Stop falling for all the marketing - exercise can't be the focus to lose weight

[Anonymous]

I only lose weight when I exercise. People need to try stuff and see what works for their body.

[Anonymous]

Exercise just makes me hungrier and I overeat. It's a better tool for maintaining weight (+ the health benefits).

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Anonymous wrote:In losing, and maintaining (5+ years) my 60lb weightloss, I credit exercise 80% and diet 20%.

So sorry OP, I firmly disagree.

I agree maintaining is 80% exercise, 20% food, but losing weight it’s flipped, 80% food. It’s just easier to not eat 500 calories than exercise off 500 calories.

[Anonymous]

Every person is different, every overweight person is overweight for a different reason. Exercise will be the cure for some and it’s good for everyone regardless

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Anonymous wrote:Exercise just makes me hungrier and I overeat. It's a better tool for maintaining weight (+ the health benefits).

+1 This is me, too.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't outrun the fork

I went on an hour run this afternoon. That was just under 900 calories during the workout. That will earn me a large class of wine tonight and still leave me with a calorie deficit

More like 400 calories burned. Maybe a little more if you ran 6 miles. Or weigh like 250 pounds.

I run 6 miles in an hour and barely make it over 400 calories burned. How is someone burning 900?!?

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Anonymous wrote:You can't outrun the fork

I went on an hour run this afternoon. That was just under 900 calories during the workout. That will earn me a large class of wine tonight and still leave me with a calorie deficit

More like 400 calories burned. Maybe a little more if you ran 6 miles. Or weigh like 250 pounds.

I run 6 miles in an hour and barely make it over 400 calories burned. How is someone burning 900?!?

She's not unless she ran a half marathon.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't outrun the fork

I went on an hour run this afternoon. That was just under 900 calories during the workout. That will earn me a large class of wine tonight and still leave me with a calorie deficit

More like 400 calories burned. Maybe a little more if you ran 6 miles. Or weigh like 250 pounds.

I run 6 miles in an hour and barely make it over 400 calories burned. How is someone burning 900?!?

You’re running 10 minute miles. That isn’t particularly fast

[Anonymous]

10 minute miles for middle age woman are great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exercise just makes me hungrier and I overeat. It's a better tool for maintaining weight (+ the health benefits).

NP - same for me. Doing too much cardio can actually backfire, BTDT. I was adding more and more cardio thinking it would speed my progress and it didn't. Whereas I realized I should've been focusing on more diet and strength training. Once I started doing that, I saw a difference in my body almost immediately.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't outrun the fork

I went on an hour run this afternoon. That was just under 900 calories during the workout. That will earn me a large class of wine tonight and still leave me with a calorie deficit

More like 400 calories burned. Maybe a little more if you ran 6 miles. Or weigh like 250 pounds.

I run 6 miles in an hour and barely make it over 400 calories burned. How is someone burning 900?!?

You’re running 10 minute miles. That isn’t particularly fast

So 90/100 cal per mile rule of thumb only works if you’re running, say, 7 minute miles? I mean trust me, I’m exerting myself for those 10 min miles!

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Anonymous wrote:I enjoy these preaching pronouncements. I’m going to run a couple of miles this afternoon and then eat an entire cheesecake because I earned it.

And you will maintain your weight. Which is fine.

but if a person is overweight, this means they would do the same and simply maintain their overweight weight.

And yes, the OP is correct, and yes science backs this up, if you want to lose weight, you have to change the way you eat to be healthier and less calories. Diet changes alone can give people significant weight loss.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't outrun the fork

I went on an hour run this afternoon. That was just under 900 calories during the workout. That will earn me a large class of wine tonight and still leave me with a calorie deficit

Unless you ran around 9 miles, you didn't burn 900 calories. Unless you're male and/or have a very high weight.

[Anonymous]

100 calories a mile is a good, easy starting point, then adjust up or down for height and weight, adjust up or down for speed.

A fast, bigger runner could burn 900 calories in an hour’s run, 8-9 miles in 60 minutes is about a 6:30/7 minute mile. It’s feasible if you’re fast.

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Anonymous wrote:In losing, and maintaining (5+ years) my 60lb weightloss, I credit exercise 80% and diet 20%.

So sorry OP, I firmly disagree.

I agree maintaining is 80% exercise, 20% food, but losing weight it’s flipped, 80% food. It’s just easier to not eat 500 calories than exercise off 500 calories.

This has been my experience as well. I won’t extrapolate it to the larger populous, but it’s certainly true for me.