Nutrition More Important than Exercise for Weight Loss, Sugg

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Alleghany
Alleghany Posts: 200
in Health and Weight Loss
Found this article interesting and thought I'd share it.

http://www.naturalnews.com/029031_nutrition_weight_loss.html

BTW, keep on exercising! We can't get off that easy! :wink:

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  • Paul76
    Paul76 Posts: 158
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    I agree completely. I've always been active and into sports and into excercise. But, I've also always been overweight because I ate like crap. The times where I've lost weight haven't been the times of peak excercise, it's been when I've been calorie counting.

    But keep up the exercise too! :)
  • fitnessfoodtravel
    fitnessfoodtravel Posts: 32 Member
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    Thanks for sharing! Due to an injury, my activity level has been drastically reduced but I have overcome my plateau and lost 9 pounds due to calorie counting and clean eating. Exercise keeps us healthy and reduces stress but nutrition is very important in weight loss and maintenance.
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,291 Member
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    Yeah, before I lost weight the first time, I could work out like a maniac and still not get below 192 lbs....and it was because of what I was eating. I still firmly believe that your weight is 75% nutrition and 25% exercise.....because when I ate better, the pounds practically poured off of me.
  • hill242
    hill242 Posts: 412 Member
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    You can't out-work a bad diet.
  • AMOMONAJOURNEYTOCHANGEHERLIFE
    AMOMONAJOURNEYTOCHANGEHERLIFE Posts: 170 Member
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    I'm not sure if my PT is right or not. But she told me 80% of my goal of loosing weight was controlled by what I eat. And only 20% of working out would help that. That was a huge eye opener for me. I was in the mindset that I will work extra hard as long as I can eat my brownies. LOL I was just maintaining my weight. So I have now changed that and things have been coming together for me.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
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    Of course it is. It is calories in vs calories out...how much energy your body stores vs how much it burns. However, if you don't exercise, you'll probably just look like a skinny stick at the end of it ;). Not only that, but exercise releases endorphins that make us feel good, energized and motivated.
  • betty51
    betty51 Posts: 52
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    Thanks for sharing this ! Thats my problem,thinking I can eat whatever and workout and still lose weight!!
  • DancingYogini
    DancingYogini Posts: 377
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    Yeah, before I lost weight the first time, I could work out like a maniac and still not get below 192 lbs....and it was because of what I was eating. I still firmly believe that your weight is 75% nutrition and 25% exercise.....because when I ate better, the pounds practically poured off of me.

    I totally agree with you!! Good nutrition is the key :smile:

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