Does Exercise Help You Lose Weight?

As long as I really push myself on the cardio and dont do too much strength. When I did the 30 day shred even though I was eating SO well I didn't lose weight. I only ever lost weight on it if I did about 15mins on treadmill aswell. In general though I think its mostly about the diet.. exercise just gives you more health benefits, motivates you to eat better and can reshape your body, it doesn't always make you lose more weight.

Exercise helps you lose weight insofar as you build muscle and muscle burns more calories to maintain than fat does.

No, I went to the gym 3-4 times a week, zumba and loved it. Did this for a year and did not lose a pound. I had to watch my eating. 80% eating, 20% exercise. Once I ate healthy and exercised the weight come off. It was mostly what I ate. I am sure exercise toned me up but I know I would not have lost any weight had I not changed my eating.

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The only reason I exercise is so I CAN eat more. The problem is that people confuse eating 'more' with eating whatever you want all the time - which is not going to work. BUT the fact that I walk so much gives me 5-600 calories extra every day and believe me I eat just about every one! Been doing it for just about a year down 60 lbs.

Assuming you are not grossly over estimating your burn it works. Exercise by itself will not help you lose weight but when you combine some activity with a reasonable deficit exercise will allow you to have a nice desert after dinner (mine's usually a big bowl of cereal) Now, you CAN totally lose weight without doing anything at all but then you can't have desert I like my way better!

Depends how you look at things...yes to "lose weight" nutrition prolly is 80% off it. But exercise improves your cardiovascular system, builds muscle (which even if you work out the claim of 6 calories per pound of muscle per day - which I am not sure how accurate that is...i have over 140 pounds of muscle....thats over 600 calories per day)......you simply look better....and if i can be a size 8 at 170 pounds thanks to exercise or a size 10 at 170 pounds due to lil or no exercise....I know which one I am going for, of course if you are stuck on just a number on the scales...its a different story and I guess then it may only be about nutrition.

Exercise absolutely helps you lose weight. Strength training is the best type of exercise to help someone lose weight because an increase in muscle mass increases your metabolic rate. The use of a muscle burns calories. The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. Additionally, while strength training, as the muscles heal from the work out, your metabolic rate has to increase to heal the muscle.

During cardiovascular training, your muscles burn the calories. The larger your muscles, the greater the calorie usage. While cardiovascular exercise will burn those calories for the short term, an increase in muscle mass will burn more calories throughout the day, the week, the month (even while you sleep). This is why true aerobic circuit training is so popular and effective.

I believe that a combination of both Strength and cardiovascular training is the best answer while trying to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight.. Hope this helps a little.

I think it is more mental for me. If I just change what I eat and not exercise, it was harder for me to keep to it. But with exercising, I am "all in" and keep to my healthy lifestyle. Exercise makes me feel great and is a good stress releaser for me..more than anything.

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I know for myself I do not "exercise" in the normal way but my job is a complete workout I'm an overnight stocker at Wal~Mart and I have lost approx. ten pounds in two months eating what I wanted and just working at night. I started my job May 10. This makes me say absolutely yes excercising makes you lose weight it's all in the type you do. For myself it's four days a week of lifting, carrying boxes, and walking along with bending and stretches. Now to see what healthier eating can do for me don't plan on quite dieting as I know long run would not be able to keep it up but will try to take out some of my higher calorie snacks and throw in more fruit, take out some soda replace with healthier juices, stuff like that see how it goes.

That's basically what the article says. The line that spoke most to me was, "Well, running makes me so hungry." And the response was, "In order to lose weight, we need to be hungry sometimes." Totally nailed it for me.

This is completely untrue. The fact he hadn't eaten all day and went for a long run, is a setting a dangerous precedent. I was only ever momentarily hungry while losing 25lbs, and ate plenty. Still do. You just can't eat over your TDEE which you definitely don't need to to feel full unless of course you only want to spend your calories on empty foods. 15-1700 calories of poptarts will leave you hungry. The same calories of protein, fat, and complex carbs (veggies and some fruits) will.

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