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Weight is lost in the kitchen, not the treadmill. If you go walk 3 miles on a treadmill, you burned 250 calories, great. Now you reward yourself with a gatora
by brianwawok 5y ago
Weight is lost in the kitchen, not the treadmill.
If you go walk 3 miles on a treadmill, you burned 250 calories, great.
Now you reward yourself with a gatorade and a health bar, for 500 calories. You just gained 250 calories by exercising.
As an active runner, I cannot run away my bad eating. Maybe maybe maybe during peak right before a marathon I can get away with it, but like right this second I am a bit heavy and it is 1000% because of food/drink choices I have made. To fix it, I need to have a better diet.
- kazinator 5y agoThere is more to endurance exercise than just calories burned; it can be amazingly effective, way out of proportion to the raw calorie picture. Out of a 168 hour week, you might spend 6 or 7 hours exercising and get amazing results. It must have to do with changes that affect what is going on in the body over those remaining 161 hours.
- throwaway19423 5y agoAgreed in principle. Cardio makes me feel good (I am borderline obese). I was in a good place at the start of the pandemic .. lost about 30 pounds by heavy exercise and completely cutting out take out food and junk food. Year 2 of the pandemic has been terrible for me (mainly due to responsibilities related to work and 2 little kids). I gained all my weight back and my eating is terrible again. I am actually scared of working out because it raises my appetite by a disproportionate amount :(