I’ve moaned a bit recently that my weight seems to have plateaued just under 230 lbs. I appear to be past that now. Over the last few days, it’s been dropping nicely. My weight this morning was 224.2 lbs. My (unofficial) weight this afternoon was 222.4 lbs. I have less than 50 lbs to go!
This comes in the midst of me not riding enough. My weekly mileage is down. I rode a partial commute on Monday, and the full commute today. So, I’ve ridden roughly 50 miles all week.
What I have been doing better this week is watching what I eat. I have went out to eat several times for social occasions, but I found myself ordering water to drink, and eating a salad, or a vegetarian pasta dish.
The bike riding and other exercise is important to my long-term mental and physical health, but the eating habits are more important for the weight control. That will continue to be true after I have reached my goal weight, and simply need to maintain it.
I tried out the shower at the new job today after riding into work with temperatures in the low 20s. Apparently they only turn on the hot water heater when there is an event going on, so I got an ice cold shower. It did still help rinse the road grime off.