Originally Posted by
jessestylex
This is not always true. I never changed my diet when i took up cycling 7 months ago. Ive lost 37 pounds and counting.
Usually when people want to lose weight they workout and diet cause they want the fastest weight loss as possible and they read that diet combined with a workout is the quickest.
How many people do you know that just worked out and didn't diet? Prob none! Well I'm living proof you can eat what you want and still lose weight cause I've actually did the study on myself for 7 months now and it works like clock work.
I'm not saying pig out and eat more calories than you burn, but you can still eat McDonalds and Pizza every week. Most people starting out fail because they think they must give up the food they love. You don't have to! Eat what you like and ride your bike or run at least 5 times a week.
Now once a person gets to the weight they want to be at, then they can start the diet part, because overall you want to be healthy inside and out. But giving up your fav foods to lose weight is a myth.
I'm 10 pounds from my recommended weight, And i'm just now ready to look into replacing my fav foods with healthy ones. I had to keep eating my fav foods as motivation for weight loss. Sounds backwards doesnt it? lol
People like you and me are why I posted this poll. All over the great internet I see alleged fitness experts making a categorical statement "You can't lose weight with cardio." Awhile back there was a NY Times article to that effect. More accurate would be "SOME people will have trouble losing weight with cardio." Indeed, if you piddle around at the gym for 30 minutes and then reward yourself with a gross Starbucks muffin you probably won't lose weight. Many things don't work when done stupidly. However, I have gone from close to 215 pounds to 175 by riding my bike like a fiend. Until recently, I occasionally binged on Hagen-Dazs, I ate heaping plates of "moist" Texas barbecue. In Texas "moist" means fatty, and I trim none of the fat. I occasionally binge on a quart or two of nice organic whole milk. Occasionally a pumpkin pie at supper is gone by the time I go to work. It should be said that I don't drink sodas anymore.
Lately, I ramped up my riding and without dietary changes saw myself going closer to 170. I know a young lady who I congratulated on her obvious weight loss and she told me, "My VW was terminal and I go everywhere on my bike now." She lost significant weight...imagine that!
There is a good friend of mine I know from my stock car racing days. Believe me, I have stayed overnight at their home and I would be hard-pressed to come up with a crappier diet than theirs! Nonetheless, when his obese wife picked up an elliptical machine at a garage sale to pedal while watching TV she started steadily losing a lot of weight. The elliptical turned into a clothes horse and the weight came back. Throughout the whole time they live on crap that makes McNuggets seem like health food.
Another BS thing I have read somewhere lately is some fitness trainer saying LOTS of exercise is bad and won't help you lose weight! WTF??? He then goes on to ridicule "skinny marathon runners!" Again, WTF?? Sounds to me like LOTS of exercise WILL make you skinny.
I was stable @ 175 for the last 2-3 years but lately found myself closer to 170 without planning it. I am 67 and semi-retired and lately spending less time at my shop and more on my bike, and my recent weight loss just started happening. I plan to keep riding my ass off but supplement it with a little less excess and a little more moderation and see if I can hit 160 or so.
Don in Austin