Lost weight ... and looking awful.....

[LunaB]

Thank you, shootingstar! I have a few "circuits" which I cycle, the longest one is 48 k, or 110 k if I go around both lakes. Yesterday I did the 48 k one for the first time after loosing weight, and even though my average was pretty much the same, I felt much stronger AND most of all, I did much better on the hills, where normally I almost fall off the bike from lack of breath! So things definitely feel better in that sense! I think I need to focus on all the positives

[lph]

Way to go, Luna! Yup, body weight plays quite a big role on the hills. It must feel fantastic to be able to do them without the extra weight.

I hope you have fun with weight training. If you're not used to it you will be sore, but it can also help you feel at home in your body in a way that running and cycling doesn't necessarily do. Well, it does for me anyway. I think the proper term is proprioception, the sense of where everything is and how it works together.