Originally Posted by
Beau210
280? holy crap lol I weigh 140 and I think I am kinda fat for a cyclist.
I started commuting at 292. No idea how much I lost the first year (didn't ride in the winter) and gained a lot of it back. Since getting my scale June 2010, I've been no bigger than 278.5 and as of this morning down to 257.4.
Originally Posted by
surgeonstone
Bull****. It's not genetics. Look at the photographs of cities and work places in this country during the early 1900's. Find me a fat person outside the circus fat man ( now ludicrously thin by 21st century standards). Check out civil war photo's and find one depicting a fat soldier. Fast forward a 120 years and 30 percent are obese and 65 % overweight. Are we to assume that genetic variations have been this rapid to account for the obesity in this nation? Nonsense. The genetics line is tossed out their to ease the conscience of those stuffing their faces and sitting around watching tv and to pave the way to the bariatric surgeon's office. It's not my fault, it's my genes. I say bull**** again.
I'm with you, genetics will only make you susceptible to gaining lots of weight. Of course there has been lots of changes in our diets and what those foods are made of that screwing us up.
Originally Posted by
sonis9
Agree that if you crappy food, your going to look like crap. The calories in vs. calories out thing, does make it sound really simple, and does have some merit. One thing that hasn't been touched on is how efficient our body burns FAT for energy in regards to heart rate. The body is most efficient at burning bodyfat for energy at 60-70% of your max heartrate. I find that alot of the time on a ride my heartrate is above that range. The higher you are above the 70% mark, the less efficient your body is at burning it's own bodyfat for energy.
I think the Food Pyramid screwed us over, 6-11 servings of grains/breads a day means you are eating at least 1 piece of bread with every meal. Now, 20ish years later, they've decided to change it, but it is still carb heavy.