How Important Is Exercise For Weight Loss?
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Originally Posted by
tb-av
So where is a good calorie counter online?
I don't know what to think about diet or exercise. I mean you have to eat but you don't have to exercise. So if you exercise at lot you will probably be naturally healthy otherwise you wouldn't be able to exercise continually. So let's say you eat, because your have to, pizza, pasta, cheezeburgers, key lime pie. You will probably have to increase your intake but also burn it off and generally be healthy.
If you look at young guys that hike the Applachian Trial, they eat crap and lose weight. Not sure how healthy they look at the end other than legs but that's generally what happens. What I have heard but do not know for sure is the older guys don't lose much or any weight. They also probably have a better diet.
When I was in my mid 30's I ran, biked, martial arts, also worked outdoors a bit like building decks or painting etc.. I was basically on the Pritican diet ( high carb ). I never tried to build up bulk muscle so not sure how that would have gone but I was in good shape. My recovery from exercising was typically just a few minutes and I was ready to go do something else.
About 15 years ago I started lifting weights and was doing pretty good but didn't lose weight. Totally different diet. Had to stop for a variety of reasons. Now I have a bad diet and get almost no exercise... but when I do exercise or say spend a whole day ( 12hrs ) of yard work or such. I feel good. Eating good means for a couple days I feel no different. Now I'm at 165 and would ---love--- to lose 20 pounds but I just can't seem to figure out what to do.
I don’t know about online, but the correct answer is My Fitness Pal on your smartphone. There’s a lot of bad data in it but you can look for the verified counts.
Everyone loses weight on the trail. Hiking 20 miles a day for four months or so has that effect.
The reasons you eat like crap on the trail are that you’re usually broke, and you’re trying to eat the most calorically dense foods you can that you can carry easily.
I made it over a thousand miles on the trail and stopped because of Lyme. Granted it was well over a decade ago.