Anon swims

Swimming's really good for losing weight, no sweating and less knee pain involved. Wish I had a private pool too, you can definitely tell the public ones are 30% filled with piss.
- My private pool would be 70% filled with piss.
  
  20% cum, 10% shit and 100% drinking from it
- I find it funny that there is an acceptable level or urea in a pool and it's like 10% lol
  
  This is sort of how everything works, unfortunately! Guaranteeing 0% of something is really hard. Your flour probably has a small percentage of bugs in it, for instance. Urea is a relatively small molecule that I imagine you can find tiny amounts of pretty much anywhere. I would be unsurprised if there was at least one molecule of urea in literally anything you eat!
  That said, dear god I hope I’ve never been in a pool that’s 10% urine :(. Those kiddie pools at the water park are probably like 90% urine, though. Sometimes I wonder if by volume adults pee in the pool more than kids, though. I have a suspicion a good chunk of adults think it’s fine or will do it secretly anyway.
- You definitely sweat when you swim. People need to rehydrate while swimming, even indoors
- I would imagine a private pool would be annoyingly small to exercise in, only ever seen one that seemed big enough and that one was way too expensive for any normal person to ever afford. Every other one has been more like for chilling in.
  
  Unless I’m misunderstanding you, or there are only extremely tiny pools in your region, any private pool should be big enough to exercise in. You don’t have to be pulling Phelps-level breaststroke times in an Olympic pool; even just treading water is a great exercise. That’s kind of what it seemed like OOP was doing, anyway. Sure you won’t get ripped, but that’s pretty impossible already unless you’re at competitive levels.

Your metabolic rate can be several times higher in a pool or other body of water than it is on land without any exercise at all. Body heat is lost at a much higher rate when you are submerged in water and your body will burn more fuel to maintain core temperature.
- So why isn’t “a long cold bath every day” the trendiest weight loss method??
  
  This is something fighters do when they're going extreme weight loss before a weight in. I'm addition to dehydrating themselves and eating clean, they have several different cold exposure methods that causes the body to burn more calories.
  
  Because it still isn't going to make that extra large pizza disappear.
  
  well, it cures ALS at least...
  
  because then they wouldn't be able to sell weight loss products and gym memberships
  
  cold plunge is hyped up but idk if its for the weight loss
  
  Google "ice bath"
  
  Because it would be too difficult to monetize that trend, maybe?
- Thanks. I've had that theory for years, but you just articulated it much better than I could.

This is why they say find an activity you enjoy.

Swimming is amazing for the elderly as well as the heavily obese. Buoyancy takes all the load off joints/cartilage and significantly reduces wear or arthritic pain while still providing consistent, firm resistance to movement that burns calories.
- In Iceland all the public pools are full of old people. Due to geothermal energy, all outdoor pools in Iceland are heated, even in winter. I think it's a really great public health program honestly.

All you need is rich parents
- Or the wherewithal for and availability of a public one
  
  Or to live near a lake or beach.
  
  A public parent?
  
  That immediately increases the time investment required for use. The whole point of the post is that it's easy because it's in their back yard. Public pools aren't relevant here.
- Or you know, a body of water close to you.
  
  A non polluted, publicly available body of water.
  
  Also a body
- Ehhh, rich isn't really applicable. Someone with good income and good debt management skills can have a pool. You don't have to be "rich", which is a pretty vague word that's very subjective.
  I have friends that make very good money, and have the freedom to decide what their debt goes to. Nice house, nice cars, but if their income goes away, they're fucked because the debt doesn't magically disappear when the income does. To me, that's not rich. Rich is when you have enough resources that a change in income doesn't fuck you over.
  Now, some people would say that the ability to choose what debt goes to is rich. I can see that usage being just as valid. I sure as hell can't decide what my debt goes to, it has to go only to survival needs. I can't take on debt for funsies like a pool, at least not in any amount that's significant (so, nothing big as a pool, but maybe enough for switching out an appliance that isn't dead, as an example).
  For real, pools can be had with relatively low incomes. They cost about the same as a car for in-ground (a new car, not something lightly used lol). You don't have to be in six figure income brackets to have one. Do I think it's dumber than dammit to do so if you don't? Yes, but it's still possible as long as you want something basic
  If an above ground is applicable, and it can be for light exercise, you can get by with as little as a grand. Which ain't cheap, bit it's a debt most people in the typical "middle class" income range can manage at some point, if it's a priority.
  
  They cost about the same as a car for in-ground (a new car, not something lightly used lol). You don't have to be in six figure income brackets to have one.
  People with less than 6figure income aren't spending as much as a new car on a backyard in ground pool. Where do you think they have the cash for that? What bank is going to loan them the funds? Hilarious you think it's possible in this economy.
- How expensive do you think an above ground pool is?
  
  That's unbelievably cheap. What the actual fuck? It was updated this year, too.
  
  Well first you need to own a house with enough yard space so that immediately excludes a majority of the population
- Pool = rich, got it. By the way, they start at around 100 $.
  You can also go to public places for swimming. Some of those completely for free.
  
  You must be brain dead if you legitimately believe all you need is 100$. What about the place to put it? Most people don't own their property, and if they do, many don't have space for one.

- That was my first thought, lol. Anon's folks prepared healthy meals for them.

When did it change from .jpg to .webp?
- Must be a Zoomer thing
  
  Webp is just a more data efficient format, lots of sites are switching to it because it can greatly decrease bandwidth and storage costs.
  
  I'm on the upper end of generation Z and I've never heard or seen webp at all. .jpg is the one I've seen used.
- Where my .jxl stans at?
  
  I was going to reply with a .jxl meme, but it turns out Lemmy doesn't support it, which is a genuinely better .jxl joke than anything I would've made.
- 27 lbs ago

Jokes aside now anon's gotta make sure to use sunscreen, or he's only trading in one killer for another.
- Indoor pool?
  
  What do you think this is, a serious conversation?
- Eh a good diet and acclimating will help with that too.
  
  Can't acclimate to skin cancer 😅

I'd argue the most difficult part about losing weight is boredom.
- Yeah. You can’t outrun your fork, but you can’t mindlessly snack because you’re bored on a bicycle.
  
  You underestimate my power
  
  So you are saying we're screwed if we ever had a fork invasion?
  
  Handlebar bag with trail mix.
  .....Actually done to fuel long rides so I don't run out of energy

30lbs in 2 weeks using this one neat trick.
Ok anon.
- Well, they never mentioned they ate anything in those two weeks, just bobbed around in the pool
  
  Anons mom refuse to bring Cheetos to the pool.
  
  That would be a 7500 calorie deficit every day. Not possible.
  Even if we assume half of that is water weight, still hardly possible