in a short period of time. For me, those rapid losses served as motivation to start working out in order to keep off what I lost and start attacking the rest.

That's what everybody says and, yet, 90-something percent of those dieters who successfully lose weight will gain it all back within 1 or 2 years.   Motivation dries up over time and that's why learning how to eat--and doing it-- before starving yourself is so important.  If you learn to eat right, you won't need to diet.  How well you eat is how well you will look and feel.  

QuoteThere's no one plan that works for everybody; I'm just saying what worked for me.

But you've only just begun.  Remember this discussion 1 or 2 years down the road.   :roll: