oh cool. just found out my VO2MAX is 45 - anything above 40 is considered 'Superior' apparently.
No idea what that means. If you want to do a simple test to find out yours i found this was the quickest and easiest (and probably least accurate) test here .
From this i can go to a page i made myself here which works out how many calories you are burning per minute or hour depending on your age/height/weight/etc and optionally VO2MAX (you dont need the VO2MAX thing for it to work, it just makes it more accurate)

in other news, apparently 38 is average for most females, and 45 though fair, is pretty crap for a cyclist :/

Hey Wishes! Congratulations on your new celebrity status! And thanks for posting your pics and methods to inspire and help me with my own journey!

All the best as you those last 10 pounds!
ABBA

Congratulations on the article!!

A true motivator, you are!

Wow thats really exciting about the magazine article and I would not be surprised to see you on Oprah Winfrey. Great story. Glad I stopped by in time to see this!

Thanks guys for your continued support - it means a lot to me

As for the extra weight gain thing, i got TOM today and ive lost it all already lol :O

Forgot it was almost that time of month :/

Great article, a while back my gym friend was in Self and I was all thrilled to see it in print!! Congrats on being so close to your goal!

im happy to take another lb off that ticker

*does a dance for joy*

Wow good for you. You totally earned it with all that cycling.

*STANDING OVATION!!!!*
Way to go Wishes, I know I've said it before, but i will say it again, you are truly an inspiration.
Michelle

But I hate to admit it but you've sort of got me tempted by mentioning ciggies as I've been tempted lately. But they're too expensive so I"ll resist.

Hey I'm down two pounds today.

Damn you're almost to your goal! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

erk yeah ciggies have been bad for me lately. A nasty habit all right.

Cycled to work today, and ill do the same tomorrow.
Friday im working from home so ill leave early in the morning for a ride and then get back in time for working for home

Ive decided to give one of the local expensive rides a miss, its too soon, i cant use the cc to enter, and its a tad pricey. Ill do a similar amount of kms anyhoo (about 120-150kms)

was the wedding ani yesterday - mut be 5 or 6 years (I forget which).
Anyway, we went out to dinner (took the kids too since they are well behaved) and my daughter took 2 pics of me standing next to my van (cause i have an awesome numberplate). I asked on an IRC channel which pic was better because i couldnt decide, and a dude ive known for years and years asks me 'whos the hottie in the pic?'
I thought he was joking, cause im 99% sure everyone knew id lost weight and id even mentioned it many times and had convos about it. So i replied "thats my van ... sexy aint it' kinda thing. Anyway about 5 mins of idle convo he asks me again 'So .. you never actually told me who the hottie is in the pic'
at which point i was like 'are you serious? you dont recognize me? ...... OMG YOU JUST CALLED ME A HOTTIE!' hah
was an awesome cool moment that somebody ive known for 10 years but hadnt seen in a bit did not recognize me.

Anyway heres the 2 pics. .. i still cant decide which is best :O

HOLY COW!

You look SOOO AMAZING!!!!!

It's no wonder he didn't recognize you!

My vote is for the first picture. I think it really shows off your slender figure!

Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!