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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Your brain burns a shit load of calories but yeah your body is pretty efficient at converting food to fuel for cardio. Remember our ape bodies evolved to walk all day and still be able to run. Humans used to hunt deer by chasing them until the deer got tired then killing them for the food.
Resistance training is far more useful because all the muscle repair/growth your body does afterward eats up a *lot* more fuel than going for a walk does.
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