JR said it. Ride for fitness but diet is the key to weight loss. I just started a little over a week ago. I weigh myself on Mondays. It's not going to come off fast but it will come off. Eat right (of course I just has Chinese take out with the wife) and ride and you will lose the lbs. I only lost one LB from last week but that's the first one and I am excited. As long as I stay on schedule with the rest of the week with riding and eating right, I should shed at least another 1-2 lbs.