After euphoria of the riding on Sunday, last night was the return to earth with a bump, it was weigh in night, despite cycling 77 miles since the last weigh in I have gained half a pound. Now I know I drank a fair bit of liquid yesterday and I ate a couple of energy foods on Sunday which I guess are not diet friendly but I had them for a good reason. As for the rest of the week I was good (or at least I believed I was), so should I have expected to have gained weight? Now I know there is the old adage that muscle is heavier than fat but I have no real way of measuring this and now to be honest I am becoming a little dishearten by this diet lark.

I think it is time to sit in a dark room and have a good long think………….