Originally Posted by
Kedosto
I'm willing to bet you didn't get into your current shape in only a few months. It's more likely been years in the making. It can't be undone in a mere couple months worth of cycling. It's best to set small, achievable goals and focus on an overall lifestyle approach to your health and fitness. Throw away the calendars, scales, and agendas and just enjoy the rides. Destinations make great goals. Pick a few and if you can't make it... no worries. Maybe next time. All you really have to do is make sure there is a next time. Keep the "next times" coming and the details will work themselves out. Honestly.
-Kedosto
My 145 pound weight loss and restoration to fitness was all done incrementally over years, without setting any fixed goals other than try to lose a steady amount of about 3 pounds a week. I did have a number in mind as sort of a limit to the weight I thought I could reasonably lose, and my workouts started at half an hour a day, and just sort of spontaneously increased as I went along. The irony is that if I had set fixed goals and stuck to them, I'm fairly sure I'd weigh about 25 pounds more and not be able to do anywhere the amount of physical activity that I do.