If exercise has little impact on weight why is every morning jogger so skinny?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't buy the idea that exercise has nothing to do with weight. Just the opposite. But, if exercising is just an excuse to eat more, well, clearly it will have little or no effect. But, if you eat the same amount today as you did yesterday and let's say that is 2000 calories, and then you burn 500 calories, you only got 1500 calories that day, as opposed to 2000. That may or may not be enough to make somebody lose weight, but exercising several times per week can certainly make you more toned and it does have the added benefit of releasing endorphin that might make you feel more positive about yourself and things in general. After all, for centuries only richest were fat, what we call exercise here, today, people used to call life. Imagine having to cut wheat with a scythe all day long?Haul and make bales of hay? How many hours a day would you have to run to burn off the same amount of calories as that farmer that worked dawn to dusk? I know just raking leaves in my huge backyard causes me incredibly sore arms, even though I do exercise. I also wanted to add that I know many women who are overweight and beautiful.

This is all flawed thinking. There isn't one universal rate of metabolism, so the math doesn't work like you suggest it does.

People who are more consistently active and have more muscle generally have a higher rate of metabolism. That means, even when they are at rest, they are burning more calories than someone who is sedentary with less muscle would burn at rest.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't buy the idea that exercise has nothing to do with weight. Just the opposite. But, if exercising is just an excuse to eat more, well, clearly it will have little or no effect. But, if you eat the same amount today as you did yesterday and let's say that is 2000 calories, and then you burn 500 calories, you only got 1500 calories that day, as opposed to 2000. That may or may not be enough to make somebody lose weight, but exercising several times per week can certainly make you more toned and it does have the added benefit of releasing endorphin that might make you feel more positive about yourself and things in general. After all, for centuries only richest were fat, what we call exercise here, today, people used to call life. Imagine having to cut wheat with a scythe all day long?Haul and make bales of hay? How many hours a day would you have to run to burn off the same amount of calories as that farmer that worked dawn to dusk? I know just raking leaves in my huge backyard causes me incredibly sore arms, even though I do exercise. I also wanted to add that I know many women who are overweight and beautiful.

This is all flawed thinking. There isn't one universal rate of metabolism, so the math doesn't work like you suggest it does.

People who are more consistently active and have more muscle generally have a higher rate of metabolism. That means, even when they are at rest, they are burning more calories than someone who is sedentary with less muscle would burn at rest.

I don't see where is this huge flawed thinking? I stated that exercise has a lot to do with weight, you wrote people who exercise have higher metabolic rate, due to having more muscle mass, hence faster metabolism. I even said MAY or MAY NOT cause weight loss, since it is all individual. Maybe my example of calories in and calories burned is flawed, but all I see is that you agree with me, and that exercise has a lot to do with metabolism, hence weight. If I run an hour per day, my metabolic rate will increase, maybe not as much as different persons, but since genetic component of metabolism is not the only thing contributing to how fast we burn fat when sedentary, farmer who has a huge muscle mass will burn a ton more while sedentary than a person who has many less pounds of muscle and more pounds of fat.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from a run and everyone is very thin. I'm 130 and I am always the fattest person I see on my runs. I think the notion that diet is almost the sole determinant to be thin is wrong. I also think this theory could discourage people from exercise unnecessarily, which is a shame.

I see plenty of chubby runners. I've even seem them at a half marathon I ran, which I should mention, I gained 10lbs while training for.

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Anonymous wrote:Because the same people who have the drive and motivation to be out running in the early morning are oftentimes the same people that have the drive and motivation to eat well and moderately.

This

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What's the average number of calories burned when running?

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Anonymous wrote:Because the same people who have the drive and motivation to be out running in the early morning are oftentimes the same people that have the drive and motivation to eat well and moderately.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the same people who have the drive and motivation to be out running in the early morning are oftentimes the same people that have the drive and motivation to eat well and moderately.

+100

Agree.
Also they tend to be younger and no children. I'd like to see what they look like in 20 years.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the same people who have the drive and motivation to be out running in the early morning are oftentimes the same people that have the drive and motivation to eat well and moderately.

+100

Agree.
Also they tend to be younger and no children. I'd like to see what they look like in 20 years.

They might go for little nip and tuck for things that excercise cannot change.

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If you're eating well (moderate calorie consumption) in the first place, regular exercise will lead to further weight loss for most people.

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You see skinny joggers in the morning while everyone is eating breakfast silly.

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Anonymous wrote:?

I was out jogging this morning and I am 20 lbs. overweight.

Alas, me too

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Genes

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6:46 - a lot of those crazy-early morning joggers are moms and dads trying to get in the workout before waking up the kids, getting them off to school, going to work, etc. It's not just the child-free 20-somethings. When I was child-free, I did the early morning workouts to leave my evenings free for working late or going to happy hour or dates. Now with a kid, it's literally the only time I have to myself all day before I have to be a grownup with responsibilities.

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I see lots of early morning joggers. All shapes and sizes and everyone has kids. Sometimes, it's the only time to get a workout in.

To the OP, your comment is silly. Of course exercise has an impact on weight...and so does diet. But if you were to only chose one, diet would have the greatest impact. It's all about calories. You can cut 1000 calories per day out of a bad diet (fries, pizza, candy) but it's hard to burn 1000 calories per day exercising.

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Anonymous wrote:I see lots of early morning joggers. All shapes and sizes and everyone has kids. Sometimes, it's the only time to get a workout in.

To the OP, your comment is silly. Of course exercise has an impact on weight...and so does diet. But if you were to only chose one, diet would have the greatest impact. It's all about calories. You can cut 1000 calories per day out of a bad diet (fries, pizza, candy) but it's hard to burn 1000 calories per day exercising.

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