Cycling & Weight loss

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Diet is far more important than the quantity or frequency of exercise.

 

[Sittingduck]

I would say it's a balance of the two. If you can do a serious amount of exercise then you can still lose even if you eat a fairly normal diet. I eat around my maintainance calories but lose week in, week out because I do a lot of diverse exercise.

If your diet is very bad though, it's a different kettle of fish. So yes - it is very important... a balancing act!

 

[gixerlass]

I droped from 119 kgs to 73 kgs in 7 months through eating less, not necessarily better mind, and combined gym and swimming!! still losing now thou with just cycling and sensible calorie intake and beer is a killer so moved over to vodka instead which doesnt have the same effect, lol ;-)

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[vernon]

Cycling will help you lose weight, providing you do not eat a lot more, thus neutralising extra calories burned during the rides. This is the key thing.

That's where I went wrong in the past.

My maxim used to be:

Do more miles - eat more pies!

 

[Sittingduck]

Me too but replace pie with pizza and you get the idea


Well done gixerlass, that's awesome progress. Cutting out beer is win/win

 

[gixerlass]

Me too but replace pie with pizza and you get the idea


Well done gixerlass, that's awesome progress. Cutting out beer is win/win

Thanks next goal is 60 kgs!!!

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[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I droped from 119 kgs to 73 kgs in 7 months through eating less, not necessarily better mind, and combined gym and swimming!! still losing now thou with just cycling and sensible calorie intake and beer is a killer so moved over to vodka instead which doesnt have the same effect, lol ;-)

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Excellent work

 

[gb155]

Diet is far more important than the quantity or frequency of exercise.

I'm actually coming round to this way of thinking now myself TBH

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I'm actually coming round to this way of thinking now myself TBH

Gotta give the fire enough coal otherwise it goes out

 

[gb155]

Gotta give the fire enough coal otherwise it goes out

here here

 

[Banjo]

I think these guides as too how many calories you burn cycling are seriously flawed.

A fat unfit person of for argument sake 14 stone will burn a lot of calories cycling 30 mins at 13 mph will arrive back hot and sweaty. A muscular fit person of the same weight will barely break out in a sweat and achieve the same ride with far less energy burned up.

 

[david k]

i was toldd when losing weight 80% comes from improving diet and 20% from increasing exercise. IME this seems about right