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by tpm 325 days ago
Your bike ride is too short to lose weight.
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it's not though, because I lost 25% of my weight
"For two years I was biking 6-8 miles every day, doing resistance training and maintaining 210lbs"
"I'm 5'6", 165lbs, I bike 6-8 miles every day"
But he only lost weight after limiting caloric intake, even though he was biking every day before that too. My point was we shouldn't expect losing weight with such short rides, the body will use muscle and liver reserves for that and only with much longer rides start burning fat from adipose cells.