Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
70 lbs. loss in 10 months is very good. Congratulations.
The real test is maintaining a diet over the long haul that allows you to keep it off. If a weird, unsustainable diet was involved in shedding weight it may be impossible to keep it off. My nephew lost a 100 lbs but it involved some kind of diet of a propitiatory shake and he alas gained it all back when he returned to the eating habits that made him overweight in the first place.
+1 on the kudos.
-1 on the weird unsustainable diet being impossible to keep off.... with the qualifier that you have (one has) to transition from a "losing weight" program to a "whatever you think comes after program".
for cycling, it can be cut weight, then build power and endurance. for non cycling it can be lose weight then maintain. slightly different diet and strategy.
you can always go back into lose weight mode for short periods if needed.