Quote Originally Posted by SlowButSteady View Post
. . . . . . . I sort of thought the 25 or so extra pounds would melt off once I got going.. . . . . . .

Good golly, I've gotten strong and built up endurance. I've even managed to complete 4 sprint triathlons.

. . . . . . . . Now, instead of being 25 lbs overweight, I'm more like 50. A little bit of my body has remodeled some. My back/butt are flatter...now I'm carrying this apron of fat on my lower abdomen.
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (that's a scream of horror) Please tell me this is not possible! I, too, thought the weight would just start melting off when I started cycling - and it hasn't. I have a little lower abdominal bulge - not an apron, just a bulge I got when I was pregnant 19 years ago that never went away. Since I started cycling I'm thinning up in other areas but that little bulge is still there and now it seems more noticeable.

OK - I'm going on a diet starting today. I do NOT want to gain 25 lbs.