Originally Posted by
shelbyfv
Riding a bike instead of walking in the evening is not going to help you lose weight. Bicycles are pretty efficient. You will burn more calories walking than you would doing the kind of riding that will be possible for you. Continue to walk, lose 100 pounds and many more bike options will be available.
Though I would like to add that diet is much, much more important than any exercise for losing weight. Download and use My Fitness Pal and keep meticulous track of the amount of calories you're eating each day. Make sure you stay at or under your allotted calorie count for each day and you'll find the pounds start to fall off.
They say you can't outride the fork, and they're right. You'll be surprised at how few calories you burn on a bike ride and how easy it is to eat 2,000 calories in a day.