Hello,

I am starting to ride my bike partially to work and then catching a bus. I was used to riding a stationary bike in the gym then switched to recumbent and now will try to pair the recumbent bike at the gym with riding to work.

The ride to and from the bus stop is a little over a mile and then when I get to work a couple of blocks each way. At the gym I ride for 40 minutes, rouhgly 7 miles.

My problem is this, although I am new to riding on the road, I seem to have gained thighs and not really lost much else as my muscles have taken the weight away from fat. Although I feel a lot more fit, my clothes haven't really loosened up and in fact my thighs have become so muscular that I am needing to go up a pant size to accomodate them.

I am becoming frustrated and feel like I am doing all of this in vain. The main reason why I work out is to keep healthy and fit, but at the same time am just above my "healthy weight". My stats are 5' 5.5", 132-135 lbs and 24 years old. I have started eating healthier portions and more veggies, drinking almost 5 glasses of water and green tea (together make 5). I get around 6-8 hours of sleep. Help! I'm not going to stop riding because I love the way it makes me feel, but coming from being a teenage of being really thin (same height but a weight between 100-115) I can't take being over 130. My ideal weight is 120-125 but I don't know how.