Originally Posted by
terrymorse
I see that "bicycling won't help you lose weight" argument all the time, and I can't understand the basis for it.
If you ride about 10 hours per week, and you maintain your current calorie intake, that ought produce a weekly deficit of at least 5000 calories, equal to about 2 pounds of body fat.
Using that math, and since I didn't start eating more as I increased my cycling (I'm actually eating less now), over the last 15 years, I now should weigh negative 1200 pounds. Since my weight is significantly more than -1200 pounds, and is, in fact, positive, there's a problem with the math.