Oh for sure. But it helps to spread the effort and to have to fight hunger and cravings less. If one fails there it makes sense to put at least minimum effort t

Oh for sure. But it helps to spread the effort and to have to fight hunger and cravings less. If one fails there it makes sense to put at least minimum effort to alleviate that strain. Also i mentioned strength training specifically since other than what you burn at a workout resting metabolic rate also increases and helps. I assume the average person on this website is notably rather sedentary and would see above average results depending on age and such.[1] (Even more so if he's a guy which I believed he was based on his name.) You'll always need a base and you're reducing your intake anything so something like a 15% difference is gigantic when you're struggling and super helpfull (even just 5% is worthwile). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8030593/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8030593/ edit: and I'll acknowledge it would take a while before that increased resting metabolic rate starts to play more but again....it needs to be sustainable so whatever you're doing you need to be able to keep up anyway.