You won& #39;t lose weight by cycling unless you do Tour de France distances. You have to eat less. This repeats food industry inspired misinformation (thread) 1/

Doctors to prescribe bike rides to tackle UK obesity crisis https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/26/doctors-to-prescribe-bike-rides-to-tackle-uk-obesity-crisis-amid-coronavirus-risk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/...

The numbers don& #39;t add up. The calories you burn on a bike ride are trivial compared with those in a mars bar, chips or bottle of beer. So why the confusion? 2/

To lose weight calories expended must exceed those consumed. You have to (gently) starve. When you starve you first deplete carbohydrates, then you burn muscle and fat. To stop the muscle loss you have to exercise. The food industry have twisted this by saying... 3/

That you put on weight by not exercising enough, rather than by eating too much. Clever. Your stomach has limited capacity. Their job is to get you to fill it with the most expensive processed product that they can. 4/

Exercise is good. Exercise is very good. But you lose weight by eating less and eating better (vegetarian, fresh, unprocessed). It is not easy. My BMI is 28!