re: PuttaDaForkDown

Cant we all just get along ?

170/152/147

no surprise at this mom's day bounce.

Cant believe i didnt post in here.

Started P90X on Jan 23 at 186. 75 days into it (Around April 10), I tore my right shoulder labrum. Weighed 161.

Doc says no curls/pushup/presses for 6-8 weeks. We are currently 4 weeks into my "layoff" - and my shoulder still hurts. I was at 165 yesterday. My goal this whole time was 155.

I plan to start it back up when my shoulder feels better..... But need to really rehab it right, which I have not been doin.


Had the ambition to try Insanity in July. Maybe thats on hold

boss, See's CAD's advice above. now is when you'll have better pure weight loss if diet is controlled. Last summer I had a stinger with the same restrictions on exercise and lost 5 lbs on diet alone.

So now it is an argument about which is more beneficial. Not that exercise is irrelevant to weight loss.

Has anyone said otherwise or you are just hearing yourself talk?

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weight loss (assuming no additional food is consumed because you're hungry from running 6 hours a week): roughly 50-52lbs all things staying constant. (3600 calories deficit a week = 1lb loss) * 52 weeks.

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Okay, so Cad what if I did the above and below scenario together? Wouldn't I lose more weight by adding in the exercise? Granted, I'm not doing anything that extreme, but it's still contributing to a calorie deficit if I'm not adding any calories as a result of the exercise.

Cad, I really respect you and your opinions. I've read this entire thread and you have helped me with things you have said and you have helped many here, but I don't get your fascination with this one point. I can't think of one person who has said to exercise and not restrict calories. (Or at least that doesn't seem to be the prevailing opinion.)


I know you use yourself as an example but you admit that yours is extreme. If you are going to put forth the amount of effort that you do you have no choice but to add calories to your diet. That's not how it is with everyone, especially if they are following a moderate exercise program.

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Cad, I really respect you and your opinions. I've read this entire thread and you have helped me with things you have said and you have helped many here, but I don't get your fascination with this one point

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i'm not anti-exercise but i think it has the opposite effect on weightloss simply due to being more hungry after strenuos workouts.

i weighed 195 March 2011 before i started 'riding my arse off' as some have put it on here.

i weighed in at 193 this morning.

everyone thinks i got from 257lbs to 195 because i 'ride my arse off'. i lost the weight before i pulled the bike off the ceiling and dusted the 7-years worth of dust off it.

but nothing could be further from the truth. training and riding hard makes me hungry and the only time i seem to be able to lose weight is when i take a couple weeks off from the training.

lester thinks i just want to brag about how much riding i do, but that's not the point. the point is that i am getting shite-tons of exercise and its not causing any significant weight loss.

no, i'm not eating triple whoppers either. i just stopped losing weight when i started training hard.

i have over a year's worth of data; i averaged riding 181 miles a week for over a year now so you can't use the argument i'm not working out hard or being consistent. this is the very definition of hard work and consistency.

i've seen my FTP (functional power threshold) jump by nearly 40 watts and my endurance is higher and my resting heart rate is 48 bpm now.

all great stuff..except it hasn't done a single thing to help me lose any additional weight.

The day When you realize that not everyone is the same, is the day you will become enlightened.

You really don't know how ridiculous you sound when you keep repeating this stuff about your own personal workouts. Then saying exercise has NOTHING to with weight loss because you don't lose weight when you ride your bike.

You keep repeating it; yes it does sound like bragging, unless you are truly that oblivious. No one is impressed by your wattage and mileage. Most can't even comprehend it.

Today's workout:
Mowing an acre and a half lawn.
Okay, I cheated, we have a riding lawn mower. But there was much, much weedeating to be done. Altogether took me a long arse time.. I started at about 10 and finished at about 3:30.. no breaks.. I'm tired..