> But exercise has very little effect on weight compared to diet. It's a known fact, even for the fans of counting calories. Just see the tables of inputs and o

> But exercise has very little effect on weight compared to diet. It's a known fact, even for the fans of counting calories. Just see the tables of inputs and outputs. Also, some studies suggest that up to some threshold, exercise reallocates those calories from autonomic functions rather than actually adding to total expenditure [1]. It's been further speculated based on this that some of the health benefit of exercise might simply be a result of taking energy away from anxiety/stress responses. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22848382/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22848382/