I’m just some guy who likes riding bikes. I am definitely not an expert on weight loss. I am not a doctor, physiologist, coach, or nutritionist. Maybe you’ll be inspired to try a riding challenge of your own! I tracked my time on the bike, my mileage, and journaled about the ups and downs so you can follow along and see how it worked out. I’d never done anything like this, and I didn’t know if I'd make it to the end. Of course, I expected to struggle and come up short from time to time, so I use the word “average” to give me leeway to make up for short rides with longer rides.
I can’t just play around on my backyard pump track and count it as a ride. I had to average at least one hour per day of riding. But I decided to add an extra stipulation to make it a bit harder. The goal of Ride30 was to ride my bike every day, for 30 days. So if I just ride a lot, I’ll lose weight and become a better cyclist, right? I’m an overweight cyclist whose biggest problem is not riding enough. I called my challenge “Ride30.” Of course, it involves riding a bike. That sounded impossible to me, so I decided to try my own version of a 30-day health challenge. It’s a 30-day health challenge that emphasizes eating whole foods and eliminating sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, soy, and dairy. When I griped about my weight gain, my wife suggested I try the “Whole30” diet. You can see from our body language how much of a difference that makes on the climbs. We are the same height, but I weigh 40 lbs more than him. So I embarked on Ride30, a 30-day riding and weight loss challenge. I want to squeeze into my race-fit cycling kits and keep up with my fast co-workers. Now I have nothing against dad bods, but cycling is my passion, and more than anything, I want to be fit enough to enjoy 108-mile adventures. The pounds piled on and the "dad bod" emerged. I rode my bike less but still ate like I was putting in 100 miles a week. But then I got married, bought a fixer-upper home, and had a kid (I know, excuses).
When I was still training and racing regularly I weighed a more athletic 165 lbs. That gives me a BMI of 29.6, the upper edge of overweight. To give you some context and am 5’8” and, at the time of filming “Tour de Freds,” I weighed 195 lbs. Some mean-spirited commenters even mocked how “fat” I was. This video was the clearest evidence I’d ever seen that I had let myself go. Worst of all, I couldn’t help but notice the pudgy belly poking out from under my jersey. You can watch the video to see how it went, but I’ll summarize: I completely fell apart. Have you ever looked at a recent photo or video of yourself and cringed? This happened after Spencer dragged me on a ride he called “Tour de Freds.” It was a 108-mile epic through the mountains with nearly 12,000 feet of climbing.
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