Good for you, Alloo, and best improved health to you. What you'll probably appreciate the most is arriving less sweaty -at work, in the morning, especially. I'd volunteer, from decades of experience -I'm now into my eighth, that while cycling, thankfully, is great for our health, regardless, which you've already learned; how much we eat -by far, and what we eat -distant second, are far more important than any amount of riding we do for weight loss and weight control. Enjoy the Raleigh and ride defensively always.