How Important Is Exercise For Weight Loss?
If you’d asked me a decade ago what was the best method of weight loss, if I choose only exercise or diet, but not both, I would have said exercise all day. That is, increase exercise, lean body mass, and so forth, to create a caloric deficit vs reducing calories if I could only choose one. That conclusion appears to have been wrong, and I’m here to explain why. On the surface, that appears to turn a sacred cow of the fitness world on its head, but in retrospect, I think we knew it all along. Hey, someone said “you can’t out exercise a bad diet” and that’s essentially true. Who ever said it, just didn’t realize just how true it is.
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How Important Is Exercise For Weight Loss?
Diet. I lost sixty pounds in five months, and sadly put it all back on...but I didn’t work out once.
I just removed sugar from my diet and was smart about where carbs came from. I gorged myself on vegetables, eggs, and lean red meat. I guess I was relatively low carb, because I didn’t eat much bread or any pasta.
But the weight melted off. Granted I have a lot of muscle mass left over from playing sports at a medium high level...which means I needed more calories to just exist.
When exercising or running? LOL it would have taken years without a dietary change.
Diet to fit in clothes that make you look good, and exercise to look good naked.