Yeah I can't run long distances because my knee is shot. Bike is good, you can burn a decent amount of calories on a stationary bike. I don't even red-line and I get about 700-800 calories an hour (although I don't cycle for the full hour, I'd probably die lol). Plus it's good for developing your leg muscles a bit without having to do squats or anything too intense.
Before i went OS over Xmas last year i bought a bike and used to ride for about 45 minutes a night with my daughter on top of doing the normal daily exercise routine.
Then we got back and it was stinking hot and i was paranoid that people would laugh at me because the tyres might look flatter or something and we just haven't got back into it. Now it is cooling down that is certainly the plan.
Mate missing meals or stop eating is a big no no if you want to drop some weight.
in between your main three (healthy) daily meals, try and snack on some nuts, or a piece of fruit or some yogurt, that way you eating 6-7 times a day so to speak. Increase fibre and drink lots of water, stay clear of fried or junk food, up the veggie content
Agree with Bazal with intensity and Resistance training, will go a huge way
Remember baby steps, Im sure you didn't gain a lot of weight overnight, and it wont disappear overnight either
I have tried everything you can think of for periods of time and the only time i have ever been successful in losing weight is when i skip meals. Doing what you suggested i pack on the weight like i was eating KFC all day every day. I had to stop it. Talk about depressing!
Science is great and all and certainly the best way to prove something but sometimes there are anomalies in those results and as someone who is 39 and been on this trend for pretty much his entire life i can safely assume i know my body better than what some scientist says.
I have a problem with food, plain and simple, more importantly i have a mental issue with food. If i drank too much or smoked, gambled or did drugs you would call me an addict and put me in a program or something but because it is food i am just a fat lazy slob!
And i will finish by saying, i blame nobody but myself because if i wasn't so mentally piss weak i wouldn't have to fight those voices that drive me damn near crazy!!!
Back to BA, i think he will be here till the end of next year regardless of our results. We aint paying out another coach!
