Overweight Cyclists?

[Tri Girl]

I like that comeback, lo! I'm SO going to remember that one and keep it in my pocketbook of smart a*# comments.

I'm overweight and I'm one of the biggest of my cycling/triathlon friends. I feel like a cow among them sometimes, but I was once 40 lbs thinner and the starvation/extreme exercise I had to do to maintain that "healthy weight for my height" was killing me.
I, too, LOVE food. Always have, always will, and I figure that what I'm doing now is keeping me from being 100 lbs heavier so I'm ok with it. You keep on doing what you need to do for YOU- not for anyone else. I struggle with trying not to care what others think, but the older I get- the more I don't give a hoot. For those that make snide comments- just get some good one-liners and pop off at them.

I'm glad you love cycling. Keep riding!!!

[staceysue]

I'm not majorly overweight. I'm 30 lbs over my "ideal weight" - but whenever anybody's their "ideal weight" according to the old charts, nowadays everybody accuses them of being anorexic! I comfort myself with the fact that, if I lost 4 lbs, I'd be thin enough to join the military. Since Americans have got so much heavier over the past several years, I'm actually about average now.

It has come as somewhat of a surprise to me that I haven't lost weight cycling. I always assumed that all very active people were thin. Not the case. In fact, I think I've gained weight since I started cycling. My appetite increased a lot when my metabolism went up and then, when I got sick for a couple of weeks and had to take some time off cycling, my body continued to demand more food.

As far as rude comments - the only thing that kind of struck me funny was when the LBS guy assumed I only cycle once a week.

[Cataboo]

I'm not sure I"ve lost more than 10 lbs or so cycling over the last year and should probably get rid of a few more of those. But as the bf said last week before he got kicked "Hey, wow... you have a waist now"