Quote Originally Posted by limewave View Post
I wondered if losing weight would make a big difference in my climbing and mountain biking. I'm close to 180. I'd love to get down to 150 or 145. My lowest weight ever was 155, but I wasn't a cyclist then. I'm a really strong cyclist on the flats, but once I hit the hills, it's like I'm a dead weight. It's so frustrating. Probably the best thing to do is drop these lbs.

Exactly the same with me, and I look forward to the day when I've dropped at least 20 pounds because climbing would be a whole lot easier I would imagine. I've had to walk up a number of hills (and even more before I knew I had a granny gear). This week I've undergone an endoscopy and colonoscopy, so I may be down a few pounds just because of that. Woohoo — I'll take it however I get it.