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[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 87 points 9 months ago

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 104 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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 23 points 9 months ago

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

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago

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

[-] frogfruit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

It depends on the activity. I can't exercise or clean unless I'm watching TV or YouTube. But I've tried the whole exercise while gaming thing, and it doesn't work for me at all. Listening to audiobooks while doing literally anything else is also impossible.

[-] blueson@feddit.nu 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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 35 points 9 months ago

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

[-] thrawn@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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 9 months ago

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 9 months 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 14 points 8 months ago

You cannot outrun a bad diet.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

You can, but its a LOT of running.

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago

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 5 points 8 months ago

My food may be fast but i am faster then food

[-] AdlachGyfiawn@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 9 months ago
[-] Tak@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

Lots of people eat more because they're more active and end up gaining more weight. It's really surprising how efficient the body is

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[-] brossman@infosec.pub 60 points 9 months ago

anon discovers temptation bundling

[-] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 9 months ago

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 12 points 9 months ago

Modern problems require modern solutions. Good work.

[-] thoughts3rased@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 months ago
[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Where did you get that JFK emoji from

[-] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Lol, lmao even

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

And now so have I

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 24 points 9 months ago

Anon doesn't watch TV anymore.

[-] ryn@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

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

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Eat the couch

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
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