Originally Posted by
Greybeard712
I've been burning up the calories with 15-20 miles rides daily, but still hovering right around 218 with a round belly. I have a sneaking suspicion 'boredom snacking' in the evening has a direct correlation. I still have my eye on 180. Ah, what the heck, I'm enjoying life.
2015: 1792 Miles ♂ Weekly Avg: 107
2013–2015: 6466 Miles – Wk Avg: 109
You did what with whom for how many cookies?
Maybe you are confronting one of the annoying realities of weight loss. As you get lighter, you are basically working less hard to haul your own weight around. Since work is equivalent to calories, the lighter you are, the fewer calories you can consume and still lose weight. When you weighed 250#, you maybe lost weight eating 1,600 calories a day. At 218#, you might need to cut back to 1,400 calories.
Of course, you can continue to eat the same amount but increase activity/exercise by that 200 calories a day. Unfortunately, 200 calories is a hell of a lot of extra pedaling!
(The numbers I mentioned are for illustration only, not exact figures.)