You shouldn't regret this post. You came in here asking for help. And the people on this forum are trying to help. It's up to you if you want ot take the advice or not.

There is no easy way out of this. Hard work does pay off. Your body doesn't get used to something in a month. It does take time. I did gymnastics and I did not start out flexible. It took me more than 4 months to get as flexible as I was (while other girls have that natural ability. I did not). You have to learn patience as well. I was too eager to get flexible and I have pulled many muscles so I could not even go to practice. Each day just start little by little.
It sucks that my whole family is skinny and I'm considered big to them in comparison.
I know the people around you may be thin now but their body is probably going to catch up with what they are eating later in life...just not now.

I know you don't want to race. You just want to lose weight. You sure you dont' want anything else? Like to be healthy or be able to carry that 20lb of cat litter with ease? It really worries me when I hear people say that they just want to lose a handful of pounds and you are also looking for an easy way out. It usually sends red flags to me.

What were you eating like when you did rock climbing?

+1 Cut out sugar and processed foods. Low fat diets don't work. Eat good meat, vegetables, fruit. Cook with olive oil. Eggs are good. White bread is bad. Oatmeal is good. Fruit Loops are bad. Drink lots of water. A lot of times, people mistake thirst for hunger and thus overeat.


And it takes longer than a month to get results.


Yes, way way back I used to be a teenager that could put away 7-8,000 calories a day and not gain an ounce. Those days are long gone and I've spent the last few years losing about 30 pounds of fat(and gaining 10 pounds of muscle).

I didn't change my diet overnight but it's been a long time since I've had a soda or fast food and I don't miss them at all. I've reduced the amount of carbs I eat and the additional protein and fat give me that "I'm full" feeling and I don't feel the need to snack all day.

It ain't easy! The number one thing is you have to want to do it!
You have to get all the "bad stuff" out of the house!
Eat breakfast! Eat a light lunch! Have a nice dinner! DO not over eat!
DO NOT snack between meats! NO sodas, NO ice cream! NO CANDY!

Water! Grapes! Apples! Raisins!

Ride the bike every day! Listen to me DAMN'IT! EVERY DAY! NO goofing off!
EVERY DAY!

Read this post!:

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...reaching-goals!

BTW, my wife weighs about the same as you but she is 6'3"! And she is old! Almost
40! Looking for a couple twenty year old's to replace her!

Cycling is better than running for weight loss (the OP's question). Not because cycling burns more calories per hour- it usually does not. But you can do a lot more cycling without straining yourself or getting injured. For example, I rode 7 hours today, doing 3800kj of work. That's at least 3800 calories burned. Lets say that at an endurance running pace you burn 25% more calories per hour than cycling. That's still 5.5 hours of running.

Not many runners can do 5.5 hours and not have to take most of the next week off to recover. 5.5 hours is an exceptionally long run. Three hours is an exceptionally long run. Whereas I'm only slightly sore and won't even take a day off my training.

Of course if you love running (as I used to) and aren't yet too injured from running to continue (as I am), then there's nothing wrong with it.

You did 6.5 miles round trip? Sweet! Be very proud of that! If I can figure out how to work my fancy speedometer, (guy installed it but forgot to give the booklet) I could track myself better, but I'm guessing about a mile and a half today, half of it uphill. The hills are killing me, but I refuse to give up. To even make it to my grocery store (a mile away) would take going down one hill, up a very steep hill, down a gradual hill and back up another steep hill. Then reverse it. The only reward would be to go top speed (if I was brave enough) down that very last steep hill back to the stoplight and enjoy the rush. I had no idea how many hills are in a small town of 3500 people until I started riding a bike.

This site has been amazing with help even if you aren't out to do major marathons. I'm getting stronger and I have noticed my pants don't feel as tight. I'm standing up taller (I'm 5'10) because my back muscles are strengthening faster than they did with physical therapy. Now why didn't they say to buy a bike? I feel better about myself and the encouragement I received after a post I made has helped that much more.

Keep going. You're doing great. You did ask for help and you've gotten some valuable responses..some of which I've stolen from you..LOL

You have won a battle, now you can win the war! Just don't let go!

+1

90% of exercise is 50% mental.. or something like that