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290 High weight July 2016
212.1 Last week
207.3 Today
Lots of yard work yesterday and not much eating or drinking. So I'm thinking a good part of the drop is water weight, and hoping that it is the end of a stall. But I'll take it. Getting under 209 puts me in the "overweight" catagory and that was one of my goals. Next goal is to get under 200.
Have a great week everyone
-bob
Last week - 183.6
This week - 183.0
Good and bad this week.
Good: 5 mile treadmill time is down to 72:30 as of Friday. Trying to get it below 70:00 by end of the year.
Bad: Had to let out my outer duty belt a bit. Was getting too snug. Haven't had to get new pants yet but after almost 7 years of wearing them it may be time. Came to conclusion my casual shirts, pullovers, needs an up sizing. Pinching in the arm pits. Things happen.
Have a Great Week!!
Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 
100 degrees probably wont affect the plastic. If it still coils, try a hair dryer or a heat gun, being careful to not melt the plastic.
I bought a used Trek in the Spring. Nice bike. I need to get a lock for it also.
I would try putting it in a pot of boiling water for a minute to relax the plastic coating and then hang it with a weight. Or hit it with a hair dryer while it is hanging.
Done and done!! Started with one brick...May put on another tomorrow...
Qa...Think of 40-50 pounds just trying and unwrap it!! Then you have to hold that pressure while you try and wrap it around something!!
Being the quasi good redneck that I am my first thought involved heating it up with a cutting torch but you want to keep that pesky plastic!! Next idea, and I don't know how well it would work, but find any thing you can hang it from. Like an engine hoist, bottom cross piece on a pole barn "A" frame - a sturdy tree limb would work. Open lock, string some weights on it, 50-150 pounds worth, and close it around one of the items above. Let it hang overnight, at least, and see if that straightens it out any. You get the idea.
ETA: If you have a stand up "tractor jack" open the lock up to where it would circle around the bottom of the jack and the upper piece. Put some tension to it using the jack and let it sit awhile. If your lock breaks you know it was a POS to begin with!
Good question.
I always thought these cables were designed to keep their set so they are easier to store. I have a similar one (albeit less robust than the picture above) and I use it like a screw around the frame and then I pull a long end around the thing I am locking it too, finally engaging the lock in the rim. Its worked for me.
BTW, I have a Trek FX bike as well.
So I have a real nice bike (Trek 7.3)...Not cheap. I bought a fair lock, but a meth addict almost got it. I came within 30 seconds of the lock being totally cut with bolt cutters. I had to get a new lock. I went with one of the best bike locks...Yeah, I know they still can get to it, but it will be much harder in public during daylight hours. Below is the lock I got...
It is so thick and wound, I can't get it unwound to wrap around both tires, the frame, and a piece of metal or a tree!! How can I unwrap it (without hurting the plastic) to get it to be more straight?? Should I wrap it (pull it) on two vices for a few days? Should I wrap it the other way (direction) with two vices? Come on guys...Step up here with ideas. Brian 
