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OP, haven't read through the whole thread but your daily diet looks a little carb rich.

^^^This

Right. Thanks, God.

Looking at your diary (do you only eat 2 meals per day?) I'd say ease further off the sugar and up the protein.

This is a really inspiring story. Running is grown-up playing. You don't need a system, a routine or a plan. You can just get your shoes on and go and run where you like. Yes - you are "doing it right" :-)

I find that fast, technical mountain biking is a great core workout. Road biking much less so. Are you bunny hopping drain covers and stuff like that? Because that will engage your abs. I wish my road rides gave me an abs workout :-)

The ideas on this thread are amazing. Thanks everyone

Thanks for the replies. Will Google T25 & Anarchy

Hi, Yorkshire here, and new. Thanks for alerting me to the existence of groups! Will investigate...

I chose my goal weight from the BMI chart. It is the weight that will take me below "overweight" and into "normal". If I manage to get down to this weight, I expect to want to go on and lose more, but for now I'm starting with the basic goal "to not be overweight".

Hi, 39M UK here. Don't have anything wring with my thyroid - just a fat *kitten* :smiley: Feel free to add me and good luck

Added - thanks man. Enjoy the riding

Wow. Thanks all for the warm welcome. I'm touched by the overwhelming and encouraging response from all my new friends on MFP. :D :D :D Just kidding. I guess some threads just get lost in the crush. Good luck to you all.

But you're 7ft tall, right? :smiley:

Bypassing the cadence discussion for a second (I've already commented on that) your post is really about your plateauing cycling performance. To see improvement, you need to *kitten* your legs up, let them recover for a few days, then go and *kitten* them up again. Find new routes, go further, go steeper, go higher, enter…

It sounds like you are treating cadence as a performance goal in its own right. This is a distraction. You don't win the TdF by being the person who can spin their legs the fastest. If your cadence is in the 60-70 range then personally I would change down a gear to get the legs moving faster, unless I was specifically…

Hi mate, Ironman here. It's well achievable providing you actually like cycling, because the race is all about that. When I raced my Ironman I was overweight (175cm height, 84kg weight). Looking at your 2014 pic, I've seen bigger guys than that racing long course. Add me if you like and good luck

West Yorkshire here

Hi, Need to lose 7kg too, cyclist too, Dad of 2 too. Feel free to add me

Yorkshireman here. You can add me

Hi Malc, Yorkshireman here. Been to Tokyo but, unlike you, came home again :-) Good luck with the new regime. Add me if you like