Well sure people fail to maintain exercise schedules cause gym is freaking boring. Most people that manage find some way to get endorphins out of it - like if t

Well sure people fail to maintain exercise schedules cause gym is freaking boring. Most people that manage find some way to get endorphins out of it - like if they get fit and like how they body looks, they can use that as a source of happiness, or find some other way to exercise that is fun on its own (martial arts, social dancing, cycling, hiking, sports etc…) Exercise and diet is simply not fun enough to be its own thing for most people. But it can be a means to an end - and once you achieve that end you can “lock yourself” into a more energetic and fun life. Those studies try to control for all of that but its really hard as its something that requires a lot of time to play out and its not entirely ethical to put humans into things like this. My totally anecdotal advise would be to go to your local dance school - you’ll have so much fun you wouldn’t think you’re exercising when you could literally spend 6+ hours running squatting and jumping, 2-3 times a week. Whatever your diet you’ll probably get in shape, though by that point you will care little for that as there is surprisingly little body shaming in social dance communities :-D