Guys,

This one is a topic I struggle with constantly. I can tolerate a really low calorie diet, like 1100/day and lose weight quick as long as I do no exercise. Problem is I'm totally hooked on riding and running. I feel miserable not doing anything and get in a bad mental state within a few days. The exercise kicks in the appetite and presto no weight loss but I feel great.

lsberrios1 has gone all the way, weight wise, but watch out what you ask for. When he writes "train enough" he means it. I'm in awe of his commitment both in effort and time.

I read a study, I'll try to find the link, that looked at ~35,000 folks and how much exercise they did. Without looking at diet, they found the following:

30 min/day and you miss diabetes, heart disease, stroke, etc. But you will gain weight over time.
60 min/day and you miss the above and maintain your weight.
90 min/day you miss the diseases and will eventually become lean.

I'm working hard and am only up to 90min/day one week and 60min/day the next. So I'm on a 14 day cycle and struggling to get to the 90 min/day mark. 90 min/day = 10.5/week. The effort I'm putting in pales in comparison to the 20 Hrs/week lsberrios1 put in to create the radical change you see in his pictures.

My point is..... oh I don't have one. I'm just very interested in this conversation and wanted to add some fuel.

I'll look for the above study and update this if I've butchered the numbers.