merkong

Good luck with your weight loss. What he said ^^... All I could see repeating was the soup. I was around 225 with an athletic build at 6 feet tall but decided that I wanted to cut weight for long-term health and mobility and to try to obtain a better cycling weight. I eat oats for breakfast, ride 7 miles to work and have a piece of fruit and coffee on arrival. For lunch (and dinner) this is key, I eat brown rice and vegetables. Daily, every day, every day. Yeah boring day after day but I make a huge glass cake pan of the mixture, varying vegetables and such, twice a week. I have home-made energy bars for my long ride days. I figure it like this, I try to eat like an athlete. Tons of retraining the brain. I eat when I'm supposed to and not when I want to. Water, water, water... Most cyclists on a diet already see the greater picture and understand that there is required intake and there is unwanted intake. If I make it, I'll take it. If not I can pass. I don't believe I know how tall you are but at 6 foot, my goal weight of 180-185 could make me rail thin so, even though I still weigh in daily in the AM, I now use the abdomen check. Waiting on my 6 pack. Sounds like you have a plan. Good luck. My 2cents. YMMV.