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[quote=Anonymous]I find this to be true, with the caveat that exercise helps quite a bit if you don't eat back the calories. I'm 5'4" and a few years ago lost 18 lbs (from 130 down to ~112) by counting calories really carefully. I walk 8k-10k steps daily as part of my general lifestyle, but that didn't matter until I started limiting to 1200 calories. And when I did, the weight came off very predictably. To date, whenever I find my weight is up a few pounds, a few weeks of 1200 gets me back to where I need to be.

I also have since taken up running, and when I'm regularly running 4-5x/week, I can basically eat whatever I like without any weight fluctuations (within reason, not like, a double cheeseburger and fries daily). The main issue I think is that running (or any form of high-impact cardio exercise that would help you lose weight) tends to make you hungry and if you're eating back the calories you burned off then it's a net zero. And worse if you're eating back more calories, which can happen pretty easily if you're not counting.[/quote]

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