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I completed an 8 day bike tour a week ago and came back less 8 pounds of weight I was doing my damnedest to not lose. I just couldn't eat enough. My metabolism

I completed an 8 day bike tour a week ago and came back less 8 pounds of weight I was doing my damnedest to not lose. I just couldn't eat enough. My metabolism was jacked up like a hummingbird, it has only in the past couple days cooled down to reasonable levels.

tstrimple 3y ago
So if you bike instead of working a full time job you can lose a pound a day! Most of which would be water weight initially. That doesn't seem very effective or realistic for long term weight loss. The intake is almost universally the problem.
- Fricken 3y ago
  I also had a 2 year sedentary period, following an injury, in which I slowly but steadily accumulated an extra 25 pounds. When I decided to do something about myself I first had to get fit, and when fit enough I took that weight off over 5 weeks sprinting stairs for an hour every 3 days; a form of high intensity interval training, which is a little more realistic. I personally don't have the willpower to diet, and diets usually fail, as they tend to make people miserable[1], so it's not something one is likely to remain beholden to indefinitely. Regular, vigorous exercise, your whole damn life, just like the doctor recommends. It's for so much more than just managing weight. Unfortunately for too many people "exercise" is a dirty word. It isn't easy to make a sustainable practice out if you've let yourself go for too long. [1]https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/diet-and-depression-2018022213309 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/diet-and-depression-2018...
  - tasuki 3y ago
    > I personally don't have the willpower to diet, diets usually fail Diet as a temporary change of eating habits obviously fails. Diet as in what eating habits you have acquired over your lifetime, that doesn't fail.
- tasuki 3y ago
  > That doesn't seem very effective or realistic for long term weight loss. Just continue biking all day long, every day. It will be very effective!

tstrimple 3y ago

So if you bike instead of working a full time job you can lose a pound a day! Most of which would be water weight initially. That doesn't seem very effective or realistic for long term weight loss. The intake is almost universally the problem.

Fricken 3y ago
I also had a 2 year sedentary period, following an injury, in which I slowly but steadily accumulated an extra 25 pounds. When I decided to do something about myself I first had to get fit, and when fit enough I took that weight off over 5 weeks sprinting stairs for an hour every 3 days; a form of high intensity interval training, which is a little more realistic. I personally don't have the willpower to diet, and diets usually fail, as they tend to make people miserable[1], so it's not something one is likely to remain beholden to indefinitely. Regular, vigorous exercise, your whole damn life, just like the doctor recommends. It's for so much more than just managing weight. Unfortunately for too many people "exercise" is a dirty word. It isn't easy to make a sustainable practice out if you've let yourself go for too long. [1]https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/diet-and-depression-2018022213309 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/diet-and-depression-2018...
- tasuki 3y ago
  > I personally don't have the willpower to diet, diets usually fail Diet as a temporary change of eating habits obviously fails. Diet as in what eating habits you have acquired over your lifetime, that doesn't fail.
tasuki 3y ago
> That doesn't seem very effective or realistic for long term weight loss. Just continue biking all day long, every day. It will be very effective!