Originally Posted by
no motor?
The exwife is a CPA who weighed more and then less at different times during our marriage. I found her laying on the couch drinking wine one time instead going to the gym for her usual work out. She said she'd done the math, figured the extra time exercising was a wash as far as extending her life and was going to take the easy way out and skip exercising. That was about 20 years ago, and she had a stroke last fall before even reaching 60. The 2 may or may not be related, but why risk it?
You have a point, but I think that if I ride the bike regularly I can have both the food I enjoy and the exercise. As they say, "Everything in moderation, including moderation."
This is actually one of the things that got me started biking to work. I had at various times tried the gym routine, and I generally didn't stick with it for more than a few months at any given stretch. Then sometime in 2007 my company was pushing this health program where they'd give us a $25 gift card to meet with a health coach a few times. My health coach told me that the only way anyone succeeds with an exercise program is if they actually enjoy the exercise program.
Sitting on the couch drinking a beer (I don't like wine) vs. spending 45 minutes on a treadmill is a choice very heavily weighted toward the beer. It requires will power to choose the treadmill. Sitting on the couch drinking a beer vs. going for a bike ride is actually a pretty tough choice. Both are things I'd want to do, but I know that the beer will still be there and will taste better when I get back from the bike ride.