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.