TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago"As a cyclist, you claim to care about the environment, yet you consume food. Checkmate libs!"i.postimg.ccimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoMy understanding is that humans pretty much use about the same amount of calories a day, whether sedentary or not. If you spend more on exercise, your body spends less on other things. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why The amount your body uses just to stay alive dwarfs what you’d burn from adding cycling to your day. Edited to add the “much” that I somehow deleted.
minus-squareHerbSolo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoTalk to a bike courier if you get the chance to. The amounts of calories they burn in a shift is ridiculous.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agomy dad has tales of gymbro cowokers who can inhale like 3 pizzas in a sitting and still be hungry, yet they’re not in the least pudgy
My understanding is that humans pretty much use about the same amount of calories a day, whether sedentary or not. If you spend more on exercise, your body spends less on other things.
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why
The amount your body uses just to stay alive dwarfs what you’d burn from adding cycling to your day.
Edited to add the “much” that I somehow deleted.
Talk to a bike courier if you get the chance to. The amounts of calories they burn in a shift is ridiculous.
my dad has tales of gymbro cowokers who can inhale like 3 pizzas in a sitting and still be hungry, yet they’re not in the least pudgy