I found these two books interesting w.r.t. weight loss/diet: Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight, b

I found these two books interesting w.r.t. weight loss/diet: Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight, by Herman Pontzer Pontzer measures total energy expenditure vs exercise. According to his work (and others referenced in the book), when you exercise more, your body reduces energy expenditure in other areas. This reduces the effectiveness of using exercise to reduce weight. He's explicit that exercise is still good for health, it just doesn't impact calories out in a 1-1 fashion. Also, we live in an environment with readily available high calorie foods which makes it easy to over eat. The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat, by Stephan J Guyenet What I got from this book (among other things) is that there is (may be?) some component of addiction in over eating due to inflammation in the brain. (I don't remember exactly which area.) Exercise may help reduce this inflammation leading to less addiction. I do seem to want to eat even when I'm not hungry, so I'm inclined to think this is a problem I wrestling with.