I just don't get it

[redrhodie]

Could it be you're eating extra because of the rides, and that's causing the weight gain? I know when I first started riding, I'd be famished after a ride, and want to eat everything in sight.

[sundial]

Heifzilla, I know your pain.

I too am riding daily and for awhile the scale was going UP. Then I whipped out the measuring tape and noticed that I'm losing inches. My legs are really tones, my waist is shrinking, and I just feel great.

Several years ago when I was taking aerobics as an elective in college, our instructor said that weight gain during exercise could be attributed to the manufacturing of more red blood cells to keep up with the body's need for more oxygen being transported to the tissues. I noticed the day after aerobics I weighed more. A day or more after that my weight dropped.

Please don't get discouraged. (((Heifzilla))) Our bodies are amazing machines that know how to build and repair for the demands we place on it.