Does spin bike help you lose weight?

[Kitzandkatz]

Hi just signed up today..... I'm determined this time. Is anyone doing spin bike to try and lose weight. I bought one last week and signed up to a free trial on peloton one. It's way to advanced for me..... has anyone here lost weight just doing spinning class?

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Hello and welcome, Kitzandkatz 😊

As StillConcerned says, what you eat is far more significant in weight loss. For exercise, find something you enjoy and can sustain - as with eating, a plan for life

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[PippiRuns 3kg]

I agree with StoillConcerned and BridgeGirl that focusing solely on exercise, in your case bike spinning, isn’t going to be an effective way to weight loss. But it might help you feel better and it’s good for your general health. So I would say go for it! But have a look at what you eat as well.

[TheAwfulToad Visitor]

If you get your diet right, exercise will help you lose weight (by various mechanisms, none of which involve "burning calories").

If your diet isn't right, it won't help at all, as others have mentioned. I suppose the corollary is this: if you find you're not losing weight after a month's worth of exercise, you probably need to look again at your diet. It mostly boils down to eating the wrong things, not eating too much.

[S11m]

Hi, Kitzandkatz , welcome.

My gizmo tells me I burn 500 calories a day by walking 30 or 40 km a week (I am 95kg). 500 calories a day equates to one pound a week weight loss, but I am now maintaining.

So, if you eat a good diet and your weight stays the same, you could lose weight just by exercising.

I met someone who lost 4.5 stone in 50 days burning 7000 calories a day - but he did a great deal of exercise - walking to the South Pole!

Diet is important - and you should not try to use exercise to compensate for a poor diet.

[S11m]

Have you tried to lose weight through calorie restriction?

Calorie restriction suppresses your metabolism, so, if you eat fewer calories, you burn fewer calories.

Weight loss is not all about motivation and masochism - if you "slim smart" it is not so hard!

Many of us here find that what works is a combination of The Low Carbohydrate, High-Fat (LCHF) diet (see the forum here on Health Unlocked) and Not Snacking All Day AKA Intermittent Fasting (IF). See:

healthunlocked.com/fasting-...

[BerlinBetty Visitor]

For what it's worth, Auld Betty has managed to lose weight with a combination of diet and exercise, as the contributors above suggest. I had exercised like crazy for months but didn't lose weight particularly significantly, so I had to take a serious look at what I was eating. I still eat well and very enjoyably, but if you can find a way to cut out just one daily naughty habit and stick to that change, replacing it with one good thing, in my experience a lot can be achieved. Ideally, you will do this in both exercise and diet areas.

For instance, on the exercise front, I used to put a lot of store on how many steps I walked each day, but while that's worthwhile, walking in itself doesn't burn much unless you do it very seriously; you need to tax the body a little within the limits of what it can take at the moment. So yes, the static bike sounds good but you must use it as intensively as possible - no static strolls down country lanes, if you know what I mean. Cycle as fast as you can reasonably do for at least 5, then later 10, then after that 15 minutes, having started and ended at medium pace. You should feel aglow afterwards, and/or your heart -rate should be up, not enough to make you feel ill - that would be daft - but enough to indicate that your bod is saying, 'Blimey! That was different!'

Then look at your diet. I was cutting back on chocolate - my guilty pleasure - but it wasn't enough to make a difference because I was still quaffing my favourite tipple every night: a large glass of Kir. Just in case you're not familiar, that's a glass of chilled white wine with a generous slug of cassis (alcoholic blackcurrant liquor). Absolutely delicious but basically a classy alco-pop, bursting with fattening sugars.

Now this lovely drink is for me an occasional treat. Other nights I drink a home-made fruit and vegetable drink, like liquidised beetroot and apple juice, or liquidised carrot and fresh orange. If these sound too strong, then just pour a really good tonic water or carbonised water into a wine glass, add ice and a slice of lemon, mandarine or lime and you have a lovely, innocent drink.

This combination of changes has at last brought down my weight, or largely contributed to same, by 3 more kilos. Worth a try? Change just one aspect of your exercise and one bad eating/drinking habit to complement that. Persistence is key; for me it was 3-4 weeks before I saw the benefits but it was so worth it.

Those changes work for you? Try two more. But do retain SOME occasional naughtiness or it all becomes too mizzy and we give up and start eating five Crunchy bars on the sofa and feeling like the Vicar of Dibley on a bad day...

Good Luck! love Betty x

[AmyKart]

The spin bike is a great tool for getting exercise, but weight is lost in the kitchen. You can workout twice a day for 7 days a week, but if you are eating too many calories, you will not lose weight. There are a ton of fad diets out there that seem to be the magical cure to weight loss, but eating fewer calories than you burn in a day is at the root of them all, whether that be Paleo, Keto, or whole 30. Many people will eat healthy foods, but eat too much of them, which will cause you to gain weight. Get your diet in check, and the weight will melt off.

[DanOstin Visitor]

Indeed, the only spin bikes can't help you to lose weight. You have to follow everything in the complex - proper nutrition, rich in minerals and nutrients, a clear diet by the clock, better sleep not less than 7 hours, light exercise at least 15-20 minutes a day, drinking water for about 2,5 Lt per day and then the trainer will help you to achieve the desired goal. Also, it is very important to choose a good model that has many options and possibilities for changes in loads/ You can see here some interesting models workoutmachines.co.uk/spin-.... And sure, that is very important do not quit what you started in a month, but make it your constant habit.