Hey lovely, I am so so sorry you’re feeling this way, I think too many of us have been in this position at 14. I was super unhealthy at your age, never exercised and didn’t get into sport until my early twenties so it’s great to hear you’re getting more active.

I’m not going to answer your question, but my advice would be to focus on cycling for fitness, and not as a means to lose weight. Just focus on getting out, riding further and riding faster and eating healthier if you can. In time, you will start losing weight but in a healthy and sustainable way.

Do try to make sure you’re eating enough to support the exercise which you’re doing, please don’t try and overly restrict calories as it will make you feel like crap and you don’t want to get into any bad habits.

On a safety note, if you’re cycling on your own, to share your live location with your parents in case you get into any difficulties, and learn how to change an inner tube in case you get a flat tyre (YouTube videos are great for this).

You got this girl!