I agree with Tommy,
Just keep riding and don't bother what you eat and the weigh, if you are overweight will come off
I ride 15 miles to work along the canal and generally make it last 50 - 55 mins and enjoy it. The
ride home I tend to blast.but still only knock 5, 10 at most off the journey time, but don't enjoy
it, mainly because the end of my journey involves jostling with cars !
You quickly get out of the habit of going for PB's - personal best times - you end up really
knackered at the end of the week. I confess I don't know how to improve and am satisfied to just
"bank the miles" - sad I know
We were working out our body mass indexes at work and at the time I was as thin as a racing snake -
not an ounce of fat on me but my BMIl was still 25 on the scale - sitting on the fence of being
overweight so I don't take much store in this method of measurement of overweight
I know what you mean about the lure of home. An extra couple of hours on your day biking to and from
work plus time to stop sweating and shower really turns them into long days and the motivation to
get out of bed at
6:00 of a winters morning is difficult but when I sit in the queue to drive home in my car I always
wished I'd got out of bed.
Paul
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> I agree with Both. The best way to loose weight is to burn fat. Fat is burned at a lower heart
> rate. For example walking steady is fat burning, running fast is carbohydrate burning.
>
> So your steady ride to work will burn fat and the ride home will burn Carbo's, you won't really
> loose much weight going home, but it is good for your rounded fitness.
>
> The secret is regularity and consistancy. FACT = If you keep 20 miles a
day
> you'll not have much fat to play with in 6 months time. Just make sure
you
> drink plenty of fluid on the journey. I really wouldn't worry too much about when you eat, do what
> you feel comfortable with, remember if you
enjoy
> it you'll keep doing it, and keeping doing it is the answer.
>
> Goodluck
>
> Tommy
>
> "Arthur Clune" <
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> > Shakespeare <
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> > : I have a 10 mile commute to and from work. On the way I go at a very
> sedate
> > : pace, as there's no shower available, but on the way home I "go for
it"
> a
> > : bit more. Its a fairly hilly route, and not one that lends itself too
> much
> > : to detours.
> >
> > : I am wondering which will shift my gut most effectively:
> >
> > Ride to work very steadily, the short way, keep the effort low. Drink some tea/coffee before you
> > leave home but have breakfast at work.
> >
> > On the way home, if you want speed, then don't go "hell for leather" from the start. Do 10 mins
> > easy, 10 mins very very very hard, 10 mins easy. Stop. Only do this every other day.
> >
> > Arthur
> >
> > --
> > Arthur Clune
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> > - Lord
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