Dieting results in long term changes to hormones and muscle fibers.

[eridani]

222. Since I fixed it without losing a single pound, the correlation is meaningless in the real world

If you read through the whole thread, you notice many posters proclaiming moral superiority when whatever they are doing results in weight loss, and insisting that if others don't get the same results they must be doing it wrong.

I'd like to call their attention to the fact that I'm not claiming that I'm better than you because fairly simple solutions to plantar fasciitis and back/hip trouble worked for me. Because those things worked for me, it doesn't mean that everyone else is going to get the same results, and if they don't they must somehow be lying about sticking to the regimen that worked for me. Your case indicates that the things causing your pain were different for you.

I have analogous things that I do for exercise other than biking. When I elevate my feet for 10 minutes before putting on support hose, I use a stretch band for Pilates and other exercises that are slowly adding more range of motion to my frozen shoulder. Whenever I go into my office, I do wall pushups in front of the door--same if I get restless from doing too much computer work. I find them helpful, but they have resulted in no weight loss whatsoever.

Oh, and don't confuse correlation with causation--physiological conditions that enable obesity enable a lot of other problems as well.