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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is dumb.

You can lose weight either way. But most people will find it easier to cut enough calories to lose weight than to exercise enough to lose weight. And that’s because when you exercise you get hungry, and you say, “I exercised so I deserve to eat.” It’s also because not eating 100 calories take 3 seconds but exercising away 100 calories takes an hour. [/quote]

This. Despite what people say, it's "calories in, calories out" that matters. When trying to shed weight through exercise, most people grossly underestimate their calories in when eating, and grossly overestimate their calories out when exercising. Many people have no idea about portion size, or how long you will feel satisfied with a meal full of protein and fiber vs. a similar calorie meal of most simple carbs.

If you are only trying to lose a few pounds, I wouldn't focus on weight loss "through diet and exercise". I would look to make some life changes by increasing activity, including strength training, and I would make some diet tweaks by cutting out/reducing alcohol and sugar, making sure my meals are balanced, and keeping an eye on my portions. I'm 52 and lost 10 pounds last year when I started drinking water instead of juice, finally said goodbye to alcohol because of migraines, and started walking 1 -2 miles a few times a week. I also stopped having "just a bite" of a lot of my teens' junk food, because it wasn't just a bite. It was calories adding up throughout the day. I wasn't even really trying to lose weight (I was average weight to begin with), I just finally added up how much juice (in spritzers) I was drinking every day and realized it was a ton of sugar. I quickly dropped a few pounds and that got the ball rolling on my interest to make a few other changes.[/quote]

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