DJ Roomba has joined the game!

[DJ Roomba]

Hello, NF!

At the suggestion of my awesome sis-in-law IfItPlugsIn I've joined the hallowed ranks of the Rebellion.

I'm coming in partway through my weight loss/fitness journey, which I started March this year. Inspired by friends and family who were on their own 'well-being' journeys, I joined Weight Watchers. Over the course of the spring I lost over 20 pounds by changing my eating habits and exercising more. I quit WW after three months, feeling successful but also having wrung enough knowledge of their program to keep losing by myself. After a few weeks of going solo, I started using MyFitnessPal and thusfar have really enjoyed the challenge of counting calories. I'm now down 32 pounds and have plenty of motivation to lose 10-15 more.

The biggest factor in my success, however, has been my renewed love of bicyling. For Christmas, I received a tuned-up Gary Fisher Zebrano hybrid. I'm fortunate enough to live close to my workplace, so I started biking to work in May. As the weeks have gone by, I've dramatically improved my commute times and even found longer routes that I can take to get to work in the same amount of time. I also just bought a SECOND bike, a 2010 Trek 1.5. It's my first road bike and I love it!

I'm looking forward to next week's challenge to get me off a plateau I've been on for a few weeks. I logged 450 miles on my bike(s) in July and I hope to go over 500 in August, as well as complete my first half-century ride.

Finally, a little bit about me: I'm a beer drinking robot.

[IfItPlugsIn]

Yay! So glad you signed up! It'll be fun to have someone to share my nerdiness and fitnessiness with. It's awesome that you're taking the initiative to continue learning and moving up in the health/fitness world. You'll definitely rock the 6-week challenge!

[CyningaDena]

And just when I was saying I needed more beer-drinking robots in my life, too! I don't suppose there's any chance that you also dispense beer?

[The Tin Man]

Welcome! Awesome you've had such great success already. And +1 for having an awesome sister-in-law, +1 for an awesome name, and +1 for being a beer-drinking robot.

I punch those numbers into my calculator and it makes a happy face.

[DJ Roomba]

I don't suppose there's any chance that you also dispense beer?

My current robo-suit only allows consumption of beer, not dispensation. And it doesn't even do consumption well! I had to drink the beer through a straw!