I used to cycle a lot and before I moved cracked out 36.5 miles a day round trip to work.
Then I moved house, moved work and hit the bottle. Stopped cycling. Put on about 4 stone. About a year ago I joined a gym, but always seemed to end up in the pub instead of on the rowing machine. Got more and more depressed. Ended up one bender away from losing the missus.
6th Jan this year I put the bottle down for good and bought myself a Brompton folding bike. Crack out 60-70 miles a week on the Brommie. I nearly cried at the end of my first 5 miles when I realised how much I’d let myself go. Stuck with it though and have lost a bit of weight and am already feeling the cardio benefits. Much happier / relaxed now too and realised how much I missed having a bicycle to tinker with in front of the TV of an evening.