Such an extraordinary story - he's amazing! Didn't you say he might write a book in previous thread?

Forget the diet pills, the fat-blockers, the crazy diets! Since taking up cycling myself earlier this year, after decades of being very overweight (and trying and failing and trying and failing to deal with it), it turned out what I needed to do to lose weight and get in shape was to WANT to exercise! Once I found an activity I loved, and such great people to share it with, everything kind of fell into place. Making better food choices and becoming more active in general became part of wanting to keep improving as a cyclist. I still have a long way to go, and your brother's story is a great inspration and motivation! 200 miles! Wow - it's so cool!