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.
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Playing wow while cycling is a level of multitasking even adhd people would struggle to pull off.
Think less "Tour de france" and more "sunday boardwalk cruise" just trying to not let the pedals stop moving.
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Having ADHD is pretty awful for multitasking, so that's not saying much.
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.
Depends on your flavour of ADHD. Mine if great at multitasking.
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/
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.
Weight loss is almost 100% about calorie control, the exercise is just a great bonus.
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
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.
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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You cannot outrun a bad diet.
You can, but its a LOT of running.
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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My food may be fast but i am faster then food
He gained 20kg?
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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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
Modern problems require modern solutions. Good work.
And now so have I
I honestly expected "now whenever i want to watch TV i have to sit on the treadmill instead". Disappointed. I want my money back.
Anon doesn't watch TV anymore.
I'm already underweight, so I probably need the opposite for a while.
What's the opposite of a treadmill? Straps and a funnel?
Eat the couch
gristmill?
Squats and oats.
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