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by makemoniesonlin 3124 days ago
What if someone has a deficit of over 7,000 calories/day for an extended period of time (suppose they eat 3k calories and bike for 14 hours/day)?
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To have such enormous deficit you would have to exercise a lot. And of course you breathe faster during the workout so I think it is entirely possible to breathe out more than 2 pounds of CO2 per day. 2 pounds if probably average for a typical person.
That isn't physically possible. You would deplete the nutrients in your muscles within a few hours and then "bonk", unable to continue cycling.