• Delphia@lemmy.world
    65·
    11 months ago

    I know a dude who did this with a standing desk and an exercise bike when WOW was huge and he put on 20kg in a year.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      822·
      11 months ago

      Playing wow while cycling is a level of multitasking even adhd people would struggle to pull off.

      • Delphia@lemmy.world
        22·
        11 months ago

        Think less “Tour de france” and more “sunday boardwalk cruise” just trying to not let the pedals stop moving.

        • XIIIesq@lemmy.world
          42·
          11 months ago

          Yep, you don’t have to go ham to lose weight, or even get fit.

          Be strict with your calorific intake and you can lose weight just by sitting on the couch.

          Losing weight is easy, it’s just a question of will power. I have sympathy for people with significant mental or health issues, but most of them are just fucking weak and would rather eat a tub of ice cream than have a nice/healthy body.

          No one wakes up fat, it happens over time after countless poor decisions.

          Edit: it’s funny how I was mostly upvoted in this thread and then as America woke up it swung to mostly downvotes. It’s relieving to know that the UK still has some way to go before we and up as fat and as helpless as the average American.

          • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
            3·
            11 months ago

            I have sympathy for people with significant mental or health issues, but most of them are just fucking weak and would rather eat a tub of ice cream than have a nice/healthy body.

            A healthy diet is more than just not eating unhealthy food. It’s about having the right balance of nutrition and that’s quite difficult in our world. Especially if you don’t have a lot of money. Or have other dietary restrictions.

            Also no one wants sympathy they just want you to not be an arrogant prick.

          • bpm@lemmy.ml
            2·
            11 months ago

            Something that took me a while to realise is that you don’t necessarily need to be eating rubbish food to gain weight, just too much. I think there’s this stereotype of the guy chugging down sugary drinks all day with his greasy burgers in between handfuls of sweets, but that’s not the case for most people.

            What was a big help for me was getting a food scale, and working out what size portions I should be eating - particularly for carby things like rice and pasta I found I was way off on my estimates of what a decent serving should be.

          • NightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            0·
            11 months ago

            I don’t know why people are downvoting you. I feel the essence of what you said is true. I am weak and that is why I put on a lot of weight. Not because I didn’t exercise. But because I chose to eat tasty shit over healthy shit.

        • frogfruit@sh.itjust.works
          151·
          11 months ago

          It depends on the activity. I can’t exercise or clean unless I’m watching TV or YouTube. But I’ve tried the whole exercise while gaming thing, and it doesn’t work for me at all. Listening to audiobooks while doing literally anything else is also impossible.

    • 50MYT@aussie.zone
      16·
      11 months ago

      I did it during covid / work from home times.

      Every time I was in a boring work meeting I just got on the spin bike. Lost 6kg.

      Probably because I stopped eating all the pastries at work.

        • thrawn@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          In the context of weight loss, exercise is used primarily for calorie control anyway. Tho people who don’t know that can uptick calories to make up for the exercise and lose nothing or even gain more. Which obv you know but maybe someone out there is struggling with that

        • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
          11·
          11 months ago

          Well, it becomes unrealistic at some point. Consuming calories is sooo much easier than burning them. I think that’s the basic message. Losing weight is mainly controlled by what you shove into your feeding hole. Of course doing sports is essential for a healthy life, so you should absolutely do that too.

          • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
            2·
            11 months ago

            Yeah I’ve been losing weight recently, and a 5k Run burns about 500-600 calories for someone my size. That’s a shit load of effort, and not something an overweight person is likely able to do every day. But 600 calories is like a single big mac (just the burger). There’s only so many calories you can reasonably burn in a day, but there’s practically no limit to how many you can eat (none that you’re likely to find without making yourself sick at least)

  • kamen@lemmy.world
    51·
    11 months ago

    I honestly expected “now whenever i want to watch TV i have to sit on the treadmill instead”. Disappointed. I want my money back.

  • ryn@lemmy.ml
    111·
    11 months ago

    I’m already underweight, so I probably need the opposite for a while.