My bodymedia and learning something new.

So, I have the bodymedia arm band, love it! It tracks my moves, calories, sleep etc... Well, I have been exercising my butt off. To date I have lost 80lbs, still have about 28 to go. I have learned something new and quit surprising. I have been reading post on how people have lost weight with little or no exercise and reduced calories. I became very interested in this. Went to some of the sites with scientific articles, started with Time and searched many others. They all say that exercise is good for your health, I couldn't agree more BUT that it is not the BIG reason you lose weight! Most people, and I can agree with this, will exercise and because you have now burned those calories and your blood sugar took a dip you are now hungry so you reward yourself with those extra calories you now burned because if you are a woman especially, you are now starving. So even MFP is guilty of this! When you put in your exercise it now says in the foods that you have earned these extra calories and so most people are excited and eat these calories plus some!!! We are all guilty of this. SOOOO this is where my Bodyfit armband comes into play. I wear it all the time, except in the shower etc... Well, I have been going to the gym every morning, 4:30am like a good weight loss subject does. I downloaded all the reports from the week. I get a read out of by actual calories burned everyday. This is from tracking my calories to my exercise and everything, this is what I found out. On Sunday this is the day my hubby and I grocery shop, I burned 300 more calories that day, then I did on the days I did 30-40 mins or cardio at the gym! I also had a higher burn the day I did housework, laundry etc... I am in shock! I now have to agree that exercise is not as big a part of this weight loss journey as I thought. My bodymedia is proof of that! Just getting up and moving, walking, and not sitting is so important. Soooo please read these articles, don't get discouraged because the gym is not paying off like you thought it would. Get an arm band from bodymedia, bodybugg etc., and get the whole story of what your body is doing. Also read these articles in Time. I not saying don't exercise, I still will go to the gym but I now know I will do alot more of just walking and standing then I used too!