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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cardio makes me very hungry, and I've gained 10 lbs since I started at the gym a year ago. Thinking it would be better to sit on my ass. [/quote]

Calories in, calories out.  If like to eat, cardio exercise can be a great way to allow yourself to eat more, but you must maintain a calorie deficit.  Lots of people find it hard to maintain a deficit when they do cardio, so they eat more than they burn and gain weight.

It doesn't help that almost everyone WILDLY overestimates the calories burned by exercise, and most fitness gadgets indicate the total calories burned while exercising rather than the net (i.e. the difference between what you burned while jogging and what you would have burned while sitting on your butt).  I remember years ago calculating that the world champion women's marathoner could eat back all the calories burned during her 14 miles per day of training runs by eating a large muffin and a big bagel with cream cheese after her runs.  After my last marathon, I ate back all the calories I burned during the race while walking back to my hotel from the finish line (in the form of a giant bag of peanut M&Ms).

Also, unless you weigh every bite that goes in your mouth, you are likely to dramatically overestimate calories eaten. [/quote]

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