Exercise Allows Me to Eat More and Still Lose Weight

I enjoy food, no way to “sugar-coat” it : )

I have found that by performing aerobic exercise (cycling, in my case, ~1000 kcal/day) allows me to burn enough calories during the day to enjoy satiating, high quality, calorie dense, meals yet still lose weight. As long as I maintain an average of a 500 kcal deficit each day I lose 1-2 lbs a week, and have been able to drop 16 lbs since the start of the year.

I’ve plateaued recently but that has more to do with me not maintaining calorie deficit than anything else. Be rigorous with the calorie-counting early on, it’ll kickstart your weight loss. But after you’ve had some success I recommend not being a slave to the numbers, otherwise you’ll burnout. Treat each plateau as a new starting point, a “rest point” if you will, then start anew from there. The rest point will also give you a chance to practice Maintenance