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True or False: 80% diet & 205 Exercise for weight loss?

Posts: 377 Member
edited March 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I am finding this True so far. Even though I have been over weight the majority of my life, but also athletic- I am finding weight loss more successful now as I have been changed my diet to a cleaner lifestyle of eating. I have always atteneded a gym, and been involved in sports growing up, but my diet was awful.

I am only 3-4 weeks in on my weight loss journey and since taking my diet more serious I have lost 9 pounds within 3 weeks. I hope it continues this way.

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  • Posts: 10,321 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.
  • Posts: 2,463 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.
    Agreed. Exercise is great but it only adjusts how much you can eat. You can lose or gain fat doing minimal activity and you can lose or gain fat being a marathon runner.
  • Posts: 4,584 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.
    yup.
  • Posts: 2,067 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.
    I mostly agree with this, but take off 5% for exercise since it can impact whether you lose muscle vs. fat

    but if we're talking only weight loss and not where it comes from than it is 100% for sure
  • Posts: 3,515 Member
    ^Agree with the above gentlemen:

    Diet for weightloss; exercise for being awesome.
  • Posts: 149 Member
    I am a poster girl for the fact that you can't out exercises a poor diet. I exercise a lot but my diet is not as clean as it should be and I am definitely not losing weight, maintaining, yes, losing, no. It is 100% what you eat. Wish it was different but alas...
  • Posts: 899 Member
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    Agreed. Exercise is great but it only adjusts how much you can eat. You can lose or gain fat doing minimal activity and you can lose or gain fat being a marathon runner.

    Agreed with these guys+++
  • Posts: 245 Member
    I have gained weight while training for a full Ironman and binging (~10 lbs) and I have lost weight bed-bound after being hit by a car.
  • Posts: 10,321 Member
    I am a poster girl for the fact that you can't out exercises a poor diet. I exercise a lot but my diet is not as clean as it should be and I am definitely not losing weight, maintaining, yes, losing, no. It is 100% what you eat. Wish it was different but alas...

    On that note, not eating clean has nothing to do with it. It's not what you eat...it's how much you eat.
  • Posts: 15 Member
    Agreed, I really wish that you could exercise-away a terrible diet. But short of being a professional athlete, its just too hard to burn away the calories. Making weight loss 95% about diet is what has worked for me. Exercise is great for pretty much everything else: muscle tone, stamina, flexibility, energy, health, disease-prevention, etc.
  • Posts: 3,536 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.

    QFT!!!!
  • Posts: 8,680 Member
    ^Agree with the above gentlemen:

    Diet for weightloss; exercise for being awesome.

    This exercise for the love to exercise.
  • Posts: 965 Member
    Calorie deficit is the only requirement for weight loss. Exercise can help with that a little bit, but you can only take that so far. I'm not running a marathon everyday so I can eat an entire cheesecake... or a couple BBQ bacon double cheeseburgers... or tub of gelato... or a couple sushi burritos... or some slutty brownies. I'm sorry, what was the question?
  • Posts: 6,666 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.

    Definitely this.

    Exercise for fitness/awesomeness.
  • Posts: 377 Member
    Wow I know it is early in this thread but surprised by the answers thus far that it is all diet! I thought much more people would agree 80 diet/20 excersize.

    I just feel so much better when I workout and feel like it does increase my weight loss versus just clean eatining within my calorie range.

    Good to know I am going above and beyond with regular excersize.
  • Posts: 3,536 Member
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    On that note, not eating clean has nothing to do with it. It's not what you eat...it's how much you eat.

    QFT!!!! He is on a Roll....... :drinker:
  • Posts: 1,001 Member
    I am finding this True so far. Even though I have been over weight the majority of my life, but also athletic- I am finding weight loss more successful now as I have been changed my diet to a cleaner lifestyle of eating. I have always atteneded a gym, and been involved in sports growing up, but my diet was awful.

    I am only 3-4 weeks in on my weight loss journey and since taking my diet more serious I have lost 9 pounds within 3 weeks. I hope it continues this way.

