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I lost 35lbs in 2.5 months with cardio
It just depends how big you are
Diet came later
(I rode my bicycle two hours a day to / fro work in the South Florida sun in August @305lbs lol)
I do generally think bicycling is superior to running as a form of cardio for weight loss. Most people who are overweight are also not good enough runners to minimize the impact or avoid repetitive stress injuries.
For serious road cycling there is also a social aspect that bicycling has over other forms of cardio. It's possible to ride with a group that will push you, but by utilizing the aerodynamic draft sucking doesn't hold up the group. You have to be much more closely match to keep pace running. You can also hang out in a peloton where you are relatively strong and replace some of the idle chat you would do in a bar. For what I assume are work schedule reasons, fast group rides are often at dinner time. If you get sufficiently thrashed, it's possible to just be too tiered to cook and eat a proper dinner after a ride. From personal experience, replacing dinner with a 2-3 hour group ride and a protein bar 4-5 times a week is good for like 4 lbs/week. Probably not optimal for health, sustainability, or performance though.
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