Thanks vesteroid,gold and 'Father. Good information from you. I fully admit my eating isnt the best and Ive kind of used the biking to reward myself to eat stuff I shouldnt.
It looks like Im going to pull out of the 200 mile ride in July. Its over 2 days but at my weight and my back pain Im concerned that Im going to do some permanent damge.
I sat with a hot pad on my back for all of today and Iv just gone for a walk around the yard with much less pain than the previous days.
I may switch my 'training' to eating better and smaller portions and sticking to 20 mile rides until the weight drops. I think any 40+ mile training rides while in the 260+lbs is going to be a problem.
Perhaps, this plan will get me on the road to a healthier 'me' instead of obsessing on long-distance riding training. Might be time to get backto riding for the sake of it instead of riding to reward myself - with garbage calories.
Thanks everyone.
Last edited by JackoDandy; 04-21-13 at 07:51 PM.