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Just thinking that myself-in 3 days surely that's not possible??Jmetz said:3kg? thats ALOT, dont you mean pounds?
Good points, and agreed. 3 or 4 days is too soon to be seeing lasting results. As I said earlier, my weight fluctuates quite markedly, and I know I can be down a fair bit after a ride purely due to dehydration... and equally back up again once I rehydrate.rogersavery said:A diet to loose weight should be a long term thing, not just a few days I think of it as a 6 week delay between what you do now and seeing a result, so don't give up if you don't see any results for several weeks
the 3kg gain could be down to dehydration from your rides. If you dehydrate you body it will retain more water than normal for several days just incase you do it again. I would expect the additional 3kg will disappear in a few days
I'm confused. Ignoring muscle growth I always assumed that,yello said:Imho, the best way to loose weight is by mainly diet and not rely on exercise. It's sadly too easy to pile on weight after exercise simply because you're ravenous and want to eat. You have to be careful. Exercise is excellent for general health, not so great for weight loss!
At it's most simplistic, it is as straightforward as that.Mark_Robson said:weight loss = calories in - calories out.
That concurs with my experience.After a week including some extra long rides I dont usually lose weight,then the following week i seem to lose more than I expect.rogersavery said:A diet to loose weight should be a long term thing, not just a few days
I think of it as a 6 week delay between what you do now and seeing a result, so don't give up if you don't see any results for several weeks
the 3kg gain could be down to dehydration from your rides. If you dehydrate you body it will retain more water than normal for several days just incase you do it again. I would expect the additional 3kg will disappear in a few days
Similar to my story that,nigel.1 year since i started cycling and i'm 10kg lighter and quite a bit fitter.Used to be really hungry after a ride,now I'm just eating normally each day and the weight is coming off nicely.nigelb said:Its taken me a year to lose about 10kg.
I'm hugely fitter than I was, much more active, blood pressure and resting pulse improved, waist has shrunk a little too, but boy is it hard work.
Massive leg muscles now mind (daily commute is 14 miles round trip, when I started it seemed impossibly far, now it seems quite a short ride!), but getting rid of the stomach bulge (and the other 20kg) is obviously going to take years, not the few months I first thought.
Nige