I just have to say you ladies are so inspiring, all of you! Some times I feel like I'm the only one on the planet struggling to loose weight, ugg! I'm still too heavy to ride my Serotta!

wildhawk

Hang in there, even if you're not loosing according to the scale (and only get on the darn thing once a week!) use a tape measure (once a week also) I bet you are loosing inches!

You might want to give these two books a look-see; one The Schwarzbein Principal for your diabetes and two, Ten Years Thinner by, Christine Lydon for exercise. She has a simple at home exercise routine that is awesome and you will get results if you stick to it.

What I found with cycling is I tended to plateau fast and HAD to include extra exercising to get over the plateau.

Also I have hyperglycemia and it was a struggle to find foods that worked for me and cycling too. Here are a few of the things I did.

Start each meal before riding with a homemade eggo-bagel. Whole wheat or grain muffin/bagel/bread. Scrambled egg, cheese (low fat, low sodium) and meat of choice also low fat and low sodium. Put it all between the muffin and eat! Keeps you going!

Lots of WATER!

Switch to Stevia for your sweetener you can add it to tea or coffee and make your own drinks.

There is nothing wrong with sports drinks when you are exercising hard you need to replace electrolytes, I used Revenge it works!

DRINK LOTS OF WATER!

Remember complex carbs, not empty carbs, protein and veggies, fruits too you can pack all of these types of snacks in your jersey pockets.

Oh one of my favorites was and still is PB&sugarlessJ in multi grain crackers for a quick pick me up during a ride. Raw nuts work well too!

Good luck and thanks for the inspiration!