Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post
I'm with you on that one.

Doing nothing more than training for my two previous AIDS rides, no change in diet alone other than trying for more nutrition I dropped a lot of inches, I went down 4 pants sizes.

But my weight stayed the same.

Especially last ride oh baby I enjoyed the "bigger engine". That was fun! Chugging up hills I walked before, spinning up hills I plodded before...flying up a couple of hills I spun before...stopping on hills so I could give a stalled rider a running sprint push start.

Going by the numbers my weights scarey bad , 172 for 5'1"

Just gearing up now for June and wearing the same clothes. I feel good but would like to have to replace all of my jeans. The goal is be down to a 14 or even 12 by June.

I don't care about the weight, I just want to get stronger.

At 50 I figure I'm loosing muscle mass at a frightening clip.

Take care of the strength and the weight will take care of itself. That's my estrogen filled battle cry ;-)
I wish I could do that - just exercise and lose the fat (you're right, I don't care about the weight so much but I DO want to get rid of the layer of fat that covers them.) I have found that I can maintain my weight by exercising and I gain weight when I stop. I can only lose weight by changing what I eat (ie diet). I do weight training for shape and strength, and ride for cardio. If I end up staying the same weight, but losing the fat, I'll be happy.