Articles says exercise won't make you thin

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  • ASaxe23
    ASaxe23 Posts: 158 Member
    I see no mention of his diet in that entire article....it's no good to exercise if you're not eating right!!
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    I think they have a point, but only because people don't know how to eat properly, to give a balanced nutrition so that they don't then over eat as a result of being hungry from the gym - or because they think that 100 cal burn on the rowing machine equals being able to eat a 300cal piece of cake!
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    I totally agree. While working out AIDS in weight loss, the real weight loss begins with what you put in your belly.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1914974-1,00.html

    What do you think?

    weight loss is 80% diet, 10% exercise, 10% genetics. So it is really hard to outwork a bad diet.
  • ambermichon
    ambermichon Posts: 404 Member
    Proper diet with a calorie deficit will make you lose weight/thin. Exercise helps with the deficit and helps with muscle definition and overall health. :-)
  • LaDiablesse
    LaDiablesse Posts: 862 Member
    You can't eat whatever you want just because you exercise & still lose weight. Totally in agreement with Erickirb. The majority of weight loss is diet.
  • channa007
    channa007 Posts: 419 Member
    I agree with the article... but exercise does help some if you burn enough.
  • Hernandezedw
    Hernandezedw Posts: 284
    I believe the article is right, in a way. If you don't control what you eat, exercise won't help. If I burn 500 calories a day, and eat 4000, I won't lose weight. It's kind of a pointless article. Bunch a fluff that didn't really need to be written about.

    The gist is, if you want to lose weight, watch what you eat. If you want to look good, exercise and watch what you eat.
  • asaltfit
    asaltfit Posts: 2 Member
    Well its true. What takes longer burning 600 calories or eating 600 calories. Lol if you get a pizza in front of me I can down 1500 cals in 10 minutes.
  • Katefab26
    Katefab26 Posts: 865
    Interesting article. One of my good friends is a fitness instructor, and we've talked about this a LOT. She works out all the time (multiple times a day) and still has about five pounds that she could lose. (Don't get me wrong, she looks amazing!!) What holds her back from losing those pounds is wine and cupcakes. You can't out exercise a bad diet! That's why it's so important to combine diet and exercise. I get extremely hungry after I work out, so that's when I drink my protein shake. It helps repair my muscles and keeps me from grabbing whatever looks good at the moment :-)
  • kmumansky
    kmumansky Posts: 119
    I admit i didn't read the whole thing, I skimmed through it.

    But I tend go along with the theory that weight loss is 80% diet 20% excercise. The average person can excercise an hour a day but if they are consuming 3000+ calories no I do not think they will loose weight. When you start talking about serious athletes it gets to be a different story....but they are usually thin to begin with and are eating a lot to fuel their workouts.
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    I can't open the link but I heard about this 4 page article in the news this morning.

    My thoughts: It was written by a quitter and the title sends the wrong message.

    There's plenty of response articles out there that refute the article.
  • krstnmuir
    krstnmuir Posts: 12
    "Dieting makes you look good in your clothes. Excersize makes you look good naked." ........... a combination is the best way to go!
  • ckmama
    ckmama Posts: 1,668 Member
    you can't outwork a bad diet
  • smbakke77
    smbakke77 Posts: 273 Member
    very interesting...it makes sense to some extent. But I don't think I'll give up my gym membership over it! I just will use my determination and will power not to go out and eat a box of donuts after my work out!
  • Cat8birdie
    Cat8birdie Posts: 5 Member
    Well first I would like to say, calories in calories out. It is simple math, which is where this site comes in. But, if all you eat are carbs and sugar all day, I would have to say that your body is not being fueled for what it needs. I have found with a lower carb/sugar diet and more veggies and protein I have been able to get rid of the belly fat. It seems that the belly fat is the last to go though, and I think people really get discouraged when they are trying to lose weight and the belly fat is still there.
  • lecia8610
    lecia8610 Posts: 1
    It is true. Exercise alone cannot make you lose weight. You have to eat right as well. When I lost 55 pounds last year I noticed that I would gain or maintain if I didn't workout, even though I ate right. But if I worked my booty off the next week and ate right I'd lose as much as 5-7 pounds!!!
  • Fochizzy
    Fochizzy Posts: 505 Member
    I mean exercise helps if you also watch what you eat. Yes when I work out I can eat higher calorie food, the key is not to eat so much that I lose my calorie deficiet. Then again, the people on this site are doing what is widely considered one of the most effective ways, keeping a food diary.
  • Hernandezedw
    Hernandezedw Posts: 284
    You can't eat whatever you want just because you exercise & still lose weight. Totally in agreement with Erickirb. The majority of weight loss is diet.

