How much weight can you lose cycling 7 miles a day on a Stationary Bike at 15-30mph?

blondielou1992

How much weight can you lose cycling 7 miles a day on a Stationary Bike at 15-30mph if you did this every day for a week and ate a balanced diet which consisted of around 1200 - 1500 calories?

rybo

2.7543892664859573 pounds. Give or take a few ounces

healthygreek

It's all about how much you eat.

Jgasmic

The answer is "D. Not enough information provided."

erickirb

If you set your goal on MFP to lose 1 lb/week and follow that properly you should lose on average one pound/week, with or without exercise.

TimothyFish

That would be impossible. The whole concept of a stationary bike is that it doesn't go anywhere.

But let's assume you would be burning 40 calories per "mile." So, if you ate at maintenance, you would lose about half a pound from the stationary bike.

brianpperkins

TimothyFish wrote: »

That would be impossible. The whole concept of a stationary bike is that it doesn't go anywhere.

But let's assume you would be burning 40 calories per "mile." So, if you ate at maintenance, you would lose about half a pound from the stationary bike.

Assuming a random number in the absence of any significant information such as the person's weight, rolling resistance or gearing ... there quite simply is not enough information here for even your pick a number out of thin air system.

juggernaut1974

SergeantSausage

How long is a piece of string?

dieselgoat

I doubt very seriously you can ride 30 mph on a stationary bike. If you can, you need to be in the Tour de France-or your speedometer is way off.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

Take your weight in lbs, divide by pie (oops, sorry, meant Pi), add your age in months, multiply by shoe size. The answer will be your weight loss in ounces per week.
You're welcome

juggernaut1974

BinkyBonk wrote: »

Take your weight in lbs, divide by pie (oops, sorry, meant Pi), add your age in months, multiply by shoe size. The answer will be your weight loss in ounces per week.
You're welcome

No that only works in August. The March formula also takes the standard deviation of your Social Security Number into account, though I can't remember if you add it or subtract it. I suggest trying both.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

ceoverturf wrote: »

BinkyBonk wrote: »

Take your weight in lbs, divide by pie (oops, sorry, meant Pi), add your age in months, multiply by shoe size. The answer will be your weight loss in ounces per week.
You're welcome

No that only works in August. The March formula also takes the standard deviation of your Social Security Number into account, though I can't remember if you add it or subtract it. I suggest trying both.

Ah, of course. I forgot to factor that in.

Ninkyou

Speed means squat without knowing what resistance setting you're using.

TimothyFish

dieselgoat wrote: »

I doubt very seriously you can ride 30 mph on a stationary bike. If you can, you need to be in the Tour de France-or your speedometer is way off.

As I said previously, that would be impossible, since a stationary bike doesn't go anywhere. But it is easy enough to get the flywheel spinning at a rate where a spider resting on the outside of the wheel would be going 30 mph. A person doing that would be burning calories, but the minimum effort would be that of lifting their legs once per revolution of the pedals.

brianpperkins wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

That would be impossible. The whole concept of a stationary bike is that it doesn't go anywhere.

But let's assume you would be burning 40 calories per "mile." So, if you ate at maintenance, you would lose about half a pound from the stationary bike.

Assuming a random number in the absence of any significant information such as the person's weight, rolling resistance or gearing ... there quite simply is not enough information here for even your pick a number out of thin air system.

It's just a ballpark figure. Don't have a coronary.

brianpperkins

TimothyFish wrote: »

dieselgoat wrote: »

I doubt very seriously you can ride 30 mph on a stationary bike. If you can, you need to be in the Tour de France-or your speedometer is way off.

As I said previously, that would be impossible, since a stationary bike doesn't go anywhere. But it is easy enough to get the flywheel spinning at a rate where a spider resting on the outside of the wheel would be going 30 mph. A person doing that would be burning calories, but the minimum effort would be that of lifting their legs once per revolution of the pedals.

brianpperkins wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

That would be impossible. The whole concept of a stationary bike is that it doesn't go anywhere.

But let's assume you would be burning 40 calories per "mile." So, if you ate at maintenance, you would lose about half a pound from the stationary bike.

Assuming a random number in the absence of any significant information such as the person's weight, rolling resistance or gearing ... there quite simply is not enough information here for even your pick a number out of thin air system.

It's just a ballpark figure. Don't have a coronary.

For it to be a ballpark, it would require a basis in reality which it lacks.

Francl27

Ok here's some concrete info for you.

I have a stationary bike, I often do about 10 miles in 42 minutes (14-15 mph) with no extra resistance. I'm 36, 5'5", 133 pounds, and it burns between 180 and 200 calories (confirmed with my HRM, which gave the same number as the bike). I've tried with extra resistance and it only burned about 30 more calories in the same time (on resistance 2). I have to really sprint to get to even 22 mph, and 15 mph is the best I can manage for a long period of time.

I'd probably burn 50 of those calories in the same time if I was just sitting in the house, so yeah... it doesn't burn much at all. I keep seeing people logging 400+ calorie burns on the bike in one hour and I'm just a little bit suspicious, lol.

amy8400

I feel like I'm back in Algebra I class answering story problems.