Yup, DH and I have deduced that it's all about the eating. I know I eat well and I do not like to restrict myself... I already eat so much better than most people, it's not fair. And I like to cook, it's as relaxing as riding is for me. So, I think the personal training, weights and core stuff will help jump start my metabolism. I am hungry *all* of the time, except for when I am so busy I can't think about it. I don't worry about it too much when I'm on a hard tour or riding in the Berkshires, but for normal riding/living, it does matter. The only food thing I am trying to watch is the bread, event the whole wheat bread, rice, etc. I think I might have to cut down on the wine, too. In the last year I have upped my red wine from maybe once a week to 3 or 4 times a week (I mean a glass, nothing more), and it has made a difference in my cholesterol.
Then I look at my friends who don't exercise, eat kind of badly, and have resigned themselves to thinking "this is what getting older is."
Noooooooo.