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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 91 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (59 children)

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

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[–] visor841@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Having ADHD is pretty awful for multitasking, so that's not saying much.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

Depends on your flavour of ADHD. Mine if great at multitasking.

[–] blueson@feddit.nu 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not exactly the same, but somebody recently did 1-60 on WoW HC Classic while walking on a treadmill.

Sorry for the reddit link: https://old.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/14n7d0y/hardcore_treadmill_world_first/

[–] 50MYT@aussie.zone 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Weight loss is almost 100% about calorie control, the exercise is just a great bonus.

[–] thrawn@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a dietitian or something that wanted to prove a point so they ate nothing but burgers for 6 months and they actually lost a lot weight because burgers are not really particularly good quality food. They're also super ill, so it's not an advisable diet strategy.

[–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think in response to supersize me.

Funnily, I’ve done the same thing. I lose weight really easily so way back before I developed a strict calorie schedule I would eat a lot of fast food and snacks like chips for time/calorie efficiency but still be underweight. Weight is basically all calories, but looking good at specific weights usually requires exercise.

Had elevated cholesterol though, so can also confirm it’s not great for you. It may have been fine if I was exercising as well, but I never ate as poorly as he did to make the point so I only got close.

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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You cannot outrun a bad diet.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can, but its a LOT of running.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My food may be fast but i am faster then food

[–] brossman 56 points 2 years ago (3 children)

anon discovers temptation bundling

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think I preemptively trained myself against VR sickness by playing halo CE on my OG Xbox while running on the treadmill in like 2005

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Modern problems require modern solutions. Good work.

[–] thoughts3rased@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where did you get that JFK emoji from

[–] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Lol, lmao even

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

And now so have I

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl 22 points 2 years ago

Anon doesn't watch TV anymore.

[–] ryn@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's the opposite of a treadmill? Straps and a funnel?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Eat the couch

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
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