Originally Posted by
linberl
Or, alternately, you can bike more so you can eat more, lol. In all seriousness, that is what I do. I have my regular rides (typically 20 miles a day) but if I decide to indulge
in something special - I have a serious fondness for french pastry - then I just plan on riding more for a few days. I've found totally depriving myself doesn't work
but allowing a reasonable amount of goodies is okay as long as I amp up the miles to compensate. I'll also eat more lean meat/veggies and cut back on other carbs if I am
indulging in sweet ones.
Because I lost 150lbs in 1996, my metabolism will always be about 500 calories below what the charts and exercise tracking indicates. Accepting this has enabled me to keep most of that loss off.
You’ll likely lose weight in the short term, but your chance of keeping if off for five years or more is about the same as your chance of surviving metastatic lung cancer: 5 percent. And when you do gain back the weight, everyone will blame you. Including you.
Diets do not work: The thin evidence that losing weight makes you healthier.
I've kept that off for over 20 years. A never ending struggle.
Losing over 1/3 of one's mass does that.
More detail here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/h...ight-loss.html
My advice? Don't let yourself get morbidly obese.