[buckbova]

> I'm assuming you mean TV show. I doubt you know a great many people that go on an "exercise style bootcamp" personally...

They offer a bootcamp program at my office. I have a friend who is a personal trainer. I have relatives who have done bootcamp exercise programs. I drive by one of these every day and see people flipping tires.

> Indeed because in basic training you don't get to pick your own meals and you're also limited to a set number of meals a day. Anyone would lose weight if someone else was controlling exactly what they could eat.

You've obviously never trained hard for anything. At some point you can't consume enough calories to counter the metabolism jump from the hard-core training.

> An hour of cardio is one Big Mac worth of calories. It is insignificant.

That's why I said "cardio and resistance", which you conveniently left off. Yes an hour on a stationary bike does very little, but an hour of intense physical exertion daily will transform a person.