Ideally, you would tackle both, but the benefits of exercise go beyond burning calories: 1) Exercise helps with hormone regulation, including testosterone 2) E

Ideally, you would tackle both, but the benefits of exercise go beyond burning calories: 1) Exercise helps with hormone regulation, including testosterone 2) Exercise improves mood, focus, and sleep, all of which help with stress eating and mindless snacking 3) Exercise builds and maintains lean tissue mass, which increases your metabolism 4) Sufficient exercise has been shown to blunt appetite (300 minutes a week) Exercise puts you into place to be successful. People who train daily just get so many benefits. One thing I read said you can sort of outrun a poor diet with enough exercise (combo of resistance and cardio). But, again, doing both yields really good results.