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Ya, I dunno. I spend 3-5 hours lifting and 12-20+ hours a week on my bike training. I can still quickly gain weight and you don't present the ultimate difficulty, training makes you really fucking hungry. I burn 1000 KJ/hour average on the bike and I can undo that real quick, 150kcal/day is a small handful of chips.

I'm extremely dubious of any answer to weight loss which isn't get your diet in line.

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That's interesting. I've been exercising my current amount for so long that I didn't factor in the side effect of additional hunger. Good point.

Though I will say that when it comes to my 50 minute strength sessions, I don't really feel that hungry after. I tend to do them after work, before dinner, and then eat the same amount as any off day. I'm no athlete, just doing the minimum, at which point additional hunger is not that noticable.

50 Minutes of strength is far from your continuous 277W output (nice!), for multiple hours. I think the target audience would literally die far before feeling anything like your levels of hunger, should they ever go on a bike ride with you.

It is my understanding that some people who don't exercise at all have a hard time controlling their appetites, and then when they introduce moderate exercise, they find it much easier to keep their eating in check. I think it's synergistic.

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