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Exercise is essential for health, but not the best bet to lose weight, isn't it?

• knicholes 4y ago
  That's right. Diet is the key to "losing weight."
  • amrocha 4y ago
    "Exercise" is a bad way to lose weight because what is traditionally considered as exercise is 30 minutes to 1 hour of high intensity activities. If you live a sedentary life, exercise isn't going to help. Passive exercise, that you do throughout the day, though, is a great way to expend calories. Walk more, bike for transport, use a standing desk, etc. That's the difference between 1500 calories and 2200.
    • Drblessing 4y ago
      > Exercise is a bad way to lose weight Exercise is not a bad way to lose weight.
• Drblessing 4y ago
  Exercise is 100% the best bet to lose weight. For a simple empirical study, ask every person you meet/know that is fit, and nearly everyone will say they exercise. Specifically, cardio. If you're goal is to lose weight, you shouldn't touch weights until your BMI < 22. Just run or swim a few times a week.
  • timje1 4y ago
    I don't think that's as universally agreed upon as you claim. I know of plenty of women who struggled to lose weight via diet and cardio, and then turned things round when they started eating high protein and lifting weights. Diet + cardio with no strength work can put people into 'gotta make it through this famine' mode, where their metabolism slows right down to eke out the stores as long as possible.