{"id":3987,"date":"2012-10-16T15:02:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2017-07-29T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T22:53:36","slug":"losing-weight-bike-commuter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/losing-weight-bike-commuter\/","title":{"rendered":"My First 1,000 Kilometres as a Bike Commuter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month I hit a milestone \u2013 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) logged as a bike commuter. How exciting!! And \u00a0I have not been rained on once in this whole three month experience.\u00a0 I can feel the difference in my fitness level, even though I was relatively fit before I started. I am no longer afraid of hill climbing (within reason \u2026 of course).<\/p>\n

Best of all is the noticeable difference in my level of stress since I’ve become a bike commuter.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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I do have a small rant \u2026 well actually a big rant.\u00a0 I have not been able to lose a significant amount of weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to all those “weight loss experts”, weight loss is a perfectly simple mathematical equation: calories out must exceed calories in to achieve weight loss. Well, in terms of that math, since becoming a bike commuter I estimate that I should have lost 12 to 13 pounds. Have I? No, maybe one pound.\u00a0 I have burned over 40,000 additional calories since July without making any changes to my diet (which was and is relatively healthy). Sometimes being a woman sucks! A male friend of mine has logged fewer miles and has lost 25 pounds.<\/p>\n

Read here about how many calories you can burn cycling.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And read here about how many calories you can burn cycling on an electric bike!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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