    I have to disagree. I eat what I want and I've been losing weight. Loves to eat me some pizza and cheeseburgers. Gotta run 7 miles to do it though.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Nothing too surprising there, I control my eating habits to control my weight, I exercise to be healthy. As a matter of fact, at this point I'm try to gain weight by building lean mass.
  • epj78
    epj78 Posts: 643 Member
    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1914974-1,00.html

    What do you think?

    weight loss is 80% diet, 10% exercise, 10% genetics. So it is really hard to outwork a bad diet.

    Agree 100%. Working out at a pretty high level burns about 650 calories per hour for me. I can EASILY eat a diet of 3,000 calories a day (I know some don't believe that - but I can) so yeah, I can work out for two hours at a HIGH intensity and still can weight.
  • kitinboots
    kitinboots Posts: 589 Member
    Exercise helps me lose weight as it helps me view my food as fuel. I'm more fussy about balancing my diet when I exercise.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    "Dieting makes you look good in your clothes. Excersize makes you look good naked." ........... a combination is the best way to go!

    so true.
  • Morglem
    Morglem Posts: 377 Member
    Ok here is my take on this. I have lost weight before by just changing my diet, but my body has never ever changed the way it is changing now. So exercise alone won't make you lose weight the way to go is watch what you eat and exercise. You HAVE to do both! Its amazing how yoy body changes and the way you feel changes big time too!!!
  • Cooriander
    Cooriander Posts: 2,848 Member
    Exercise alone will not make you thin - that would have been a better title of the article. I found the part of rewarding ("compensating") your self for exercising with food interesting. I am trying to do that for me, and compensate my self with non-fattening/non diet awards instead. (: [ e.g., new clothing and gagets].

    The middle half of the article focuses more on the danger of compensating exercise with food/ and sugar, BUT I bet he his hunger is really from his sugar highs rather than his exercise cycles... when I started eating more hardboiled eggs in the mornings - my hunger was more under control throughout the day.

    I disagree with him that most of us doesn't have time to exercise, I find that exercise gives me more effective time because I get more energy and less time at the doctor's office.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    interesting article!!
  • jazzy020106
    jazzy020106 Posts: 485 Member
    "Dieting makes you look good in your clothes. Excersize makes you look good naked." ........... a combination is the best way to go!

    Exactly! .
  • sophjakesmom
    sophjakesmom Posts: 904 Member
    I think the suggestion that exercise stimulates hunger, while it may be true to some extent, is also overstated. I think we are a society that feels our efforts always entitle us to a reward. Exercise should be a part of every day, but exercise shouldn't entitle us to that piece of cheesecake. Just like my son's cleaning his room should not entitle him to an allowance. It is his room, his responsiblity.

    I exercise to stay healthy. Recently I have balanced my calories in and my calories out in order to lose weight, which also contributes to my health.
  • glenner
    glenner Posts: 160 Member
    An interesting article- I have been a fitness instructor for 7 years (I'm fit, but like the article points out, that doesn't mean I'm thin!) and have many people ask why we are all working out like crazy but not losing weight. I know it's my diet that is my downfall and this article seems to support it. BUT personally if I am dieting and not working out (I took a year off when caring for elderly parents) I feel flabby and don't stick to a proper diet as well. While I am hungry after I get home from a good workout I tend to think to myself why waste that work out by eating that chocolate bar? So I try to use the combination of diet and exercise. I also definitely notice a difference in my appearance when I'm working out- I was lazy in July because I was travelling around the States and got very "fluffy" in my legs, gut and arms. I can't believe how quickly I am seeing a change after a few weeks of being back into the swing of things even though I only went down 1 lb.
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    OKAY what about michael phelps, the olympic swimmer? the guy eats 12,000 calories a day, his meals are like this:

    Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.

    Lunch: One pound of enriched pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread. Energy drinks packing 1,000 calories.

    Dinner: One pound of pasta. An entire pizza. More energy drinks.

    granted, he is an olympic athlete, so he exercises a lot more than we do. but still, he eats all this stuff and still has the body of a greek god. what gives?
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