Quoted post said:Originally posted by TimH
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Quoted message said:Remember, it takes a 3500 calorie defecit to burn off one pound. That is about 6-7 hours of riding
just for that one tiny pound
Strictly speaking that's true but ignores the more signifcant weight loss that is possible by an
increase in overall basal (resting) metabolism brought on by consistent vigorous aerobic training
and a high level of fitness.
I'm no exercise physiologist, nor a nutritionist for that matter, but consistent vigorous aerobic training will burn calories, but AFAIK you have to increase lean muscle mass to increase basal metabolism, and you still need to run a net defecit in calories consumed over calories burned to lose weight. And, regardless of your fitness or basal metabolism, I think it's around 3500 calories that you have to burn more than you take in to lose a pound. Some kind of physics involved there, but that's beyond the scope of my knowledge.
Andy Coggan can correct me if I'm wrong.
My point is this - it takes a whole ton of energy to lose a pound. It takes very very little effort however to GAIN a pound. 3500 calories is easy to get by going to your local chinese buffet, or eating a typical meal at some crappy Italian chain like Olive Garden. Or by sitting down and eating an entire package of Oreo cookies and a quart of milk while watching Sex in the City reruns. Or by having 10 Krispy Kremes. This is why Americans are so f*&^cking fat - because they cram their faces full of fat and sit on their asses all day doing nothing except letting their muscles atrophy. And they all they want are easy solutions like that pill that blocks fat absorption and gives you projectile diarrhea, or the Atkin's diet which is going to put all the good bagel bakeries out of business because of all the fat f&%^cking stupid gullible dumbass American lazy sh&theads who run up my health insurance rates with their lack of self control.
But I digress. Ess-A-Bagels rule, but I'd give my left knee to even have an approximation of an H&H where I live. Brugger's Bagels don't even come close. And I can eat a bagel because I burned 4500 extra calories in the last three days on my bike - just about the number of calories in one Essa bagel, if I'm not mistaken...
