Hulver, I can really empathise with a lot of that. But (speaking as somebody who is also lumping around an extra half a dozen stone) you have to accept as well that it's bloody brilliant that you can and do get round rides of that length. Similarly, on Saturday I went out and rode a bit under 40 miles, with a generous 3000 feet of climbing (and only 2000 or so of down to compensate) thrown in. With my power to weight ratio, that's not an achievement, it's a bloody miracle!
You just have to keep on keeping on. A bad couple of days can happen to anyone. It doesn't make you a bad person!
It's just demoralising when the bad couple of days wipes out a months worth of work. My weight has been yo-yoing this year, I've been to just under 18stone, but I'm back up to 18 1/2 stone again now. I just can't keep it off. I know why I can't keep it off, and that's why I hate it because I've got nobody but myself to blame.
Well done on the hilly ride, that's some fairly serious climbing over 40 miles, you should be proud of that.
Chin up, hulver! If it's any consolation, I don't think any of us find it easy. It doesn't help that eating is so much fun...
If exercise is your main way of hoping to lose weight, I reckon it's very important to actually enjoy the type of exercise you do.
You enjoy cycling, which is good, but it seems you're not enjoying the type of cycling you're doing... perhaps set yourself some different challenges? Or find a different type of cycling to do? I was in the doldrums a bit at the start of this year but discovering fixed-gear reignited my enthusiasm in a big way. Worth considering?
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I'm riding fixed, and loving it. It's only for really hilly rides I get the gears out. Still struggling to get the set up right for longer rides though.
I just don't get the time to ride as much as I like. I need to HTFU and just get out there more often though, it would help. Riding always makes me feel better overall, and less inclined to turn to other sources of solace.