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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calculations and estimates are so hard to get accurate that the best advice is to just not eat back any exercise calories.

Don’t waste time playing around with all these math games in your head. If after two weeks the scale hasn’t budged then forget what you think the calories/exercise SHOULD add up to. Because for whatever reason in the real world they DON’T.

The best advice I ever got was to forget about using exercise to lose weight. Just count calories. Unless you have a huge amount of weight to lose, focusing on really being consistent with your diet for 3-4 months won’t hinder your long term exercise goals. But taking that time to make the necessary lifestyle changes to lose the 15-20lbs will jumpstart all future weight/fitness goals. [/quote]

Great advice. DS, who is a college athlete, explained something similar to me - don’t exercise to lose weight, but do it to build healthy lifelong habits. I’ve been going to the gym 3x/week since late March - this is my longest streak so fingers crossed.

If you want to lose weight, then focus on your diet. I also changed up my diet when I started going to the gym. I’m fortunate that I do not need to weigh every micro ounce of food I consume - I can eliminate unnecessary calories (e.g., carb snacks) and pay more attention to my protein intake and see some results on the scale. I do a running count in my head about how much I’m consuming over the day and adjust accordingly. So far I have lost 10 pounds following this approach. My goal is to lose 8-10 more. [/quote]

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