I've always loved biking, but in the last year and half (April 2020), I've been biking more and more with working from home due to covid. For the last year, I bike on average 140-160 miles (225-260 km) a week. That is about 11 hours a week on a bike. I also walk 2-3 miles a day.
At first biking so much, I did notice some weight loss. I didn't weight myself at the time, but I could tell from clothes fit. As my biking continued, I gave myself "permission" to eat whatever I wanted. Surely what I was burning on the bike was more than I could eat, right? Wrong! Adding in chips or cookies as regular "snacks" stalled any weight loss and kept me stubbornly in the obese BMI range.
Yes, I was obese, exercising a crazy amount. Don't discount the ability or endurance of someone just because of their weight. I biked a century in April 2021 (100 miles / 160 km, 4000' / 1200 m elevation gain in 8 hours). But I was still obese because of my poor diet.
I finally got into CICO and started counting and controlling my calories. I still bike about 150 miles a week, but I have lost about 45 lbs through tracking and counting my food, staying within my calorie budget. I do value exercise, but I do not rely on it to keep my weight down. For anyone who thinks, I exercise so much, why aren't I losing weight? I would advise you to track calories. It's far easier to eat 1000 calories than to burn 1000 calories through exercise.
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