maltloaf
Senior Member
- Location
- Gloucester
Hi guys,
A quick hello and a bit of background.
I'm 41 years old. I was into cycling 10-15 years ago and loved it. I moved away from home, changed jobs and the cycling took a back seat and eventually disappeared altogether.
Fast forward to the summer just gone, weighing almost exactly 20 stone I walked into a bike shop and with no real knowledge of current tech bought an entry level aluminium road bike for £440
Between June and September I went out religiously every day and managed to lose a stone and improve my fitness no end. Things were going great.
In September, my beautiful baby girl, Mia was born. Unfortunately, due to complications, my partner was very ill and I turned into a full time dad and a full time carer overnight. Obviously this left no time for cycling so I had over a month off.
Travelling back and forth to the hospital and eating convenience food saw me put my weight back on and a bit more on top.
It took almost 2 months for my partner to be well enough to look after Mia at all and I didn't get back on the bike until early November.
I really went for it, increasing my distances to between 20-30 a day and by the year end I had covered 2200 miles in what was effectively 5 months.
I've been continuing this up to today and been getting out almost every day (but work doesn't always allow) and this morning I had lost 1.5 stone.
I'm loving everything about cycling, I love getting out, pushing myself and enjoying the ride.
Thanks for letting me participate.
Kev.
A quick hello and a bit of background.
I'm 41 years old. I was into cycling 10-15 years ago and loved it. I moved away from home, changed jobs and the cycling took a back seat and eventually disappeared altogether.
Fast forward to the summer just gone, weighing almost exactly 20 stone I walked into a bike shop and with no real knowledge of current tech bought an entry level aluminium road bike for £440
Between June and September I went out religiously every day and managed to lose a stone and improve my fitness no end. Things were going great.
In September, my beautiful baby girl, Mia was born. Unfortunately, due to complications, my partner was very ill and I turned into a full time dad and a full time carer overnight. Obviously this left no time for cycling so I had over a month off.
Travelling back and forth to the hospital and eating convenience food saw me put my weight back on and a bit more on top.
It took almost 2 months for my partner to be well enough to look after Mia at all and I didn't get back on the bike until early November.
I really went for it, increasing my distances to between 20-30 a day and by the year end I had covered 2200 miles in what was effectively 5 months.
I've been continuing this up to today and been getting out almost every day (but work doesn't always allow) and this morning I had lost 1.5 stone.
I'm loving everything about cycling, I love getting out, pushing myself and enjoying the ride.
Thanks for letting me participate.
Kev.
