Originally Posted by
Bluish Green
Switching from car commuting to bicycle commuting (and eating smarter) has done wonders for my health, including losing 60 pounds, controlling my blood pressure, and keeping me off of cholesterol medicine. I have experienced exactly the effect the OP described. I am in the best shape I have been in since the 1980's. My doctor and my family are huge cheerleaders for my continued bicycling. It has changed my life for the better in so many ways, and I don't plan to ever go back.
My experience was similar. I weighed more than 300 when I had a heart attack in 2000. I discovered that I had diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. After dieting, walking and weightlifting for about a year, all tests were normal, but I was still on meds for the cholesterol and BP. Then I started bicycling. Within another year I was able to quit the drugs, except for daily aspirin. Years later, I'm still doing fine. So don't tell me that cycling is not a miracle!