you do understand you'll never live this down lol, it'll haunt you for the rest of your life, name change by deed poll and and emigrate to outer Uzbekistan and become a wandering nomad   we'll still find ya though, so suck it in lol 

Actually, I think I'd need a straw!

Dear god I've not had such a laugh in a long time at the plight of some poor unfortunate soul, cruel I know, but nothing wrong with taking the P

Bet you can still pick a pint though

Now now Lisa... fat is fat..  

Weight is not so much an issue but losing body fat is. Calling it like it is might actually help me lose it!

Thorsten, at least when I've cycled nowhere for a while I can go a run nowhere for a while after  

What a wimp, LOL. I think this should be included in the Pre-Shoot Advice thread!

In all seriousness, I hope you haven't done any permanent damage! I've just started back mountain biking myself with a similar goal in mind, but I intend to take it easy. No point in overdoing it and injuring or killing myself by crashing due to lack of fitness! Given my height (6'4") a fall from my 24" bike at any sort of speed is not a pretty thought. But still, it's better than cycling nowhere in a gym, LOL.

And at least now you know that's one excuse a model can't use for a no-show (never use the same excuse twice, right!)

And of course, keep those dmaged muscles moving gently or the pain will only get worse before it gets better!

- Thorsten.

LOL Awhhhh poor you! Sorry for laughing but Michael made me giggle

I'm sure there is a better word to use than...fat LOL Overweight maybe. don't put yourself down!

No it's a good excuse but you know it depends on the person- who justifies what a good excuse is or not? What you may think is a valid reason may not be a good excuse to the next person. But if you can't lift your arms or hold anything then I suppose what can you do really? A model wouldn't want you to turn up to not be able to shoot her correctly or be in pain whilst doing it?! Your health is the most important.

Do you normally do weights as I would have thought if your trying to loose weight you would be better off just concentrating on doing cardio until you achieve your ideal weight (or target weight) then start to build up on your strength and muscle definition. Muscle weighs more than fat....! I was going to the gym religiously for a few months about 3times a week but have had to cut down as for some reason I keep loosing weight- even though I made a conscious effort to do a little cardio to improve fitness and weights to build up my strength and weight (as I would like to stay at my weight of 8st).

Just be careful Sean, you don't want to overdo it too much and do yourself real damage (or take a heartattack LOL)

Take Care
Lisa

Sheesh.. I can't even pick up a phone to hold it to my head and this is the sh*t I get? ;)

lol .......so Ross was right  just wimping out lol