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Exercise does nothing for weight loss if you're eating too much. Exercise has health benefits, but weight loss is not one of them for the vast majority of peopl

Exercise does nothing for weight loss if you're eating too much. Exercise has health benefits, but weight loss is not one of them for the vast majority of people. People wildly overestimate how many calories they're burning.

dmix 3y ago
s/calories/carbs Calories can still be a useful metric as a proxy but low calorie (“diet”) foods tend to compensate with more carbs. At least the ones I see regularly at my grocery store. As a side note: It’s actually difficult to find pre-packaged low carb food at regular grocery stores sadly. It requires effort to make yourself, just like going to the gym. Like most good things in life.
- uranium 3y ago
  Lots of grocers will have hard sausages, cheeses, olives, and nuts. It's not as easy as chips and food bars, I'll grant you, but it's doable.
- tuatoru 3y ago
  Low glycemic index carbs are available. I find I eat smaller portions and feel full for longer with low GI rice vs ordinary rice, for example.
justsomehnguy 3y ago
> People wildly overestimate how many calories they're burning. And people wildly underestimate how many calories they need. Just by limiting the one portion to 50g of pasta, instead of my preferred 150+g, I can go under 100kg in less than a week. My 'how much should I cook' habits formed when I was young and spent at least a couple of hours commuting, but nowadays I'm quite literally just sit on my ass all day. It's bothersome and isn't fulfilling to use scales cut down on the food (especially if it's tasty) but...
tuatoru 3y ago
Yeah, you can exercise enough for weight loss. Ultramarathoning, the Tour de France, digging canals by hand. It only takes ten or twelve hours of high-output exercise per day. Everyone's got that time to spare, right?
tehjoker 3y ago
Exercise can help control hunger and insulin levels so it's a good idea to pair moderate exercise with diet. I find it harder to resist snacking when I'm not regularly exercising.

dmix 3y ago

s/calories/carbs Calories can still be a useful metric as a proxy but low calorie (“diet”) foods tend to compensate with more carbs. At least the ones I see regularly at my grocery store. As a side note: It’s actually difficult to find pre-packaged low carb food at regular grocery stores sadly. It requires effort to make yourself, just like going to the gym. Like most good things in life.

uranium 3y ago
Lots of grocers will have hard sausages, cheeses, olives, and nuts. It's not as easy as chips and food bars, I'll grant you, but it's doable.
tuatoru 3y ago
Low glycemic index carbs are available. I find I eat smaller portions and feel full for longer with low GI rice vs ordinary rice, for example.

justsomehnguy 3y ago

> People wildly overestimate how many calories they're burning. And people wildly underestimate how many calories they need. Just by limiting the one portion to 50g of pasta, instead of my preferred 150+g, I can go under 100kg in less than a week. My 'how much should I cook' habits formed when I was young and spent at least a couple of hours commuting, but nowadays I'm quite literally just sit on my ass all day. It's bothersome and isn't fulfilling to use scales cut down on the food (especially if it's tasty) but...

tuatoru 3y ago

Yeah, you can exercise enough for weight loss. Ultramarathoning, the Tour de France, digging canals by hand. It only takes ten or twelve hours of high-output exercise per day. Everyone's got that time to spare, right?

tehjoker 3y ago

Exercise can help control hunger and insulin levels so it's a good idea to pair moderate exercise with diet. I find it harder to resist snacking when I'm not regularly exercising.