Originally Posted by
GhostRider62
If someone want to lose a ton of weight, consider what I wrote. Keep the intensity down and keep at it for months. Don't do HIIT. Do what you can do day in and day out given your work and family commitments. If you have time and enjoy long hikes. Do that and keep sugar down.
Good advice, assuming people have the time available to exercise for hours at low intensity, and they find the activity enjoyable enough to keep doing it.
The only important thing is Calories burned, and there are just two levers to pull: time and intensity. There is no single formula, as "all roads lead to Rome". If high intensity is enjoyable, do it. If dawdling along at low effort is enjoyable, do that. If the activity interests you enough to do it consistently, it is a good activity.
If I had to do low intensity rides all the time, I would get bored out of my mind, and I would quit. That would not be sustainable for me.