jonesy
Guru
Re: Apparent lack of weight loss. Don't worry! This has been observed in studies into cycling and health:
Volunteers were asked at the outset why they had joined the experiment. The primary motivation was to 'lose weight', which most people equated with 'getting fit'. However, participants often did not lose any weight because fat was replaced by muscle, which is heavier. Some plainly felt disappointed at lack of progress in this direction, and dropped out of the experiment as a result. Nevertheless, increased activity had made them fitter and therefore healthier. This reinforces the well-known limitations of using the bathroom scales as the sole criterion of fat loss, when there has been a change in physical activity.
See:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/cyclefacilities/cyclingforbetterhealth
Volunteers were asked at the outset why they had joined the experiment. The primary motivation was to 'lose weight', which most people equated with 'getting fit'. However, participants often did not lose any weight because fat was replaced by muscle, which is heavier. Some plainly felt disappointed at lack of progress in this direction, and dropped out of the experiment as a result. Nevertheless, increased activity had made them fitter and therefore healthier. This reinforces the well-known limitations of using the bathroom scales as the sole criterion of fat loss, when there has been a change in physical activity.
See:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/cyclefacilities/cyclingforbetterhealth