Some people never understand this or refuse to believe it. The human body evolved to spend energy as efficiently as possible. If it only took a 30 minute walk on a treadmill to burn off a cheeseburger we would drop dead before 10am.

Hoob, do you do an Apple Watch or Fitbit when you ride? I imagine that's probably the highest calorie-burning workout any here does. If you're on the bike for 2 hours, what's the average number of calories you burn? The reason I ask is kind of proving the point about reduction of calorie intake vs. exercise. A pound of fat is 3500 calories (there's more science than the flat math, but it's still a fair rule of thumb). I do cardio at least three times a week and maybe burn 300-350 calories per session. That's nice, but it's going to take weeks to even burn one pound of fat. But combine that with cutting 350-400 calories a day, there's a pound a week.

Ultimately the exercise will help burn the fat faster but for me it's been everything else that comes with it: energy, joint strength, general fitness etc.

Ya I don't mean to poo on exercise. It will definitely make you feel better and make you more likely to stick to a healthier life plan.

If you work out you are a Nazi.

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Monday night I spend 35 minutes on the elliptical. They have fancy TV screens on ours at the rec center so you don't have to interrupt your bingeing of reality cooking shows. I signed up for a free account thru the elliptical provider to keep track of my routines. It knows my weight and age, etc. and calculates my calorie burn each workout and holy sheepshit! I burned 550 calories Monday night. I also have one of those fancy Android watches and it said I only burned around 350, but who do you really wanna believe? Anyway, anyone who knows right about losing weight says you should lose about a pound a week, so the math works out weirdly, but nicely.

This morning I stepped on the scale and I'm now below 3 bills. This is good but keep in mind that during the Jacksox/dunching/regular social visiting of the forum, I was fluctuating between 250-280 depending on how active I was, so I'm still fatter than most of you remember me to be.

I put on a pair of 38 jeans today by accident and was shocked they fit.