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Readers Respond: How Cycling Helped Me Lose Pounds and Get Fit

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From the article: Biking for Weight Loss
Have you lost weight and got healthier by riding your bike? Share your success story so others can benefit about how you got in better shape through cycling, and read how others have done it too. Share Your Story

Got in shape after chemo by biking

I couldn't walk too much in the summer because of the heat but could bike due to the wind generated by biking. Ended up biking 9 hours a week just doing errands and everyday living. I ended up biking 5 hours some days. Addicting. I easy lost ten pounds to a size 8. I lost 2 sizes from a size ten. I do tend to drink my dinner which helped. I like fruit smoothies.
—Guest FEONA distler

I lost a stone and a quarter by cycling

Hi, Started cycling about 100 miles per week, at an average speed of around 17mph at the beginning or July. I weighed 13.25 stone (45 yrs old) and felt pretty unhealthy. Less than 3 months later I am hovering around 12 stone and feel much more lively.
—Guest Paul Freeman

Struggling to lose weight cycling

Hi - I ride every morning before breakfast between 12 and 16 miles of challenging hills and tracks around the Pennines mountains. I burn off about 700 calories per ride, eat sensibly but still struggle to lose weight. I am 57 and 13.5 stone. Help !!
—Guest nick charlton

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