Fatties

Why is it that there are so many fattish people in pictures of hobby bikers and touring bikers? Perhaps because we think that exercise is a substitute for eating less, which it isn't. Biking isn't even that much exercise, unless you average 35 mph or so.

I've certainly fallen into that trap: I ride 40 miles then stuff my face because I figure I've burned off more calories than I'm consuming. There's a reason I didn't lose any weight last summer, despite riding 200 miles per week. I told myself it was because I was gaining so many nice dense muscles. Wrong, said my doctor.

As usual, I was eating too much. Gotta stop that. Note to Jon: We're eating nothing but celery on our bike trip this summer.