    FYI- My title is supposed to say 80% diet & 20% Excersize

    Your diet will determine how much you weigh - exercise ( lifting weights) will determine weather that weight is muscle or fat - Eastcoast Jim
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  • Posts: 377 Member
    I forgot to mention wouldent gaining lean muscle play into affect that the 20% exersize rule is true? If you just diet without excersize including weight lifting sure you will lose weight, but you will eventually just be "skinny fat"
  • Posts: 10,321 Member
    I forgot to mention wouldent gaining lean muscle play into affect that the 20% exersize rule is true? If you just diet without excersize including weight lifting sure you will lose weight, but you will eventually just be "skinny fat"

    Yes, but your title asked about weight loss. It didn't ask about fitness.
  • Posts: 3,536 Member
    Wow I know it is early in this thread but surprised by the answers thus far that it is all diet! I thought much more people would agree 80 diet/20 excersize.

    I just feel so much better when I workout and feel like it does increase my weight loss versus just clean eatining within my calorie range.

    Good to know I am going above and beyond with regular excersize.


    Eating in a deficit is all you need to lose weight

    You do Exercise for overall fitness

    Because I choose to exercise I have to adjust my food consumption to fuel my body for the workouts that I demand of it to do...

    If I was just wanting to lose weight then it would be all about a calorie deficit but I would still eat to compensate for my workouts because I choose to keep the two separate...... Best of Luck
  • Posts: 7,166 Member
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    On that note, not eating clean has nothing to do with it. It's not what you eat...it's how much you eat.

    Yup. I eat very far from clean.
  • Posts: 999 Member
    I forgot to mention wouldent gaining lean muscle play into affect that the 20% exersize rule is true? If you just diet without excersize including weight lifting sure you will lose weight, but you will eventually just be "skinny fat"

    You aren't gaining lean muscle if you are eating at a deficit for weight loss. So, no.
  • Posts: 377 Member
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    Yes, but your title asked about weight loss. It didn't ask about fitness.

    Well if thats the case- my title would have said physically fit. I want to lose weight and have lean muscle. not just lose weight with flabby extra skin. I incorporate diet, cardio, and weights into my weightloss journey.
  • Posts: 3,536 Member
    I forgot to mention wouldent gaining lean muscle play into affect that the 20% exersize rule is true? If you just diet without excersize including weight lifting sure you will lose weight, but you will eventually just be "skinny fat"


    If your in a calorie deficit to lose weight then you are not going to gain any substantial muscle, but working out will help you maintain what lean muscle mass you currently have....
  • Posts: 773 Member
    Not for me. Of course you need to make sure you are not destroying your good work by eating any calories you worked off, but presuming that, it's more like a 45-55 split for me, as my daily deficit is about 750 calories, with 350 of that coming from eating less than I need to maintain, and 400 coming from the 80 mins of walking on average every day. If I didn't walk what I do, my deficit would not be 750 calories, it would be only 350.
  • Posts: 377 Member
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    If your in a calorie deficit to lose weight then you are not going to gain any substantial muscle, but working out will help you maintain what lean muscle mass you currently have....

    Well I hope this is the case and I will continue to lift. I know under this fat is a buff guy, I know I am good in the strength department.
  • Posts: 9,532 Member
    It really depends on the person. For me, the more I exercise, the smarter I eat, and the easier it is to eat smart. So in practical terms my weight loss is nearly 100% from exercise.

    But everybody is different....
  • Posts: 10,321 Member
    It really depends on the person. For me, the more I exercise, the smarter I eat, and the easier it is to eat smart. So in practical terms my weight loss is nearly 100% from exercise.

    But everybody is different....

    I have to disagree. If it was 100% from exercise, would that not imply that you could eat whatever you want?
  • Posts: 79 Member
    False - Weight loss is 100% diet.

    That's been my experience.

    I've seen people get in the trap of using MFP to count calories burned and then adjusted their daily caloric intake up.

    It hasn't worked well.

    I believe MFP DRAMATICALLY OVERESTIMATES how many calories are burnt during various activities. I'm sorry, but you aren't working through 800 kcals in 45minutes of yard work (to take an actual example from my feed). If you're eating 800 kcals more because of that, you're setting yourself up for frustration.
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