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Eating your exercise cals vs not exercising ?

andy13
andy13 Posts: 208 Member
edited January 15 in Health and Weight Loss
Are there any benefits to exercising and eating back all the calories vs not exercising and staying within your daily calorie limit? I don't mean in health terms, I mean in terms of weight loss, which option will give me the fittest bod and why?

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  • 30ismyyear
    30ismyyear Posts: 145 Member
    Well, fittest bod explains it right there. You'll need to exercise and yes, eat back the calories.

    To lose weight you need a deficit in calories. You can get that by eating less OR adding exercise OR a combo of both. The latter being the healthiest.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Exercise is not necessary to lose weight - that can be done with diet alone, but if you actually want to be "fit" and look good (as in "look better naked")....you're going to need to exercise and strength train....

    ETA: you don't have to eat back "ALL the exercise calories" either....everything is pretty much an estimate, but if you're burning a lot, you should eat accordingly, and at least eat back a decent portion of them.
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