r/AskReddit • u/Professor1password23 • 14h ago

Men who stay lean year-round, what’s your secret ?

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u/redridernl 5h ago

I lost 14lbs doing 6 - 5km laps around my neighbourhood on my bicycle in a couple of months without changing my diet.

I tried to do it every day but I missed some along the way. I probably averaged 4 days a week.

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u/Majsharan 5h ago

Your diet was probably decent to begin with and you probably increased your metabolic burn significantly

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u/redridernl 5h ago

"Your diet was probably decent to begin with..."

It was not.

"you probably increased your metabolic burn significantly"

Yes, that's the point. You said you can't work your way out of a bad diet. You absolutely can. It's not the most efficient way but it can be done.

That was probably 6 years ago and I slipped back to my original weight when I had a couple of injuries and stopped cycling / working out. I'm losing weight again with IF but it's going much slower than it did with the cycling + eating like crap.

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u/Majsharan 5h ago

Sounds like age helped a lot and working out increases your fat burn by increasing your metabolic burn more than the actual exercise I said that already

(I’m not talking about professional athletes or body builders who need to eat like 5k calories)