Wow, you guys are amazing. I was so afraid to post this because I feared there would be backlash for such an overweight person being into cycling (I'm very self-conscious). And some GREAT suggestions here. I probably AM eating too few calories for breakfast and lunch.

I have actually done two sprint triathlons in the past, but I never lost weight because I love to eat and am not a good cook -- a bad combination.

I'm going to try making a better lunch: chicken breast, sweet potato and veggies on the side. I'll switch the salad as a side to dinner (I use only a little bit of low-calorie Italian dressing). The salad just isn't working for me as a lunch.

I'll also try switching to the regular oatmeal, and I'll add eggs on the days I don't swim in the morning (right now I'm swimming two days a week before work and I want to get it up to three days a week until the spring). The oatmeal is easy to make in the office. To get the protein in, perhaps I'll have an apple with peanut butter as a snack.

And I'll give the full-fat yogurt a try, too. I can't eat much cheese because I'm lactose intolerant, but the yogurt is supposed to help things. (Oh, how I wish I could have cottage cheese!)