• BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    As someone that lives in the world you’re describing and drives everywhere, you’re wrong. Weight doesn’t just all of the sudden exist. Walking 40ft instead of 300ft twice a day is not going to make a noticeable difference. Again walking is healthier, but nobody has ever driven, gotten really fat, and then wondered what happened.

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      1 month ago

      Walking 40ft instead of 300ft twice a day is not going to make a noticeable difference

      No but walking 1 km from/to the station or going by bike certainly is. As is walking during holidays or whatnot.

      Most people who gain weight do realize it by feeling it rather than by looking at the mirror, especially since it is a very slow process. If you feel the struggle walking 300 feet and you don’t have other issues, you’ve probably gained a lot of weight already.

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      1 month ago

      My guy, people in Europe who walk aren’t walking 300ft in a day, they are walking probably 2-3km daily, those are the kinds of distance where you would start to really feel the effect of having gained 30-40 pounds that you might not realize if you walk like 300 ft in a day