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I find it easier to eat right when I do cardio and weight exercise. Maybe it's about practicing tolerating discomfort in the moment. Or about hormones. But I ju

I find it easier to eat right when I do cardio and weight exercise. Maybe it's about practicing tolerating discomfort in the moment. Or about hormones. But I just don't crave junk when I exercise. Or it's because I don't have time to sit around on the couch and be bored because I fill the time with exercise. Not sure why. But I've never really been more than 5-10 kg overweight, so slow and steady was good for me. My issue was rather body composition, not pure weight. You need to train to gain lean mass. Losing weight at all price is only the very beginning of the journey. Also I rather like to track things like waist circumference rather than weight. Your weight may stay the same, while becoming more lean. Of course if you start as overweight as the average American, your first goal may reasonably be to just lose weight and figure out leanness afterwards. Still exercise may help so many other aspects like mood, energy,sleep quality etc. (even if not in the moment but with an hour or day or two delay) which are all helpful to keep oneself on track in the kitchen. It can be a concrete motivational goal to be able to lift this or that much, run so and so far, and it's straightforward to see how you will need to pay attention to your food it you want to achieve that.

kelnos 6y ago
As I said, everyone's experience differs. I find that my desire to snack and eat junk food does not change at all depending on how much or how little exercise I get. > Still exercise may help so many other aspects like mood, energy,sleep quality etc. (even if not in the moment but with an hour or day or two delay) which are all helpful to keep oneself on track in the kitchen. So, in other words, my initial statement is correct: you're not going to make meaningful progress weight-loss-wise without changing your diet. If exercising makes that easier for you as a second-order effect, that's great. But that's by no means universal.

kelnos 6y ago

As I said, everyone's experience differs. I find that my desire to snack and eat junk food does not change at all depending on how much or how little exercise I get. > Still exercise may help so many other aspects like mood, energy,sleep quality etc. (even if not in the moment but with an hour or day or two delay) which are all helpful to keep oneself on track in the kitchen. So, in other words, my initial statement is correct: you're not going to make meaningful progress weight-loss-wise without changing your diet. If exercising makes that easier for you as a second-order effect, that's great. But that's by no means universal.