I agree with you. Biking and weight loss works great for me. I was racing as a teenager, then continued just riding road bikes, then as life got more intense I stopped. Got fatter, out of shape and tried occasionally do something about it including running and dieting. Nothing worked. Got a serious lower back injury that had me in a wheel chair. I was forced to have surgery last year which went fine. I could not run anymore and started to ride a road bike again at my age (49). I have easily lost 25 pounds since I started to bike 6 months ago and I enjoy every ride I do too. I am again fast enough that I have even passed some younger fit guys . If I do it for the joy of being able to ride again or the fun does not matter, it is all good. Maybe someone gets some inspiration out of it and get back into the saddle. That's why I am posting this.