Human Weight Issues

All this talk about exercise is well and great, but if you want to lose weight, it's mostly a diet thing. Just felt like throwing that out there.

Relaxer wrote:
All this talk about exercise is well and great, but if you want to lose weight, it's mostly a diet thing. Just felt like throwing that out there.

Do meatball subs from Potbelly fall into that healthy diet?

Sure, as long as the meatballs are made out of turnips and the bread is actually pressed-together spinach.

Relaxer wrote:
Yes Sidehatch, that is a great point that I should've made. If you can (and chances are, you can), bike to work. Not only is it built-in exercise every day, but you save money on gas and parking, your days of sitting in traffic just vanish, and you walk into your office having already accomplished something, which is a really nice feeling.

If your office is 5 miles or less from your house, you should strongly consider it. If it's between 5 and 10 miles, that's a haul but you should still give it some thought. Is there a way to drive halfway and then bike the rest? Bike to your metro station? Get creative.

Dedicated bike commuter - 4,500 miles last year - did 33 miles this morning before work because trying (and failing) to lose weight. Relaxer is right - exercise is great but its all about diet - in my case not drinking 2-3 high ABV beers every night

brennser wrote:Dedicated bike commuter - 4,500 miles last year

impressive!

brennser wrote:
in my case not drinking 2-3 high ABV beers every night

my downfall as well… i just don't see myself giving up tasty, tasty beer.

i guess i'll have to skip dinner from now on.

sweetcell wrote:

brennser wrote:
in my case not drinking 2-3 high ABV beers every night

my downfall as well… i just don't see myself giving up tasty, tasty beer.

i guess i'll have to skip dinner from now on.

Just do a vigorous hour on the bike for every 2-3 high ABV beers you have


Cycling: Peddling on a stationary bike can burn just as many calories as jogging (398 calories) ? even though you get to sit down while you do it. Dust off your old mountain bike or take a vigorous indoor cycling class, and you?ll incinerate even more calories: Both burn about 483 per hour, depending on your speed and resistance.

Sidehatch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

brennser wrote:
in my case not drinking 2-3 high ABV beers every night

my downfall as well… i just don't see myself giving up tasty, tasty beer.

i guess i'll have to skip dinner from now on.

Just do a vigorous hour on the bike for every 2-3 high ABV beers you have


Cycling: Peddling on a stationary bike can burn just as many calories as jogging (398 calories) ? even though you get to sit down while you do it. Dust off your old mountain bike or take a vigorous indoor cycling class, and you?ll incinerate even more calories: Both burn about 483 per hour, depending on your speed and resistance.

You'll need to do a vigorous two hour bike ride @483 calories per hour to burn 2-3 high abv beers. By high abv, I'm thinking 10+.

For the longest time, I totally eschewed and even mocked the idea of Spin Classes because I'm a real biker, riding outside where bikers should be riding but lately I've been doing the spin classes that my company's gym offers, and they are great! Riding outside is always going to be the ideal, but I tell you what, 45 minutes of constant cardio and pushing and pedaling is one hell of a workout. I am a sweaty, light-headed mess by the end of it. Plus, we do it on the top floor of our building, which is all glass, so we have a beautiful view of the whole city as the sun goes down.

The real fun comes after the class is over and I then have to bike home.

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Sidehatch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

brennser wrote:
in my case not drinking 2-3 high ABV beers every night

my downfall as well… i just don't see myself giving up tasty, tasty beer.

i guess i'll have to skip dinner from now on.

Just do a vigorous hour on the bike for every 2-3 high ABV beers you have


Cycling: Peddling on a stationary bike can burn just as many calories as jogging (398 calories) ? even though you get to sit down while you do it. Dust off your old mountain bike or take a vigorous indoor cycling class, and you?ll incinerate even more calories: Both burn about 483 per hour, depending on your speed and resistance.

You'll need to do a vigorous two hour bike ride @483 calories per hour to burn 2-3 high abv beers. By high abv, I'm thinking 10+.

Not 10+, more like 7/8/9 - your garden variety NE or West Coast IPA/DIPA

Relaxer wrote:
For the longest time, I totally eschewed and even mocked the idea of Spin Classes because I'm a real biker, riding outside where bikers should be riding but lately I've been doing the spin classes that my company's gym offers, and they are great! Riding outside is always going to be the ideal, but I tell you what, 45 minutes of constant cardio and pushing and pedaling is one hell of a workout. I am a sweaty, light-headed mess by the end of it. Plus, we do it on the top floor of our building, which is all glass, so we have a beautiful view of the whole city as the sun goes down.

The real fun comes after the class is over and I then have to bike home.

I did em about 2 years ago - they are kinda fun

Sidehatch wrote:

brennser wrote:Dedicated bike commuter - 4,500 miles last year

impressive!

Most, but not all, of those miles were commuting - but I also ride on the weekends w friends and do a couple of centuries a year

brennser wrote:

Relaxer wrote:
For the longest time, I totally eschewed and even mocked the idea of Spin Classes because I'm a real biker, riding outside where bikers should be riding but lately I've been doing the spin classes that my company's gym offers, and they are great! Riding outside is always going to be the ideal, but I tell you what, 45 minutes of constant cardio and pushing and pedaling is one hell of a workout. I am a sweaty, light-headed mess by the end of it. Plus, we do it on the top floor of our building, which is all glass, so we have a beautiful view of the whole city as the sun goes down.

The real fun comes after the class is over and I then have to bike home.

I did em about 2 years ago - they are kinda fun

I go back and forth on these, really depends on the person running the class IMO
they are great in the winter
I've never gone to one of those "spin centers" that only do spin classes
only done mine at a gym

but it's a great workout and I probably ride 3 times harder then when I'm out on the trails
So it really is an effective use of 45 mins
I'd much rather ride for 2-3 hours (not always and option…but since you asked)

My wife's nephew's wife - a niece-in-law maybe - is a coach.  She posted this today.

Pablo Sandoval has lost the starting job with the Boston Red Sox.

were we, supposed to be able to click on that and hear and good ole time about someone's opinion, about fat people?  its just a picture, and isn't it sad when a photo, just won't do?

killsaly wrote:

now Julian is looking like letterman