Running is boring and pointless
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It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
While this may be true for you, it in not true for everyone. Some people are satiated by carbs, some by protein and some by fats - there is no one size fits all answer when it come to satiation.12 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
Cuz math.
50g carb apprx 200cals
50g fat apprx 450cals
Which was your quoted replier's point.11 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
Ah, so now we're talking about adherence and preference? Gotcha. Far cry from your original post...7 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
Ah, so now we're talking about adherence and preference? Gotcha. Far cry from your original post...
Nothing to do with preference and everything to do with the mechanics of macro-nutrient digestion and the subsequent hormonal responses. Carbohydrates are well known and documented in tonnes of scientific literature to throw your hormones out of whack.21 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
For you maybe. Not for me, and many others. For some fibre is filling vs a drizzle of olive oil.7 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
Why specifically carbs?? Any calorie surplus would lead to weight gain. Conversely, any calorie deficit would lead to weight loss. The type of food leading to that surplus or deficit doesn't matter.
And then of course running would be only one of many options available to drive a surplus back towards a deficit. I personally don't run, and if I occasionally use the treadmill, I walk on it.3 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too much food(calories) of all/any variety many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
There, FIFY.
Like others said, I agree with the general sentiment that too many people plod away on a treadmill and/or elliptical for the sole reason of chasing a calorie burn in an effort to lose weight but that's the end of any value this post provides.
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It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
Ah, so now we're talking about adherence and preference? Gotcha. Far cry from your original post...
Nothing to do with preference and everything to do with the mechanics of macro-nutrient digestion and the subsequent hormonal responses. Carbohydrates are well known and documented in tonnes of scientific literature to throw your hormones out of whack.
Want to point us to some of this scientific literature?6 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
For you maybe. Not for me, and many others. For some fibre is filling vs a drizzle of olive oil.
You don't have to take my word for it. I don't know anyone who is addicted to avocados or chicken breasts and yet I see people who eat bread and drink Coca cola like it's going out of fashion. Fibre is a natural carbohydrate unlike the abundance of extracted simple sugars and starches that people mistake for food.12 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
For you maybe. Not for me, and many others. For some fibre is filling vs a drizzle of olive oil.
You don't have to take my word for it. I don't know anyone who is addicted to avocados or chicken breasts and yet I see people who eat bread and drink Coca cola like it's going out of fashion. Fibre is a natural carbohydrate unlike the abundance of extracted simple sugars and starches that people mistake for food.
Please, take this doll and show us where the simple sugars and starches hurt you21 -
You don't have to take my word for it. I don't know anyone who is addicted to avocados or chicken breasts and yet I see people who eat bread and drink Coca cola like it's going out of fashion. Fibre is a natural carbohydrate unlike the abundance of extracted simple sugars and starches that people mistake for food.
I am addicted to avocados and chicken breast. They scratch daddy's itch so well.5 -
Hopefully now anyone lurking in this thread can see that there is more to the conversation than simply evil carbs and pointless running. Not that carbs are evil or running is pointless...9
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It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
Ah, so now we're talking about adherence and preference? Gotcha. Far cry from your original post...
Nothing to do with preference and everything to do with the mechanics of macro-nutrient digestion and the subsequent hormonal responses. Carbohydrates are well known and documented in tonnes of scientific literature to throw your hormones out of whack.
got a link to any of those?!3 -
It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
For you maybe. Not for me, and many others. For some fibre is filling vs a drizzle of olive oil.
You don't have to take my word for it. I don't know anyone who is addicted to avocados or chicken breasts and yet I see people who eat bread and drink Coca cola like it's going out of fashion. Fibre is a natural carbohydrate unlike the abundance of extracted simple sugars and starches that people mistake for food.
so actually the issue is that you need to keep your eyes on your own plate, and your own treadmill....8 -
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It's really simple. People get fat because they eat too many carbs and then try to fix their weight problem by running for hours on treadmills. No one's angry, Capiche?
People get fat because they eat too many calories. Are carbs part of it? Sure. But they aren't the only/sole reason. If someone who is getting fat replaces 50g of carbs with 50g of fats, they will actually get fatter. Your cut carbs and eat more fat doesn't work.
I have experimented a lot with different diets and i can assure you that 50g of fat and 50g of carbs are not the same thing. 50g of carbs will have you craving more. 50g of fat will not.
For you maybe. Not for me, and many others. For some fibre is filling vs a drizzle of olive oil.
You don't have to take my word for it. I don't know anyone who is addicted to avocados or chicken breasts and yet I see people who eat bread and drink Coca cola like it's going out of fashion. Fibre is a natural carbohydrate unlike the abundance of extracted simple sugars and starches that people mistake for food.
What about butter, peanut butter, bacon and cheese? I see plenty of people have a hard time moderating those foods. Myself included.
And I eat plenty of carbs.. anywhere from 200-400g average. My hormones work perfectly thank you.10 -
If your concern is losing weight just cut carbs, eat more good fats and do some strength training. Way easier than running for an hour. Unless you really really enjoy running I don't really see the point. If you're doing it for mental and cardiovascular endurance, then fine I guess. I doubt that's why I see so many people on treadmills at the gym though. I think they legitimately think they're going to lose weight which is a mistake.
See, there is your problem. You are trying to run on a “dread”mill. Try running outside - nature, fresh air, birds singing, trails, etc. You might enjoy it.
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Especially when he ate back those carbs in just 1 minute.
i can just imagine him rage eating gels to get all those carbs in one minute...11
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