> These findings "support the importance of promoting a physically active lifestyle rather than caloric restriction in obesity prevention, the latter being quite difficult to follow in the current socio-economic environment where highly processed, energy-dense foods are omnipresent," the researchers wrote.
On the other hand, it's also quite difficult to ride 700 miles a week in the current socio-economic environment where you have a job other than ride bicycle.
In addition, if you’re obese already, you’ll have much more difficulty with lots of cardio exercise than someone who is much lighter. The answer, is, unfortunately, “both” for most people. Sure, you can build muscle and keep the same weight… but there’s no amount of muscle you can build that will turn someone who weighs 300 lbs into a healthy weight.
> if you’re obese already, you’ll have much more difficulty with lots of cardio exercise than someone who is much lighter.
I enjoyed cycling, but once I crossed the 95kg threshold, it became unbearable, due to the rashes I got. Cycling shorts do little to ameliorate it.
My problem has been that the older I have got and even the more sports I do I crave everything so much I will eat and drink all the calories and more that I have lost during sports. Human nature is hard...
Clearly I can't lose the calories I consume from all this crap food by doing sports. The addiction to consume calories is just so strong, it's actively painful not to do it, and the cravings only get stronger the more healthy I try to eat.
I used to be skinny as a teenager, now I can't imagine how it must be for obese people, because I can still run 10+ miles, but I am definitely overweight so it will have effect on my bones like potential stress factures, etc.
I think from exercise the main gains are the happiness hormones, keeping your body healthy and any sort of confidence. It is a basic necessity.
But to actually lose weight and fat, it's still about being able to constrain what you consume.
Underlying study: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpendo.000...
I believe that exercise is necessary for the health and beauty of the body, being slim with flabby muscles does not look good. But over time, I noticed that training and proper nutrition no longer helped as before. Unfortunately, the metabolic rate has decreased. A friend recommended https://www.optimallyorganic.com/pages/fulvic-ionic-minerals... drops. My friend actually lost weight over the season and says she feels light. There's a lot to think about.
I took a 100mi ride last week and even for that one event my body fat percentage seems to have shifted. I actually gained a little weight at the same fat percentage. Some of it is retained water but it's been a week so I think some of it is actual muscle mass.