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Weight loss is not related to exercise but to eating less

• zimpenfish 9y ago
  If you eat the same and exercise more, won't that give the same result?
  • falcolas 9y ago
    It takes an hour of moderate exercise to burn around 100 calories. So, theoretically yes, but you would have to exercise a lot to see a minor change in weight. 100 calories is 1/4 of a mocha.
    • zimpenfish 9y ago
      On the other hand, if you do more than moderate exercise, you can burn a lot more - I can burn 1000 calories an hour in a Half Marathon.
    • empthought 9y ago
      What? This is just plain wrong. Walking slowly burns 100 calories in an hour, if you weigh 100 lbs. Most people will use up more, just walking. Heck, if you weigh enough (somewhere just south of 300lbs), you "burn" 100 calories an hour while sleeping. Moderate exercise (let's say, an easy jog) will burn closer to 600 calories per hour for a 170-lb, 5'9" man. How else do you think Michael Phelps put away 8000 calories per day while training, if not by burning it via exercise?
      • falcolas 9y ago
        You're right, I was mis-remembering the time period. Keeping warm burns the vast majority of your calories (unless you're an athlete), so it's somewhat disingenuous to include them in the exercise figures. Phelps (and other athletes) burn 8k+ calories a day by working out for 6-8 hours a day. Swimming is particularly intense, since it involves sustained effort of all your major muscle groups.
  • celticninja 9y ago
    yes it will, you can see faster results by combining both, but if you don't change your diet and you increase the amount of exercise you do you will see a change in your weight.
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