http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Exercise v Diet en Sun, 31 May 2026 22:28:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15784#post-205149 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:18:42 +0000 SRD 205149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin - sure but exercise is about far more than just weight gain. gentle miles* to a cake shop does all sorts of other good things too</p> <p>*your gentle miles may be quite strenuous exercise for someone else, especially uf they're carrying a lot of weight around. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15784#post-205148 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:20:58 +0000 sallyhinch 205148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The problem with exercise is the minute any meaningful weight loss kicks in, so does The Hunger so you need to have a lot of self control to keep taking in the same amount of calories while upping the activity levels.</p> <p>In my opinion, what exercise does is help maintain a steady weight or at least minimise the gain - I think it was the Harvard Nurses study that found that women who cycled regularly to work gained less weight over a couple of decades than those who didn't. </p> <p>From my point of view, it's the ability to eat the odd slice of cake when I fancy it that motivates me to cycle, walk or run more than I might otherwise. I did calculate that an 11-mile bike ride was roughly equivalent to two slices of toast with butter &amp; jam, which puts it in perspective! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15784#post-205147 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 15:59:23 +0000 stiltskin 205147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I certainly think people overestimate how many calories they burn while cycling. Riding a couple of gentle miles to a cake shop is not going to result in weight loss. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15784#post-205145 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:51:43 +0000 neddie 205145@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Runners' saying:</p> <p>"You can't outrun a bad diet" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15784#post-205142 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:48:40 +0000 dougal 205142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH9IO6iMO78" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH9IO6iMO78</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15784#post-205141 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:59:12 +0000 SRD 205141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We've often argued about this, and I feel strongly that diet alone is an inadequate response to issues of obesity, diabetes etc, but until I listened to the podcast of this 'long read' I hadn't realised how much the 'exercise' line is touted by big business - particularly Coca-cola. </p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/nov/03/obese-soda-sugar-tax-mexico" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/nov/03/obese-soda-sugar-tax-mexico</a> </p>