Trying to lose weight and putting it in numbers is demoralizing. I’ve started riding a stationary bike for 5 miles and then doing minor weight lifting after and I maaaaybe lose 200 or so calories. Is that not a good exercise? I’ve been doing this almost everyday starting 2 weeks ago. But it’s starting to feel useless if it’s such a minor amount of calories burnt. Is this a good trend to continue? What am I missing?
Edit: everyone here has been incredibly helpful, and surprisingly consistent with one another. I feel much more confident about what I’m doing and what I need to do. Seriously, thank you all.
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5 miles is only about what I ride to work, No offense but like lets be real, Imagine if I burned up my entire breakfast getting to work? That’s actually a lot and I think maybe on your bike it could be more resistance so I could be wrong. Takes me like 15 minutes to ride that, though. So 300 cal over 5 miles would be amazing but also terrifying. Like yeah, It’s basically 100g of fat but it all adds up. Honestly though, You’re much better off eating less to lose weight. You naturally burn like 2,000 a day so if you just eat under you will lose weight.
You can calculate your base metabilic rate and such online, its never 100% accurate, It’s just a guideline. Helped me lose 100kg. Full disclosure though, While eating less played a major role, I ride my bicycle 200km a week, which includes my days off and when I ride to work and back again. I enjoy riding my bike now and do it for fun, so the number varies from 100 – 400km a week depending on how much i feel like riding and if i need a few trips to the store etc. but it averages 200km basically.
I 100% would not stop though. While losing weight may be your goal, why? Just looks? Do you atleast want to be in shape, fit etc? Exersize will improve all that way beyond losing some excess weight. You will be much more agile and tenacious physically and since it’s cardio, you will hopefully live longer and have a healthier heart / inner health.
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