Im reading this article in my free time today(Its kind of long). It pretty much discusses why exercise alone wont help you lose weight. Losing weight is pretty simple, You burn more calories than you consume. Exercising really doesn't burn that many calories. Usually 2-300 for 30 minutes.
Now im not saying exercise is a waste of time. I have really enjoyed working out more and i defiantly feel better and healthier. Exercise does build muscle and burn calories. And that muscle in turn burns more calories. But im seeing more and more that diet is more the key to losing weight then exercise alone.
Before we started this little competition me and Alyna were doing Wii Fit probably 3-4 days a week since the end of Feb. We had lost maybe 10 lbs in the 4 months we were doing it. Most of that was within the first month though. The rest of the time we were just gaining and losing the same 5 lbs over and over.
It wasnt until we started this game here that we started paying attention to and adjusting our diets that we actually started losing weight at a steady rate.
So i guess the quick summary of all this is, Exercise is good for you but you wont lose much weight (and keep it off) unless you make a lifestyle change and monitor the calories you consume.
Anyways, Here is the article if anyone else wants to read it.
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Awesome - I need to read this article because I am NOT fond of excercising. Now, could you please find me an article that says "Eating will not make you fat?" You'd be my hero! JK Seriously, it really is about burning more calories than you consume. I am looking forward to the article. Thank you for referencing it here.
SWEET! I hate exercise anyway!
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