One thing at a time?

I did it the opposite. You can't out-exercise a bad diet.

Nothing wrong with starting with exercise! As long as you're doing something that's good for you, what's the harm? Add in calorie counting later.

Focus on eating first. Start cleaning up your diet. Don't do it overnight. That never works. Can't just give up everything all at once and think it will stick. I started with general calorie plan. Learning portion control. Then began learning to make healthy but delicious substitutions, which is a never ending journey.

You need to find what works for you - if you can get in the exercise religiously then that is fantastic and you have won half the battle. Any healthy changes are better than none. If you find focusing there first helps...then go for it!! The rest will fall into place.
- try to make small changes to your diet here and there. Swap out things etc if you find that to be the difficult part.
- I have done it with just diet years ago and did great got preggers with twins...gained everything back so then I did it with a combination. i found later on that working out helped me make better choices in food. Days I do not work out - I am not so careful.

I think you can do either one first as long as you do pick up the other in the near term. As others have said, trying to changing everything at the same time can be overwhelming and lead to quitting. Pick one and once you are doing it well and consistently, add the other in! It's a journey, not a race.

No, I first focused on the food because that is the main key to weight loss. Exercise is awesome but will not cause weight loss if you overeat.

Nothing wrong with focussing on one thing at a time. It's hard to make the adjustment and go 0 to

However, I do agree with the comments that if you're going to do that, diet focus is the best to begin with. You can exercise every day and not see a change if you're still overeating. Exercise first doesn't hurt you but it could be very discouraging to work hard in the gym but not see results and hinder your process mentally.

Remember that it's easier to stick to things you like - so if you're enjoying working out, keep working out until you have a handle on it. I know why people suggest doing food adjustments first (it's how I did it but that's because I hated exercise - it took losing a bit of weight to make exercise more enjoyable).

It is a lot to do both at once, and research shows trying to do it all at once is why so many people could fail. The most important thing is to get healthy and that can take a different amount of time for everyone.

Exercising consistently and eating healthy are both BIG changes to make - when you think about it, both strongly alter your life! For exercise, you may find yourself having to plan events around your exercise schedule or finding you're relying on your husband more around the house - it's a big time commitment. Plus there's muscle soreness that might slow you down until you're used to it. Then for eating healthy - you might find you're spending a lot of time meal planning or cooking that you didn't used to. Both are major time commitments and that's why it's hard to do it all at once. So it's fine to pick one until you're ready for more.