if i change nothing about my diet and just start riding 10 miles daily and 30 miles a day on the weekend, will i see any weight lose?
2007-05-11 17:08:49 · 7 answers · asked by myohmy 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
Simple answer YES! This is a simple input/output equation. If you keep your calorie intake constant and increase your calorie output you WILL lose weight. However, your appetite is likely to increase. Thus you will need discipline to maintain your calorie intake at current levels.
2007-05-12 03:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by fatherjac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
If you are not gaining weight with your current diet, 100 miles a week at a reasonable speed will result in weight loss. You need to burn 3500 calories more than you take in to lose a pound. I've attached a pretty good site with a calorie calculator for cycling for reference.
Depending on your current activity level, I'd advise a far less aggressive plan to start, with no more than 30 miles a week to begin with, increasing your distance by about 10% per week, with at least one day off per week. Better yet, get a heart monitor, and adjust your training against your heart rate (lots of literature on how to do this available on the internet)
2007-05-13 01:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by freebird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your present diet. Do you eat lots of junk food or fast food like burgers, fries and milkshakes? If you take in more calories than you burn, you won't lose weight. If you have a healthy diet right now and an acceptable number of calories per day, and your biking burns more calories than you take in, then yes you will lose weight. If you're biking that much, though, you will be building up muscles. So while you may lose 'fat' weight, the muscles you build will weigh more than fat, so you may not see a huge difference in the scale, but you'll see a difference in your body.
2007-05-12 00:19:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Approx. 3000 calories are equal to 1 pound of fat. If you ride medium light, you will lose about 200 calories an hour. To lose 1 pound, you would need to ride 15 hours. But that's all very approximate, depending on a lot of things.
2007-05-12 21:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I own a road bike...it is good exercise it depends on the length and elevation of your ride, but you can really keep your heart rate up. Which is good for shedding thoes extra pounds.
2007-05-12 00:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Paul V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends entirely on your metabolism and how much you eat.
Food = calories = weight
2007-05-12 13:54:01 · answer #6 · answered by mar m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-05-12 00:15:52 · answer #7 · answered by pinkbullet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