I just don't get it

[Heifzilla]

You say you've been riding since April 12th?- and this is now 10 days and about 80 miles later?
It's completely unrealistic to expect any results yet.
Put on several hundred hundred miles and then you might notice something.

You may well, like me and others here, stay the same weight but wind up being shaped very differently....a shape you like! You might want to look at biking as a way to get fit instead of just for losing weight.

I didn't expect to lose 10 lbs at this point, but to see myself having GAINED 3lbs was disheartening.

I'm not really looking at biking as a way to necessarily lose weight, I just expect it to be a side effect...I mean, if I can maintain my weight doing nothing I should be able to lose weight by actually getting off my butt, right?

And I certainly hope I change shape! Things are going south fast and I need some moving back northwards! LOL